Program Manager, Allied Health & Life Sciences

Administrative Full-time Net New Position
Under the direction of the Chair, the Program Manager, Allied Heath & Life Sciences, is accountable for providing academic, technical, and administrative leadership, supervision and direction to the faculty, students, and project partners in full-time programs, part-time studies, and special projects.
There is extensive contact with agencies, industry, and professional organizations. The position is ultimately responsible for revenue generation and delivery of profit to contribute to the bottom line of the college through full-time programming, international, part-time studies, and special projects.
Successful candidates will be required to conduct work within Ontario and must be available to work on campus as required. It is anticipated that this position will meet the needs of the department through a hybrid work arrangement three days on-site, and two days remote.
Responsibilities

• Manages operations for academic programs and activities, marketing, resource acquisition, ongoing review, and partnership activities
• Under supervision of the Chair, facilitates the development and implementation of new academic programs and the ongoing review of existing programs to ensure continuous quality improvement, and reflect changing technology, economic and market influences, and employment opportunities
• Plans, develops, and schedules complex activities and operations
• Establishes the workload for faculty in accordance with the provision of the collective agreement where applicable and employs performance management measures as required
• Provides academic and administrative leadership to faculty, staff and students in full-time and part-time programs, courses, in the potential areas of healthcare, animal care and business
• Represents the School/College through participation and memberships in committees, working groups, networking events and public relations
• Oversees program reviews, ensuring the delivery of high-quality curriculum
• Effectively allocates human, fiscal, and physical resources
• Counsels students and faculty regarding policies, procedures, including academic integrity
• Maintains a high level of performance through effective recruitment, selection, development, and evaluation of part-time faculty
• Works with college staff on special projects including proposal development, research, and RFP responses
• Coordinates student retention initiatives for selected programs
• Coordinates sharing of curriculum between faculty
• Maintains curriculum records
• Ensures course shells meet College standards
• Ensures programs operate in accordance with college policies and procedures

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Education or Masters in a Health Care Discipline preferred
• Knowledge and understanding of adult educational systems, structure and language is considered an asset
• Five years of related work experience such as curriculum development, student recruitment, adult education, human resources, program or project management
• Ability to work independently and learn quickly from example
• Excellent judgement and decision making
• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills to resolve conflict, problem solve, and provide quality deliverables
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
• Excellent communication skills, and strong problem solving and conflict resolution skills

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