Assessment Specialist

Job Description

Designs, implements, manages, and continuously improvs the comprehensive assessment strategy for the PhD Biomedical Sciences program.

Essential Responsibilities and Duties:

  1. Works directly with the Vice Dean of Graduate Studies and Research in the planning, design, and management of the assessment framework for the PhD Biomedical Sciences program.
  2. Participates in Assessment Committee meetings and provide secretariat support, including agenda preparation, minutes, and follow-up on action items.
  3. Communicates and coordinate with course instructors, thesis supervisors, and examination boards at both KFSHRC and Alfaisal University.
  4. Assists in formulating and updating assessment policies, examination regulations, and academic standards documentation.
  5. Tracks, compile, and file student grades, qualifying examination outcomes, and research milestones in a centralized and secure database.
  6. Coordinates collection, analysis, and reporting of assessment data to inform program quality reviews and academic improvement initiatives.
  7. Leads the preparation of assessment-related documentation required for accreditation submissions to relevant national and international bodies (e.g., NCAAA).
  8. Provides training and guidance to faculty members on best practices in assessment design, rubric development, and fair grading.
  9. Coordinates curriculum mapping to ensure alignment of learning outcomes, teaching methods, and assessment tasks across all PhD coursework.
  10. Designs and maintain assessment blueprints mapping examination content to PhD program learning outcomes across all coursework and research phases.
  11. Leads psychometric analysis of examination results, including item difficulty, discrimination indices, and reliability statistics; prepare analytical reports for program review.
  12. Follows all Hospital’s related Policies and Procedures.
  13. Participates in self and others’ education, training and development, as applicable.
  14. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Education:

Master’s or in Training & Education, Health Administration, Medical Education, Health Education or other related discipline is required.

Experience Required:

Four (4) years with Masters, is required.


Requirements added by the job poster

• Master’s Degree

• 4+ years of work experience with Health Education