School: Harvard Medical School

Position Description:

• Provide day-to-day academic program oversight by supporting and communicating with program staff, course instructors, teaching assistants, and students, monitoring academic processes
• Develop and maintain program engagement opportunities for in-person students, in collaboration with the education team
• Supervision of TAs, TFs and temporary course instructors

• Travel to events and conferences to promote the MBE program nationally and internationally
• Communicate with prospective students to recruit them
• Collaborate with Director on annual updates of admissions materials, applications and admissions rubric
• Provide training for program admissions committee members
• Participate as a reviewer for application materials, provide ratings and hold interviews with prospective students

• Participate in capstone mentor matching
• Oversee letters of recommendation for in person students and alums of program in conjunction with the Director.
• Advise in person students on career and professional development opportunities
• Work with in person students to maintain satisfactory academic progress and identify and mobilize new sources of support as needed

• Work with Office of Graduate Education to customize plans for in person students with academic, disciplinary or other special circumstances.
• At the direction of and in collaboration with the Director, define and evolve programmatic policies and academic expectations
• At the direction of and in collaboration with the Director, participation in and execution of the external review process.
• Regularly attend the Academic Progress and Review Board (APRB) meetings 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.
• At the discretion of the Director, attend the Master's Governance to participate in and contribute to academic and administrative policy development, share best practices, collaborate to design resources across master's programs

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctoral degree required
• Commitment to and aptitude in bioethics education as demonstrated through teaching, mentorship, scholarship, and/or service/practice. 

Additional Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in Bioethics or related field preferred
• 3-5 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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