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Program Coordinator, Educational Specialist - School of Medicine

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Atlanta, GA 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Other 🗓️ July 15th, 2026

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Emory University is hiring a Program Coordinator, Educational Specialist for the School of Medicine. The role involves coordinating student advising, managing program logistics including budgets and communications, supporting curriculum faculty in course planning, and ensuring compliance with accreditation standards to maintain continuity and quality in the MD program.

Highlights
  • Coordinate operations of the MD program's Society advising and student activities.
  • Manage budgets, logistics, and communications for Societies and the Student Government Association.
  • Support curriculum development and act as liaison with educational developers and faculty.
  • Enter and oversee student grade processes and train clerkship coordinators on grading systems.
  • Prepare educational materials, manuals, and reports; maintain program records and databases.
  • Coordinate logistics for Educational Development Subcommittee and serve as a non-voting member.
  • Use program management skills to develop work plans, conduct research, and monitor program progress.
  • Require bachelor’s degree related to the program and a minimum of two years related experience or equivalent.
  • Collaborate with Center for Holistic Student Success to support accommodations.
  • Role includes hybrid remote work but requires residency in Georgia and flexible campus presence.

Program Coordinator, Educational Specialist - School of Medicine Full Description

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Description: 
The Program Coordinator for Societies is essential to maintaining effective student advising, meeting LCME requirements, and ensuring smooth operations across multiple core functions within the MD program. This role provides critical support to Society advisors, manages Capstone and the M2 Elective Lottery, oversees SGA communications and logistics, and administers Society budgets. As an Educational Specialist, the coordinator partners with curriculum faculty to coordinate program activities, enters and oversees grade processes. Without this role, advising continuity, accreditation compliance, and overall student support would be significantly compromised, placing additional strain on faculty and staff and negatively impacting the student experience.
 
The Program Coordinator duties are organizing, coordinating, and planning operational facets of a program and its related activities which include, but are not limited to the following: establishing long-term operational objectives, researching factors that may impact the success of the program, and working with individuals or groups to research and document program requirements in order to provide appropriate input into the development of strategic plans.
 
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Develops work plans to accomplish program goals and objectives and monitors progress toward their achievement.
  • Conducts research and gathers information to develop various publications.
  • Develops promotional materials which may include content for reports, briefings, newsletters, grants or other written information related to the program.
  • Assists in developing and coordinating program-related conferences, conventions, or meetings.
  • Monitors expenditures and may participate in the budget planning process and prepare financial reports.
  • May assist in identifying funding resources and developing fund-raising strategies and initiatives.
  • Prepares operational and statistical reports.
  • Conducts training, represents the program at meetings and conferences, and networks with affiliated groups. May supervise assigned project staff, interns and/or volunteers.
  • Performs related responsibilities as required.

JOB SPECIFIC DUTIES:
 Society Program
  • Serve as the liaison between Society advisors and the Office of Medical Education and Student Affairs.
  • Manage SGA listservs and SGA calendar.
  • Coordinate logistics of the SGA meetings.
  • Manage the Society's budget.
  • Coordinate and track CME for SGR.
  • Educational Specialist for the following course experiences: M2 Electives, IPE/DEIRA Threads, Capstone.
  • Serve as a liaison in partnership with the MD program's curriculum faculty to plan and design courses, threads, and programming.
  • Collaborates with Center for Humanizing and Innovating Medical Education (CHIME) Educational Developers and defines educational goals, objectives, and methodologies to meet course, thread, and clerkship goals.
  • Coordinate curriculum and program activities in partnership with curriculum and program faculty.
  • Enter student grades once confirmed by the course director and train clerkship
  • directors/coordinators to enter student grades for clerkships
  • Provide support services in partnership with the Center for Holistic Student Success (CHSS) –Accommodations.
  • Writes, edits, and coordinates the development of educational materials, training
  • manuals/standard operating procedures (SOP), newsletters, and brochures, as appropriate to the program.
  • Maintains records and databases on student and program activities, materials, equipment, and supplies.
  • Manage expenses for curriculum areas as appropriate.
Educational Development Subcommittee
  • Coordinate logistics and documentation of the Educational Development subcommittee activities.
  • Will be a non-voting member of the Educational Development Subcommittee.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Bachelor's degree in a field related to the program.
  • Two years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

NOTE: This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home regularly but must be able to commute to Emory University on a flexible weekly schedule based upon business needs. Schedule is based on agreed upon guidelines of department. This role requires residency in the state of GA. Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee. Additional Details: 
Emory is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law. Emory University does not discriminate in admissions, educational programs, or employment, including recruitment, hiring, promotions, transfers, discipline, terminations, wage and salary administration, benefits, and training. Students, faculty, and staff are assured of participation in university programs and in the use of facilities without such discrimination. Emory University complies with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veteran's Readjustment Assistance Act, and applicable executive orders, federal and state regulations regarding nondiscrimination, equal opportunity, and affirmative action (for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities). Inquiries regarding this policy should be directed to the Emory University Department of Equity and Civil Rights Compliance, 201 Dowman Drive, Administration Building, Atlanta, GA 30322. Telephone: 404-727-9867 (V) | 404-712-2049 (TDD).
 
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