Strategic Advisor

1 month ago

Toronto, Canada George Brown College Full time

**CLOSING**:Open until filled.

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**Land**_ _**Acknowledgement**
- George Brown College is located on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and other Indigenous peoples who have lived here over time. We are grateful to share this land as treaty people who learn, work, and live in the community with each other._

**Equity Statement**_ _**

**GBC Vision**
- To be _a college renowned for its inclusion, excellence, relevance, impact, and leadership._ _

**Position Description**:
**Key Responsibilities**:

- Provides expert advice, guidance, and recommendations to assigned Senior Leaders on emerging trends and opportunities, risks and competitive threats, prospective and current key initiatives, emerging industry trends, opportunities, competitive threats, and performance against annual or institutional plans.
- Consults with leaders to identify priorities that directly align to and support the College’s strategic plan, providing advice and guidance on how best to achieve alignment and interconnectivity throughout the College.
- Promotes excellence in Institutional Plan and Strategic Program development and determines in conjunction with the Sr. Manager/AVP the requirements for alignment with the college’s strategic priorities, goals, and objectives.
- Leads complex consultations and negotiations with business process owners, information technology specialists, academic divisions, service areas, college-wide steering committees/advisory groups, senior leaders, and other internal and external stakeholders to assess strategic investment opportunities.
- Builds rigorous program/project proposals, facilitating collaboration across interdisciplinary teams to analyze data, assess needs, align objectives, build evidence-based business cases, identify risks and opportunities, and prioritize opportunities for advancing the College’s strategy and vision.
- Leads cross-functional program/project definition processes, guiding diverse internal and external stakeholders to prepare business cases, concept documentation, and project charters that include clear objectives, scoping, governance, end results, assessment framework, constraints, risks, and interdependencies.
- Develops and manages program and project budgets, working with diverse stakeholders to integrate and reconcile financial assets and expenses across business units, funding sources, and employee groups for effective and transparent resource management, tracking, and reporting.
- Other related duties as assigned.

**Educational and Experience Requirements**:

- Master’s degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in Education, Public Administration, Project Management, Business, Political Science, or related field.
- Minimum seven (7) years of related progressive work experience in a post-secondary education (PSE) environment (or unionized environment equivalent), managing projects and teams within a complex unionized environment, and providing strategic advising/guidance.
- Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in an advanced management role, including people management.
- Experience in strategy and/or operational consulting, and leading strategic and operational planning.
- Experience managing service/vendor relationships and budgets.
- Project management certification or equivalent knowledge and experience is essential.
- Knowledge of the organizational environment of higher education and large institutions to understand client priorities, issues, motivations, and constraints.
- Solid knowledge of, and experience in implementing change management strategies.

**Skills and Attributes**:

- Proven ability to manage multiple interdisciplinary projects through to successful completion, within budget and within stipulated timeframes.
- Demonstrated tact and diplomacy in liaising and working with external stakeholders from both public and private sectors.
- Ability to handle multiple constituencies, agendas, engagements, and tasks with tight deadlines, and to deal productively with ambiguity and conflict.
- Highly skilled in navigating organizational complexity.
- Solid analytical, organizational, and strategic thinking skills.
- Excellent writing skills and proven ability to communicate effectively with all members of the college community, including senior management.
- Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment, prioritize tasks, proactively plan, and anticipate and problem-solve risks as they arise.
- Advanced conflict resolution and group facilitation skills to generate positive team environments.
- Demonstrated collaboration, teamwork, and interpersonal skills at a professional level.
- Demonstrated commitment to uphold the College’s priorities on diversity and equity.

**Interview process may consist of a practical skills component.**

**Notes**:

- The College requires proof of degrees, credentials, or equivalencies from accredited regional or federal post-secondary institutions and/or their inte

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