Academic Dept Manager Iii
2 months ago
**Schedule**
Monday to Friday, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
**Education Level**
Master's level degree in a relevant field or professional designation such as a CPA.
**Career Level**
5-10 years of managerial experience
Ranked as one of the world’s top 70 universities, McMaster University is known for teaching and research excellence. Our purpose is the discovery, communication, and preservation of knowledge. In our teaching, research, and scholarship, we are committed to creativity, innovation, and excellence. We value integrity, quality, inclusiveness, and teamwork in everything we do. We inspire critical thinking, personal growth, and a passion for lifelong learning. We serve the social, cultural, and economic needs of our community and our society.
**About the Department**: The **Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour (PNB)** is an intensive teaching and research-based department. Our 33 faculty members provide instruction to over 15,000 undergraduate students, and teach more than seventy undergraduate courses throughout the year, with the assistance of over 150 Tutorial Assistants. Our faculty also provide supervision and instruction to over 100 graduate students enrolled in PNB. Our undergraduate programs confer degrees in Science, Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary programs. PNB has long enjoyed an international reputation for research excellence in experimental Psychology (across Animal Behaviour; Cognition/Perception; Developmental Psychology; Evolution & Social Behaviour; Systems & Behavioural Neuroscience; and Research & Clinical Training). Total annual research awards exceed $2.8million.The department is housed in its own building consisting of five floors with 40,000 square feet of the building dedicated to research purposes, and the remaining 50,000 square feet to faculty & administrative offices, classrooms and seminar rooms; and its current annual operating budget is just over $10 million.
**About the Position**: Reporting to the **Department Chair**, The Academic Department Manager III is responsible for the **strategic and operational management **of a very large, complex academic department with multiple functions including graduate and undergraduate programming, fee for service facilities, labs, research institutes, centres, and external partnerships. This role plays an integral role in **driving the department strategy and ensuring alignment with the strategic vision of the University**, influencing the culture within the department, **reinforcing university values **and shaping the direction of the department offerings with a forward
- looking perspective.
**Key Accountabilities**
- Provides administrative and operational leadership, visioning and strategic planning, and advises the Chair and faculty members on financial and human resources, space, curriculum, academic planning, advising and scheduling, and other strategic matters.
- Collaborates with the academic leadership of the department and senior administrative staff of the Faculty and with central offices such as the Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic), the School of Grad Studies, the Office of the Registrar, Human Resources, Institutional Research and Analysis, ROADs, MILO, Finance, Facility Services.
- Provides critical analysis of the Department’s needs related to planning, resourcing and proposal development using detailed data analytics to develop and drive the Department’s strategy.
- Provides a link between incoming and outgoing faculty and staff on operational procedures and policy as they relate to undergraduate and graduate education, and research administration, and advises on new initiatives or changes to policies and procedures at both the department and university levels.
- Plays an integral role in managing and overseeing all aspects of the Accreditation process (includes overseeing the administration of the annual Graduate Attribute measurement and collection process, as well as the preparation for the program visits)
- Manages and oversees the Internal Quality Assurance Process (IQAP) for both graduate and undergraduate programs.
- On a day-to
- day basis, the Manager implements the policy decisions taken by the Department, Faculty, or University with respect to undergraduate and graduate students, and research administration, represents the department/programs on University-wide committees, and provides leadership and direction to the staff who provide service to students in the undergraduate and graduate programs.
**Other Key Areas Include**:
**1) Financial Management**
- Independently manages the financial resources (operating, research, facilities/services, research institutes and centres) of the department.
- Serves as the Chair’s delegate and has financial decision making and signing authority necessary for the continued operation of the Department.
- Develops and monitors financial policies and procedures and ensures compliance with University policies, participating in a
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