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Oregon Health & Science University

Education Program Manager

🇺🇸 Portland, OR 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $119K - $202K 💻 Project Management 🗓️ April 24th, 2026
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Oregon Health & Science University is hiring an Education Program Manager. This role involves leading and managing a comprehensive education program at Cascade Life Alliance, including developing curriculum, coordinating education initiatives, and collaborating across departments to support strategic goals and optimize donation outcomes.

Highlights
  • Manage the design, implementation, and evaluation of education initiatives across all CLA departments.
  • Develop and maintain education strategy, curriculum, and standard content for staff orientation and continuing education.
  • Oversee a centralized repository of educational resources and documentation standards.
  • Establish measurable education outcomes and lead performance improvement efforts.
  • Provide guidance and coaching to Hybrid Educators and collaborate with Quality and Compliance teams.
  • Partner with leadership and medical staff to optimize donation processes and outcomes within the Donation Service Area.
  • Perform 24-hour administrative on-call duties as needed, including clinical call responsibilities.
  • Required qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in a healthcare-related field, 3 years of recent Organ Procurement Organization experience, and a valid driver's license with vehicle access.
  • Preferred qualifications include American Board for Transplant Certification (CPTC) credential and supervisory or management experience.
  • Must be able to work variable hours, travel as necessary, and perform physically demanding tasks such as lifting up to 50 lbs.

Education Program Manager Full Description

Department Overview:

This position is under the supervision of the VP of Clinical Operations at the Cascade Life Alliance (CLA). The duties of this position are in support of the mission and goals of CLA including comprehensive supervision and leadership of the Education Program, to include oversight of the design, implementation, standardization, and evaluation of education initiatives across all CLA departments. Additionally, the Education Program Manager may take administrative call as needed to provide 24-hour coverage coordinating all aspects of the donation process across the Donation Service Area (DSA).

 

The Education Program Manager works collaboratively with other departments to identify and advance initiatives in support of overall organizational strategic goals and values, including staff training and professional development, quality improvement, and performance management. 

Function/Duties of Position:

  • Responsible for the management of a comprehensive Education Program, including:
    • Develops, implements, and maintains the education strategy, curriculum and standard content for orientation of new staff as well as continuing education 
    • Coordinates internal education initiatives to ensure alignment and consistency across departments
    • Maintains and governs a centralized repository of educational resources, toolkits and documentation standards 
    • Establishes measurable education outcomes, ensures training and competency adherence, reviews performance trends, and leads systematic improvement efforts based on findings.
    • Provides oversight, guidance and coaching to Hybrid Educators
    • Collaborates with Quality and Compliance teams to ensure education supports regulatory readiness and performance improvement initiatives
    • Assesses success of group and individual practice, provides effective feedback, and develops processes to help drive performance improvement for department.
  • Partners with leadership from all CLA departments to ensure effective interdisciplinary collaboration to optimize donation outcomes throughout the DSA. Collaborates with Medical Directors and physician consults as needed, and assists staff in working through operational and administrative challenges.
  • Performs 24-hour on call functions as needed based on department staffing needs.

  • Special projects and other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelors of Science Degree with healthcare-related focus or equivalent experience.
  • 3 years recent Organ Procurement Organization experience.
  • Must have a valid driver's license and access to a vehicle.

Job Related Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (Competencies):

  • Extensive clinical healthcare knowledge base, with the ability to quickly and independently exercise sound clinical judgement in an often stressful environment. 
  • Excellent communication skills, flexible, highly motivated, a good team member with a positive attitude. 
  • Must be able to work in an adaptive fashion with a wide range of professional and nonprofessional constituents including, but not limited to, governmental officials, students, healthcare staff, and the public. 

Preferred Qualifications:

  • American Board for Transplant Certification CPTC credential.
  • Supervisory, management, or equivalent experience as determined by department

Additional Details:

Must be able to work a minimum of 40 hours per week and take administrative call as needed for 24 hour periods. May travel by ground transportation or charter and commercial aircraft in support of donation activities or other professional events. 

Clinical call for 24 hour periods and be able to function for extended hours in an intense, high-paced environment. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. Have a valid driver's license and access to a vehicle. 

Why apply to OHSU?: We are Oregon's only public academic health center.

In addition to caring for patients, we lead groundbreaking research. We also train the next generation of health care professionals. As Portland's largest employer, we give you opportunities to learn and advance in a system of hospitals and clinics across Oregon and Southwest Washington.

All are welcome.

OHSU welcomes people of all ages, ethnicities, genders, national origins, religions and sexual orientations. We are striving to build an anti-racist, multicultural institution and encourage people with diverse backgrounds to apply.

To request reasonable accommodation, contact askhr@ohsu.edu