Associate Dean

2 weeks ago


Burnaby, Canada British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) Full time

BCIT’s
- **School of Construction**
**and the Environment** is seeking a
- **temporary, part-time (0.5**
**FTE**
**) Associate Dean - Trades and Technology Complex**. The Associate Dean is part of the Educational Leadership Team of the Institute. Reporting to the Dean, the Associate Dean is accountable for providing administrative and educational leadership to designated full-time, part-time and Industry training programs and courses, in accordance with BCIT and industry standards and congruent with the overall Institute mission to become Canada’s Premier Polytechnic Institute. As the first line educational manager, the Associate Dean represents the School’s Dean as appropriate. The Associate Dean functions as a member of academic departments, as faculty and staff personnel supervisor, arid as the individual responsible for the implementation of corporate and school level educational strategies and objectives. The Associate Dean is responsible for leading a broad range of initiatives impacting the daily and longer term strategic issues important to the Institute.**Duties & Responsibilities**

**KEY**
***
**ACCOUNTABILITIES***:
**Leadership**:

- Represents the Institute, School and Department at relevant Industry, community and sector functions.
- Responsible for full time, part time, Industry Services and International courses.
- Participates in the development and implementation of strategic plans, organizational structures, systems, and processes.
- Represents the educational department for internal activities.
- Establishes and maintains an effective liaison with relevant industries, professional groups and associations, government agencies, joint boards, BCIT support groups, etc.
- Establishes a working liaison with other institutes, schools, colleges and universities and participates in inter-institutional planning and articulation committees as appropriate.
- Identifies and leads the development of new educational and business opportunities for the Institute.
- Attends Program Advisory Committee meetings.
- Works with the Foundation and encourages Industry to support BCIT via scholarships, donations, awards and Gifts in Kind.
- Ensures compliance with relevant provincial and federal legislation.

**Educational Administration**:

- Fosters an organizational environment that will encourage personal productivity, job satisfaction and the professional growth of both support and academic staff.
- Identifies and facilitates instructor, professional/management and support staff training initiatives and opportunities.
- Ensures provision of approved training and learning opportunities to students, in accordance with established priorities.
- Promotes and maintains positive working relationships with other teaching and nonteaching departments and services.
- Ensures academic integrity for all program courses.
- Supports and enhances the educational experiences of students enrolled in the department’s programs.
- Represents the department’s and/or School’s interests at various Institute committees, hearings and stakeholder meetings.
- Identifies and contributes to the marketing efforts required to build or sustain the Department’s programs.

**Programming**:

- Consults broadly with external groups to determine present and future educational training needs, and enrolment levels.
- Develops program and department objectives in consultation with internal and external stakeholders.
- Directs the design, development and implementation of new programs and courses.
- Establishes curriculum development strategies consistent with Institute standards and oversees the process.
- Establishes, maintains and operates an ongoing process of program evaluation, ensuring that programs and courses are of a high quality and are effectively and efficiently delivered in accordance with established standards.
- Oversees program accreditation processes.
- Ensures that Advisory Committees are in place for each program, that program committee membership is appropriate, and that Advisory Committees function effectively in accordance with Institute expectations and policy.
- May participate in some instructional activities.

**Staff Relations**:

- In consultation with others, establishes a Human Resources plan to ensure an optimum match between expertise and human resources requirements.
- Initiates and participates in the recruitment and selection of faculty, technical and support staff, and ensures appropriate recommendations on hiring.
- Participates in the selection and election of chief instructors and program heads in accordance with the collective agreements.
- Briefs Program Heads/Chief Instructors regarding administrative duties.
- Approves staffing schedules with Chief Instructors/Program Heads, ensuring that there is an optimum utilization of staff resources.
- In consultation with the program areas, sets appropriate performance expectations, and evaluates performance based on those expectations and objectives.



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