Dean, Education Division: Competition #054

An Internal/External Posting in the Exempt Employee Group.

Posted: Thursday, August 22, 2019
Closes: Friday, May 10, 2019

Selkirk College invites applications for the position of Dean and reporting to the Vice President Education. The Dean will oversee multiple areas of responsibility and the successful candidate will be responsible for the Schools of Adult Upgrading and Development (AUD), and University Arts and Sciences (UAS). The College and the Education Division places a high value on effectiveness, quality, teamwork, competence, communication, honesty, empowerment, community, and the ability to provide a leadership vision and inspire others. We are looking for an individual with a proven record of accomplishment who demonstrates these values and qualities. While the Dean’s office is located on the Castlegar campus, the ability to travel and work at other College locations on a regular basis is often required.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Overseeing program offerings in the School of AUD and UAS providing overall education, leadership, and planning including:

• Providing administrative leadership in other areas of responsibility assigned by the Vice President Education
• Supporting College-wide initiatives as a member of the Senior Leadership Team
• Providing educational and administrative leadership, consulting and working proactively and collaboratively with School Chairs, other supervisors, faculty and staff to accomplish short and long-term goals
• Ensuring learner-centered programs and services that meet student, industry, and community needs and regulatory requirements
• Promoting and contributing to curricular quality and relevancy, and encouraging a climate of teaching excellence and continuous improvement, scholarship, and student success
• Providing a leadership role collaborating and liaising with other post-secondary, community and governmental partners, and accreditation and professional bodies
• Leading and managing human resources and employee relations in their areas of responsibility including recruitment, collective agreements, evaluation, and contracts and ensuring employee teams are staffed with qualified professionals that leads to excellence in program and service delivery
• Being accountable for strategic enrollment management, budgeting, and other targets

As a member of the senior leadership team, the Dean is a key participant in College-wide planning processes, including enrolment management, educational planning and budget development. The expected areas of focus of the emerging Strategic and Education Plan (2019-2024) include:

• Developing program outcomes for all programs and corresponding learning outcomes and assessments for all courses
• Internationalization of the college environment
• Building on our strong relationships with indigenous communities to de-colonize our curriculum and systems and support national and provincial reconciliation initiatives
• Prioritizing program initiatives for new/renewed programs to maintain a robust suite of educational offerings
• Experiential learning: including practicum, service learning, co-op work terms and applied research projects
• Creating a 21st Century learning environment
• Adapting to a renewed Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system
• Revising and updating program review

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

The successful candidate will have:

• Detailed knowledge of some of the programs and services in this portfolio
• Administrative leadership in a collaborative and collegial environment
• Demonstrated excellence in accreditation and program review processes
• Demonstrated excellence in program design, development, and evaluation and excellence contributing to successful collaborative partnerships
• Excellent interpersonal, communication (both verbal and written) and conflict management skills
• Demonstrated ability to establish strategic alliances within and beyond the region are critical assets
• Demonstrated ability to develop effective enrolment (recruitment and retention) strategies
• Fiscal responsibility to lead and oversee budget development and monitoring
• Successful employee engagement strategies and employee development planning and strong labour relations skills

Education and Experience

• A minimum of a Master’s Degree in a relevant discipline
• Three to five years of post-secondary education administrative experience are required, preferably at a similar level
• Five years of exemplary post-secondary teaching or educational development experience

This is a regular, full-time position commencing August 1, 2019 or as negotiated. Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Administrative Staff and Benefit Program. Based on qualifications and experience, the compensation is in accordance with the Exempt Compensation Framework, which is aligned with Selkirk’s compensation philosophy.  As such, the position will be placed on Grid Level 15 between the minimum and control/mid-point ($94,742 - $126,322) with a maximum of $145,271. This position may include a modest car allowance.  

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