Academic Program Specialist

Job Summary:

The UW Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (UW CIPE) is a highly collaborative and creative academic center at UW Madison that designs, delivers, and evaluates learning experiences to build interprofessional competencies across many groups of learners. The Center's mission is to work collaboratively locally, nationally, and globally to champion, integrate, and advance interprofessional practice and education to achieve better health, care, value, work experience, and to achieve health equity (The Quintuple Aim). The Center was established in 2016 and reports to the University Health Sciences Leadership Council, which is the Provost Office and the Deans of the School of Medicine and Public Health, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Veterinary Medicine.

The Academic Program Specialist highly contributes to the development, implementation, administration, coordination, evaluation, and quality improvement of the Center's programs and initiatives to meet the mission and strategic directions. The role is highly collaborative and works directly with multiple internal and external stakeholders, including students, faculty, staff, and other stakeholders. The Academic Program Specialist is instrumental in the daily operations of the Center and provides direct administrative support (in-person and remotely) to the UW CIPE Director and Assistant Director.

Successful performance in this role will require
- both on-site and remote work availability
- excellent organizational and time management skills
- initiative and ability to work independently and in a team setting
- management of multiple projects and deadlines with high attention to details
- ability to use a collegial and collaborative approach in working with faculty, staff, and students across campus and with other internal and external partners
- exercising adaptability, agility, and flexibility
- working evenings and weekends for in-person and virtual interprofessional events
- creative thinking and problem-solving ability
- excellent interpersonal skills with a student-focused approach

Responsibilities:

Contributes to the development, implementation, administration, coordination, and evaluation for one or more academic programs to ensure effectiveness in meeting departmental and student development goals and initiatives. Strives to create a welcoming, equitable, and inclusive work environment.

• 25% Utilizes independent judgement regarding development, implementation, promotion, and evaluation for one or more academic programs, initiatives, or events
• 45% Identifies program, needs, contributes to the development of unit workflows, schedules logistics and secures resources for meetings, events, and interviews
• 10% May supervise the day to day activities of one or more academic programs and resolves issues exercising discretion to meet unit goals.
• 20% Provides administrative support to the UW CIPE Director and Assistant Director

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion

Education:

Preferred
Bachelor's Degree

Qualifications:

Required:
- Experience with planning, scheduling, and coordination of events and programs
- Two or more years of recent and relevant project management/coordination experience
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Proficiency in professional/academic writing, proofreading, and oral communication skills

Preferred:
- One or more years of experience in higher education
- Knowledge and experience in interprofessional practice and education and in working with different health education programs
- Knowledge and experience with platforms such as Qualtrics, Canvas, WordPress, and various social media platforms

Work Type:

Full Time: 100%

This position requires work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location.

Appointment Type, Duration:

Ongoing/Renewable

Salary:

Minimum $55,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and sick leave; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits. Benefits information can be found at (https://hr.wisc.edu/benefits/).

SMPH Academic Staff Benefits flyer: (https://uwmadison.box.com/s/r50myohfvfd15bqltljn0g4laubuz7t0)

Additional Information:

University sponsorship is not available for this position, including transfers of sponsorship. The selected applicant will be responsible for ensuring their continuous eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without the need of an employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.

How to Apply:

To apply for this position, please click on the "Apply Now" button. You will be asked to upload a current resume/CV and a cover letter briefly describing your qualifications and experience.

Contact:

Beth Miller
bmiller53@wisc.edu
608-265-8696
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.

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Official Title:

Academic Program Specialist(AE010)

Department(s):

A53-MEDICAL SCHOOL/CTR IP PRACTICE AND ED

Employment Class:

Academic Staff-Renewable

Job Number:

309322-AS

 

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