Director, Accreditation and Program Quality

Northeast Ohio Medical University

Northeast Ohio Medical University

Quality Assurance
USD 68,075-72k / year
Posted on Dec 3, 2025

Director, Accreditation and Program Quality

Please see Special Instructions for more details.

As part of your application, please submit a brief statement of values (less than 250 words) describing how your personal and professional values align with NEOMED's core values of Integrity, Collaboration, and Excellence. We are seeking individuals who not only bring strong skills and experience, but also demonstrate a commitment to these values in their work performance.

Posting Details

To create a Posting, first complete the information on this screen, then click the Next button or select the page in the left hand navigation menu. Proceed through all sections completing all necessary information. To submit the Posting to Human Resources, you must go to the Posting Summary Page by clicking on the Next button until you reach the Posting Summary Page or select Posting Summary Page from the left navigation menu. Once a summary page appears, hover your mouse over the orange Action button for a list of possible approval step options.

Position Information
Position Title Director, Accreditation and Program Quality
Position Type Admin/Professional
Department Dean's Office - Dentistry
Full or Part Time Full Time
Pay Grade MN11
Position Summary Information
Department Specific Information
Starting Salary Range: $68,075 – $72,000, commensurate with experience.
Summary
The Bitonte College of Dentistry’s Director for Accreditation and Program Quality (the Director) provides project management and support for all aspects of accreditation for the college and manages continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities related to college accreditation. The director will oversee these processes on site and will work in conjunction with other positions to ensure implementation of CQI processes in affiliated partner clinics where students rotate.
Principal Functional Responsibilities
Accreditation:
  • Provide project management for accreditation, continuous quality improvement (CQI), and other special initiatives.
  • Manage communications to and from the college’s accrediting bodies on behalf of the Dean and Associate Deans.
  • Develop and maintain an effective archiving system for all accreditation-related documents for the college.
  • Assist the college leadership in all aspects of the accreditation process.
  • Ensure effective communication with faculty, staff, students, administrators, and university-level personnel related to the college’s accreditation activities and requirements.
  • Coordinate data collection activities for accreditation across college, institutional offices, and affiliated external rotation sites and synthesize information for reporting to accreditation bodies. Data collection should cover institutional effectiveness, student success, clinical activities, service, and research activities, as described in the Commission On Dental Accreditation (CODA) standards
  • Manage, coordinate responses to, and submit (on behalf of the Dean) periodic surveys required by accreditors.
  • Lead site visit planning and operations for accreditation site visits.
  • Assist college leadership with new program development as it relates to college accreditation.
  • Map accreditation standards against assessment tools to ensure that all competencies are properly evaluated
  • Develop the methodologies to report and collect data required by CODA for the yearly accreditation report.
Continuous Quality Improvement:
  • Develop, implement, and document continuous quality improvement processes aligned with accreditation standards.
  • Manage and run reports to access and collect continuous quality improvement and other accreditation-related data.
  • Support college standing committees responsible for review of CQI data.
  • Ensure that the CQI parameters are reported and summarized in the Clinical CQI standard (currently CODA St. 5-3), Institutional Effectiveness Standard (currently CODA St. 1-2), and that these are aligned to the College’s KPIs reported for following the Strategic Plan.
Other Duties: Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
  • Master’s degree in higher education administration, business, or other relevant field. Alternatively, a combination of bachelor’s degree and project management certificate also is acceptable.
  • Prior work experience in higher education.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Prior administrative experience in higher education administration. Administrative experience in health professions education highly preferred.
  • Prior project management experience. Project management experience in higher education is highly preferred.
  • Prior higher education accreditation experience. Experience in health professions accreditation highly preferred.
  • Basic understanding of digital survey platforms and tools.
Physical Requirements
Must be able to utilize a phone, computer and other office equipment.
Posting Detail Information
NEOMED Campus Safety Guidelines
In an effort to keep our campus community as healthy and safe as possible, NEOMED may require vaccinations as a condition of attendance and employment. This policy will allow for exemption of the vaccination requirement for those individuals with valid medical reasons, sincerely held religious beliefs and matters of conscience.
Close Date

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

Applicant Documents

Required Documents
  1. Resume
  2. Cover Letter/Letter of Application
  3. Statement of Values
Optional Documents