Medical Education Program Coordinator

**Department** Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Medicine Dept

**Salary range** $54,977.40 to $74,669.16

**Hours per week** 35

**Grade** 8

**Posted date** June 12, 2025

**Closing date** June 19, 2025

**Position Type** Full Time - Trust Funded

**Description**:
**_This position is a part of the Non-Academic Staff Association (NASA)._**

This position has a term length of 1 year plus 1 day and offers a comprehensive benefits package.

This competition will be used to hire 2 positions.

**Location** - This role is hybrid with a mix of remote and in-person work at North Campus, Edmonton.

**Working at the University of Alberta**
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**Working for the Department of Medicine**

The Department of Medicine is the largest department in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta with over 250 academic faculty members and over 400 trainees (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and residents). The Department of Medicine's core mission is to undertake outstanding education, research and high-quality clinical care to provide the best possible health outcomes for Albertans. We have 14 divisions that work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary, multicultural and ethnically diverse collegial environment.

**Position Summary**

In collaboration and consultation with the Education Director(s), education program committee(s) and Team Lead Medical Education, the Medical Education Program Coordinator (MEPC) develops, coordinates, maintains and supports medical education administration within the program(s) they coordinate. This role will assist with the administration of educational program technology platforms (Google Sites, Google Sheets, ZOOM, web Eval and CALLY) and provide support coverage for the Medical Education Business unit (OSCEs/interviews training, orientation, and mentoring of new MEPCs).

The individual must have a detailed working knowledge of the requirements of their education program(s) and possess excellent interpersonal, problem-solving skills and multitasking skills with flexibility and adaptability when taking directions from multiple sources. This position requires an affable, highly proficient individual who is adept at coordinating multiple schedules and the various detailed, complex tasks and projects required of this position.

**Duties**
- Acts as the primary administrative contact and resource for program(s), addressing trainee and faculty inquiries and concerns
- Coordinates and arranges meetings for Education Directors as relates to trainees and ensures all appropriate paperwork is submitted to offices within the Faculty of Medicine
- Administers trainee evaluation process
- Coordinates distribution and return of educational resource materials and dissemination of notices for AHD and seminars, awards, research and conference events
- Creates content for and maintains accurate information on the education programs, ensuring user-friendly, up-to-date information is available to trainees and faculty
- Coordinates all administrative aspects of awards process including nominations, notification to award winners, coordinating purchase of awards and/or processing of pay action forms
- Attends and collaboratively participates in Faculty of Medicine and Department of Medicine Program Coordinator community meetings
- Participates in orientation and training of new MEPCs
- Ensures MEPC live manuals and task tracker for the program on Google site is current and up-to-date
- Maintains web-based evaluations by distributing evaluations, monitoring receipt and follow-up; administers evaluations for trainees rotating through supported programs through a web-based system (Web Eval and/or CALLY)

**Minimum Qualifications**
- Minimum post-secondary coursework; post-secondary degree in a relevant discipline preferred;
- 3-5 years of administrative experience in an academic environment;
- Advanced skills in MS Google Suite

**Preferred Qualifications**
- Excellent command of English grammar and proofreading skills
- Good judgment and discretion in dealing with confidential matters
- Strong multi-tasking skills; ability to be flexible and adaptable in a complex environment; strong problem-solving