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Position Title Accreditation and Integration Coordinator for Health Science

Department

Department Health Sciences Simulations

Position Category

Position Category Staff Full Time

Job Description

The Accreditation and Integration Coordinator for Health Sciences provides high-level executive administrative, analytical, and logistical support directly to the Chief Accreditation and Integration
Officer ( CAIO ). This role serves as a centralized administrative anchor specifically focused on supporting the accreditation processes and the operational workflows of the Center for IPE and Simulation ( CIPES ). Operating within a unified enterprise structure, this position supports
the CAIO’s direct reports within Simulation Operations, Simulation and SP Programming, Interprofessional Education ( IPE ), and Life Support Skills.
This role reports directly to the Chief Accreditation and Integration
Officer for Health Sciences

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, healthcare administration, education, or a related field preferred 3+ years of experience in a high-level administrative support,
executive assistant, or program coordination role. Demonstrated experience working within a complex higher education, health professions program, or academic healthcare environment strongly preferred

Preferred Qualifications

Document Control and Review: Assist the CAIO with the clerical formatting, systematic organization, and digital archiving of all required accreditation documents across multiple health professions programs to ensure consistency, timeliness, and completeness prior to submission

Standards Tracking: Maintain highly organized master repositories of current and future accreditation standards across multiple health professions colleges (including LMU - DCOM ) to support multi-program alignment

Audit Readiness: Monitor compliance communications and timeline trackers to ensure all multi-site program metrics are finalized ahead of cyclical reporting deadlines or internal audits

Direct Report Support: Provide direct administrative support to CIPES leadership, managing travel requests, processing institutional expense reports, and coordinating multi-site calendars for the CAIO’s direct reports to eliminate operational silos

Office Operations: Handle comprehensive clerical duties for the CAIO executive suite and CIPES , including processing receipts, routing document approvals, managing multi-campus correspondence, and maintaining central files

Executive & Committee Assistance: Coordinate high-level leadership and committee meetings, distribute strategic agendas, and record detailed minutes to prevent cross-program scheduling conflicts

KPI Data Collection: Systematically collect, clean, and organize raw operational data, validation metrics, and key performance indicators (KPIs) across Simulation, IPE , and Life Support Skills

Database & Roster Management: Maintain comprehensive and highly accurate records, including student cohort assignments, certification histories, cross-program group setups, and active campus personnel rosters

Resource & Budget Tracking: Organize and report on daily CIPES operations to give leadership clear visibility into how staff, spaces, and equipment are used, efficiently driving and supporting better budget management

Unified Support: Promote a unified “one LMU ” culture by streamlining communication and standardizing administrative workflows across all CIPES activities and health professions campuses

High proficiency in database management, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams), and enterprise scheduling/expense software

Meticulous attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills required for managing complex accreditation portfolios

Data-driven analytical skills to aggregate raw metrics into clean, actionable data reports

Operational discipline and efficiency, with the ability to manage requests from multiple direct reports simultaneously while keeping strategic priorities aligned

High confidentiality and professionalism in dealing with institutional records, financial data, and multi-program accreditation files

Continuous Accreditation Success: 100% accuracy and completeness in the clerical formatting, organization, and secure digital archiving of compliance and program metrics, ensuring all submissions are delivered ahead of internal reviews and external deadlines for multiple health professions programs

CIPES Operational & Margin Efficiency: Flawless, timely administrative execution of travel requests, expense reports, and logistics for all direct reports, successfully eliminating multi-site administrative delays and tracking resource expenditures to drive margin improvement

Flawless Data Integrity: Maintenance of completely accurate centralized student tracking cohorts, evaluation statistics, and performance KPIs across CIPES to provide clear, reliable operational visibility

Elimination of Operational Silos: Highly coordinated calendar and shared timeline management that facilitates cross-campus collaboration and supports the alignment of all health professions simulation and IPE spaces under a unified LMU framework.

About the Institution

Lincoln Memorial University is a values-based learning community dedicated to providing educational experiences in the liberal arts and professional studies. The main campus is located in Harrogate, Tennessee. For more information about employment opportunities, contact the Office of Human Resources at 423-869-7112 or humanresources@lmunet.edu .

AA/EEO Statement

Lincoln Memorial University is an Equal Opportunity education institution. Lincoln Memorial University prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability, veteran status, military status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, gender, gender identity, gender expression, and genetic information in all University programs and activities.

The University will conduct criminal background checks on all employees. Background checks may include but are not limited to confirmation of the individual’s identity, credit information, motor vehicle driving record, review of an individual’s criminal conviction record (if any), verification of any license, and certificate or degree required for the position.

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