Job Title: Student Support Specialist I, School of Medicine, 30519
Location: UMKC Hospt Hill Campus
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Job ID: 38789
Hiring Department

Council on Curriculum, Curriculum Office (School of Medicine)

Job Description

• Coordinate five semester-based School of Medicine courses: Human Structure Function I-IV, Clinical Correlations, Human Biochemistry, Medical Biochemistr, and the Neurosciences course
• Including developing and maintaining faculty communications, lecture, and small group schedules;
• Arranging for space for the course;
• Contacting other units and departments involved with the course;
• Maintaining the course website using Blackboard;
• Sending updates and reminders to students in the course;
• Tracking student assignments;
• Monitoring student participation in small group sessions;
• Scheduling student appointments;
• Resolving complex clerical problems related to the course;
• Compiling course-related reports based on databases that the assistant maintains;
• Working with the instructors to continuously improve the course.

Assist senior course coordinator and preclinical medical education deans with other courses or preclinical issues

Interprofessional Education (IPE):Coordinate the IPE events that occur at various times throughout the year.

Assist with data entry and database management of the curriculum management software; communicate with course directors and coordinators on obtaining data and assistance with the spreadsheet. Execute special projects assigned by the Associate Dean of Preclinical Medical Education and Senior Associate Dean of Medical Education: assist with scheduling of courses in Year 2 and 3 of the medical school curriculum: this includes knowing the schedules for courses that occur in the School of Medicine building and assisting course directors when changes are suggested.Provide administrative duties for proctoring examinations of the above courses and additional examinations as needed by the Office of Medical Education.Minimum Qualifications

A high school diploma or an equivalent combination of education and experience and at least 1 year of experience from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities can be acquired is necessary.

Full Time/Part Time

Full Time benefit eligible

Salary

$13.27/ hr - $16.23/hr

Application Deadline

October 31, 2021

Application Instructions

Applicants must combine all application materials (cover letter, resume, and list of five references with contact information) into one PDF or Microsoft Word document and upload as a resume attachment.

Limit document name to 50 characters. Maximum size limit is 11MB. Do not include special characters (e.g., /, &, %, etc.).

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