at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Opening Id: 53984
Department: MED-OME & Fac Devel
Salary/Grade: EXS/5
Job Summary:
The Curriculum Operations Specialist provides management for AWOME program activities, recommending goals, assessing feasibility and ongoing performance & providing day-to-day oversight of administrative & operational functions.
The creative and team-centered individual in this role collaborates with staff, physician educators, scientists, and students in the comprehensive development, organization, implementation, maintenance and assessment of the undergraduate medical education curriculum of the Feinberg School of Medicine. Following educational best practices, the Operations Specialist proactively supports the day-to-day operations of curriculum and continuous quality improvement activities to meet the needs of students as they navigate the curriculum. This individual participates in cultivating a culture of support as students develop their skills, intellectual discipline, compassion and professionalism through on-campus and community learning and experiences.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Manages day to day operations.
- Ensures that program/project mission, values, guidelines, policies & procedures are implemented & maintained.
- Manages design and development of program databases; compiles & analyzes data; prepares reports.
- Reviews processes and recommends changes to incorporate state-of-the-art technology as appropriate into administrative, recruitment, marketing, and educational components.
- Identifies service improvement opportunities that will better enable program/project to achieve its goals and objectives.
- Acts as liaison to IT to ensure technology systems are properly installed & maintained.
Budget & Financial
- Participates in budget preparation.
- Maintains budget & associated analysis & reports.
- Enters individual &/or summary of transactions into journals &/or general ledger or other NU enterprise system.
- Reviews; ensures approval based on alternatives regarding practice & policy; analyzes and classifies transactions in accordance with established chart or coding of accounts; creates new accounts; prepares, processes, reconciles & provides receipts (as appropriate) for transactions.
