School: Harvard Medical School

Position Description:

• Provide leadership and vision to the program staff, including the Associate Director of Education (who reports to the Center Director of Administration), program administrator and coordinators.
• Develop, monitor and update the program curriculum
• Regularly evaluating programs for educational and financial success.
• Recruit, manage and mentor faculty
• Leading key annual events related to the Master's program, including Orientation, Capstone Symposium, and Hooding Ceremony.

• Travel to events and conferences to promote the MBE program nationally and internationally
• Communicate with prospective students to recruit them
• Oversee the annual updates of admissions materials, application and admissions rubric
• Recruit program admissions committee members

• Providing oversight to Associate Directors around student and academic advising, including faculty advising and matching
• Provide oversight for the Associate Director for capstone mentor matching
• Advise students on career and professional development opportunities

• Work with the Dean and Associate Deans for Graduate Education to define programmatic policies and academic expectations for the program
• Work with the Office of Graduate Education to participate in an external review of the program every 3-5 years, which includes developing a comprehensive report about the program and responding to reviewer comments.

• Serve on Master's Governance and Oversight commit and attend meetings as called by Graduate Education Leadership (generally two to three times per month) to contribute to academic and administrative policy development, share best practices, collaborate to design resources across master's programs
• Serve on the Academic Progress and Review Board (APRB) attending meetings as scheduled by the Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education (generally 1-2 times/month) to discuss academic progress for students across the master's programs and decide on any necessary academic remediation or disciplinary procedures for students at risk.

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctoral degree required.
• Minimum 5 years active teaching experience in educational leadership role as demonstrated through teaching, mentorship, scholarship, and/or service/practice.
• This position will require a concurrent ladder faculty appointment.

Additional Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in Bioethics or related field preferred
• 7-10 years of teaching experience preferred
• Dedicated commitment to supporting and nurturing the career development of learners of diverse backgrounds;
• Demonstrated leadership skills and operational excellence in a bioethics-related field or program
• Experience with student and program assessment, faculty development, and continuous educational quality improvement

Contact Information:

Contact Email: genevieve_saphier@hms.harvard.edu

Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions or any other characteristic protected by law.

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