School Chair, Health and Human Services: Competition #089

An Internal Posting in the BCGEU, SCFA Employee Group.

Castlegar

Posted: Thursday, August 22, 2019
Closes: Monday, June 03, 2019

The School of Health and Human Services invites applications for School Chair. Under the direction of the School Dean, the School Chair provides strategic and operational leadership for the School and is responsible for the overall operation and performance of the programs in the School and the programs, including distance and contract training. The Chair provides leadership to the School and programs by developing and maintaining contact with external partners and pertinent associations including: initiating and maintaining educational partnerships, liaising between the College and regional secondary schools, ensuring programs are involved with provincial articulation and provincial and national accreditation processes, development of advisory committees, and by ensuring program policy and curriculum are current and relevant. The Chair provides personnel administration and leadership, program and curriculum leadership, support of student learning at the school and program level, course scheduling, timetabling, budget development and administration, managing resources involved with the education of students, conducting instructor evaluations, representing the School at meetings, and other duties as required.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Under the direction of the School Dean, the School Chair will, on an annual basis:

• Engage the faculty and staff of the School in the establishment of annual and long-term goals, strategies, and actions that are in alignment with College strategic directions; lead Educational Planning processes with Educational Council and sub-committees
• Promote and provide leadership for a strong working team within the School and contribute to a collaborative approach to overall College leadership and management
• Work closely with the School Dean and other Deans and Directors to ensure expanded capacity for the School to increase program offerings and to generate revenue through contract and other related activities
• Assist the Dean with completion of regular evaluations of all staff in the School for the purposes of determining reappointment, recognition, continual improvement strategies and/or remedial action
• Work closely with the Communications and Marketing team in marketing, communication development, advocacy activities which lead to enhance support for the School and students
• Supervise and support the instructional programs within the School and with the School Dean, develop, monitor, and administer the annual School budget
• Ensure continuous improvement of student survey response rates and satisfaction
• Be active in enrolment management and related action plans and participate in student recruitment, advising, retention and success
• In consultation with the School Dean, carry out personnel administration including the preparation of draft postings, and participation in the interviewing & selection process to fill vacancies within the School
• Plan workload allocations to create equitable balance of work within the School and provide direct supervision and delegation of work to the School Administrative Assistant
• Participate in the creation of Advisory Committee meeting agendas and the meetings, and ensure meetings are scheduled annually for each program

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• Learner-centered philosophy of teaching, learning and evaluation
• Excellent communication, team work, organizational, interpersonal, and time management skills
• Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement

Education and Experience 

• Master’s Degree in a health and human services field is preferred*
• Five years of current teaching experience in a program within the School/Current member of the Health and Human Services faculty team at Selkirk College and previous leadership experience relevant to the posting

*An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

This is an 80% release time, with 20% load for instruction and/or special project administration commencing August 1, 2019 and ending July 31, 2022. Salary and Benefits are in accordance with the BCGEU/SCFA Collective Agreements. The salary range is $2,232.42 - $3,732.00 bi-weekly (at 100% appointment) and is based on qualifications and experience. A monthly stipend will be paid in accordance with the Collective Agreement when the successful applicant begins training.

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