Physician Assistant Assessment & Enrollment Counselor

Position Title:

Physician Assistant Assessment & Enrollment Counselor

Time Type:

Full time

Position Summary and Qualifications:

The Physician Assistant Assessment & Enrollment Counselor will coordinate data collection and analysis for accreditation and program assessment including:


• Student learning, i.e. student achievement of outcomes, both programmatic and inter-professional, in aggregate and at the individual student level
• Curricular effectiveness of both didactic and experiential coursework
• Achievement of mission, i.e. desired outcomes of the program in research and scholarly activities, service, and mentorship of students

 Coordinating SJU Physician Assistant Program’s admission-related functions, including:
• Fielding admissions inquiries
• Transcript evaluation
• Candidate correspondence
• Candidate review processes
• Interview-day coordination
• Arranging campus tours
• Continuing candidate list management

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Coordinate annual admission process, including review of applications, arrangements for admission process 

• Participate in recruitment, screening and selection of prospective students 

• Plan, organize and coordinate the program’s recruitment/marketing activities 

• Assist the Program Director in the coordination and production of information related to program accreditation to ensure ARC-PA standards are met   

• Assist the Program Director in preparing documentation for accreditation

• Serve on the College’s Assessment Committee

• Work/liaise with personnel in various University offices and departments

• Extraction of data from multiple sources (e.g. assessment platforms, databases, ExamSoft, learning management systems, course materials and assignments), measures that are both formative and summative in nature, and that involve internal and external stakeholders, including faculty, students, staff, preceptors, administrators, and alumni

• In-depth data collection and comparisons to aggregate data from other accredited ARC-PA programs, as well as to a peer group of colleges, and periodic self-assessments of compliance with accreditation standards must be managed in a timely fashion in order to foster continuous quality improvement

• Administrative and other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Program Director

• This position works with discipline-specific recruitment software programs and in the University’s enterprise system.  They work directly with the program director and also works closely with the University’s Office of Admissions.

 
Secondary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Administrative support for the Program Coordinator, as needed

• Administrative support for the Program Faculty, as needed

Minimum Qualifications:

Required

• Master’s Degree

• Good attention to detail

• Organizational and logistical skills for coordinating ongoing continuous improvement efforts

• Firm understanding of data literacy

• Technical expertise for data extraction and assessment system design

• Management and critical analysis

• Effective oral and written communication to solicit data and share analytic findings and interpretations among stakeholders

• Experience with setting up assessment platforms

• Competence in Excel and Google applications

• Knowledge and application of best practices research in assessment for learning

• Strong interpersonal skills, including good oral and written communication abilities

Preferred

• Master’s Degree Preferably in a field related to data science
• Admissions experience
• Higher education experience

Physical Requirements and/or Unusual Work Hours:

• Occasional nights and weekends to cover admissions events

Saint Joseph’s University is a private, Catholic, Jesuit institution and we expect members of our community to be knowledgeable about – and to make a positive contribution to – our mission. Saint Joseph’s University is an equal opportunity employer that seeks to recruit, develop and retain a talented and diverse workforce. The University is committed to the diversity of its faculty and staff so that our students, our disciplines and our community as a whole can benefit from the multiple perspectives it offers. The University seeks qualified candidates who share our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion. EOE

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