Manager, Graduate

4 weeks ago

Vancouver, Canada University of British Columbia Full time

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Student Management, Level B

Job Title

Manager, Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies (leave replacement)

Department

Associate Dean Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies Portfolio | Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Compensation Range

$6,551.00 - $9,418.83 CAD Monthly

The Compensation Range is the span between the minimum and maximum base salary for a position. The midpoint of the range is approximately halfway between the minimum and the maximum and represents an employee that possesses full job knowledge, qualifications and experience for the position. In the normal course, employees will be hired, transferred or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the salary range for a job.

Posting End Date

March 11, 2024

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above.

Job End Date

Sept 30, 2024

Please include cover letter. This is a 6-month term appointment with the possibility of an extension

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Summary

The Manager, G&PS formulates and implements plans to support the graduate and postdoctoral programs, including strategic planning, program evaluation, communication to internal and external stakeholders, and student/fellow support activities such as orientation, professional development, and leadership initiatives for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. The Manager, G&PS is responsible for developing, overseeing and reconciling budgets for the G&PS Office, LFS Graduate Student Council, and LFS Scholar Seminar Series.

The Manager represents the G&PS Office on university-level projects and committees, as well as serves as a back-up for the Associate Dean, Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies as required.

Organizational Status

Reports to the Associate Dean, Graduate Programs & Research. Participates as a member on Graduate Advisor committees. Works with faculty, staff, graduate advisors and students in the Faculty. Serves as key liaison between faculty, staff, and students and the Faculty of Graduate Studies and the VP Research Office, ORS and granting agencies. Supervises and trains support staff, temporary staff and student assistants.

Work Performed
- Provides leadership and strategic direction for the continuing development, delivery and expansion of a portfolio of graduate programs.
- Participates in the strategic planning and evaluation of the graduate and postdoctoral programs by evaluating and making strategic recommendations for areas of potential improvement and growth; develops programs, policies and initiatives to support the strategic direction of the G&PS portfolio;
- Develops and implements innovative long-term strategies to recruit and retain high quality graduate students for both professional and thesis-based graduate programs, working closely with faculty members and the Associate Dean;
- Develops marketing strategies which includes assessing web content, reviewing recruitment; brochures and designing various marketing and promotional materials.
- Manages special projects as assigned by the Associate Dean, G&PS or at own initiative to accommodate for shifting priorities and objectives;
- Provides advice to faculty members and the Associate Dean, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies in the development of new professional master’s programs and determining logistics such as criteria, curriculum and target enrolment numbers.
- Provides oversight and management of the graduate internal awards and scholarships (e.g. endowed LFS major and minor awards/scholarships totalling approximately $650,000 annually, 4YF, etc.), including managing the competition and adjudication, monitoring award funds, and liaising with DAE staff;
- Works with the Assistant Dean of Development and Associate Dean of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies with the stewardship of gifts designed to support graduate students, including development of eligibility criteria and competition guidelines for new internal awards and fellowships.
- Calculates and assigns annual GSI allocations to programs.Assigns awards, monitors spending.
- Develops strategies to support the research activities and conference presentations of the LFS research-based graduate students funded through the LFS Graduate Student Travel Award (a $1.6 million dollar endowment).
- Prepares and monitors expenditures of the G&PS annual budget, the Graduate Student Council annual budget and the LFS Scholar Seminar Series budget.
- Approves and recommends expenditures for the various internal activities of the Graduate Program unit.
- Develops and reviews the on/offboarding progra

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