ASSISTANT DEAN FOR EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS, CLERKSHIPS

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Edinburg (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is seeking an Assistant Dean for Educational Affairs, Clerkships in Edinburg, Texas. The role leads curricular activities for the medical education program, collaborating with senior leaders to align the clerkship curriculum with LCME standards and the Central Curriculum Authority Committee.

The position oversees daily clerkship operations, curricular innovations, assessments, and faculty development, ensuring high-quality medical student education across

Qualifications

• Terminal degree from an accredited university.
• Five (5) years of experience in medicine-related field or experience directly related to the stated duties.

Responsibilities

• Oversees daily operations of the clinical clerkship curriculum and liaises with administrative staff, faculty and leadership to ensure timely delivery.
• Designs, delivers and manages the UME clinical clerkship curriculum in alignment with LCME standards and CCAC.
• Co-creates, implements and assesses curricular innovations with faculty and curriculum leadership.
• Oversees evaluations of the clerkship curriculum including student, faculty, resident and site evaluations.
• Identifies, recruits and develops Clerkship Directors and clinical educators.
• Oversees and manages the clerkship budget and ensures optimal learning environments.

Education

Terminal degree from an accredited university

Job description

ASSISTANT DEAN FOR EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS, CLERKSHIPS

Posting Number: SRGV9175

Number of Vacancies: 1

Location: Edinburg, Texas

Department: Clerkship

FLSA: Exempt

Scope of Job

The Assistant Dean for Educational Affairs, Clerkships is a keymember of the education leadership team. Reporting to the SeniorAssociate Dean for Educational Affairs, the Assistant Dean forEducational Affairs, Clerkships is responsible for leadingcurricular activities that reflect the vision, values and missionof the UTRGV SOM. The Assistant Dean for Educational Affairs,Clerkships collaborates closely with the Senior Associate Dean forEducational Affairs and the Assistant Dean for Educational Affairs,Pre-clerkships to structure the horizontal and vertical integrationof the overall UME curriculum. Together they work to promotestudent success by ensuring all medical students achieve theknowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to become competent,compassionate physician leaders.

Description of Duties

• Oversees the daily operations of the clinical clerkshipcurriculum, which includes liaising closely with administrativestaff, faculty and leadership to ensure timely and cohesivedelivery of the curriculum.
• Assists in the design, delivery and management of the UMEclinical clerkship curriculum in alignment with LCME standards andthe Central Curriculum Authority Committee of UTRGV SOM(CCAC).
• Works closely with faculty and curriculum leadership toco-create, implement and assess curricular innovations.
• Oversees all aspects related to the evaluation of the clinicalclerkship curriculum including student, faculty, resident and siteevaluations in collaboration with the Office of Evaluation,Assessment and Quality Improvement.
• Identifies, supports, supervises and evaluates ClerkshipDirectors and clinical educators participating in the clerkshipeducation.
• Oversees and manages the clerkship budget.
• Continuously appraises the efficacy of the clerkship curriculumin terms of attainment of competencies, appropriateness ofsequencing, adequacy of content, pedagogical methods, etc. in orderto promote meaningful curricular renewal.
• Recommends and implements high-impact, evidence-informedcurricular changes to restructure components of the currentcurriculum and responds to concerns or suggestions from students,faculty and staff.
• Partners with clerkship directors and clinical faculty toimplement revisions and updates to clinical curriculum.
• Recommends revisions and the development of clinical rotationcourse offerings for MS years 3-4.
• Serves on CCAC and other committees related to the clinicalclerkship curriculum.
• Identifies, recruits, and develops clinical training sites forthird and fourth year rotations.
• In collaboration with Educational Affairs staff managers,supervises clinical education clerkship coordinators to ensurestudent rotation scheduling, clerkship curricular requirements, anddaily job duties have been met and provides input into annualperformance evaluation.
• Advises and oversees students in the scheduling of their thirdand fourth year rotations through the Learning Management Software(One45).
• Works collaboratively with affiliated clinical sites in theutilization of shared resources, faculty and administrativeexpertise to ensure an optimal learning environment for clerkshipstudents.
• Acts as main point of contact for students, faculty andadministrators for all issues related to the clinical clerkshipcurriculum.
• In collaboration with the Office of Student Affairs, monitors andaddresses academic or disciplinary problems arising with third andfourth year medical students.
• In collaboration with the Office of Student Affairs, assists inthe development and maintenance of postgraduate career planning andadvising program for medical students.
• Promotes the interests and welfare of the Office of EducationalAffairs (faculty, staff, and students) while building comraderiesand collegial team dynamics.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervision Received

General supervision from Senior Associate Dean of EducationalAffairs.

Supervision Given

Direct supervision of assigned staff.

Required Education

Terminal degree from an accredited university.

Preferred Education

N/A

Licenses/Certifications

None.

Required Experience

Five (5) years of experience in medicine-related field orexperience directly related to the stated duties.

Preferred Experience

None.

Equipment

Use of standard office equipment.

Working Conditions

Needs to be able to successfully perform all required duties.Office Environment; some travel and weekend work is required. UTRGVis a distributed institution, which may require presence atmultiple locations throughout the Rio Grande Valley.

As part of their essential duties, employees in these roles areexpected to maintain a consistent, in-person presence on campus attheir assigned locations. Limited exceptions may apply forpositions that are approved as hybrid or fully remote in accordancewith UTRGV policies.

Other

Exceptional planning and organizational skills. Knowledge ofcontemporary medical pedagogical issues involving medicaleducation; experience in curriculum assessment and evaluation witha focus on improving measurable student outcomes; and anunderstanding of medical school accreditation.

Physical Capabilities

N/A

Employment Category

Full-Time

Minimum Salary

Commensurate with Experience

Posted Salary

Commensurate with Experience

Position Available Date

10/19/2026

Grant Funded Position

No

EEO Statement

It is the policy of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley topromote and ensure equal employment opportunities for allindividuals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex,age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity orexpression, genetic information or protected veteran status. Inaccordance with the requirements of Title VII of the Civil RightsAct of 1964, the Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972,Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americanswith Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, our University iscommitted to comply with all government requirements and ensuresnon-discrimination in its education programs and activities,including employment. We encourage women, minorities anddifferently abled persons to apply for employment positions ofinterest.

Special Instructions to Applicants

Dear Applicant,

The confidential information includes the following:

Date of Birth

Social Security Number

Gender

Ethnicity/Race

Please make sure that you omit this information prior to submission. We are advising that Human Resources will be forwardingyour application to the department as per your submission.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at(956)665-8880 and/or [e-mail].

Additional Information

UTRGV is a distributed location institution and working location issubject to change based on need.

All UTRGV employees are required to have a criminal backgroundcheck (CBC). Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Substitutions to the above requirements must have prior approval from the VP of Human Resources.