Strategic Initiatives Coordinator

STRATEGIC INITIATIVES COORDINATOR

**OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT**

**Competition No.** 24.11.336

**CATEGORY**

**SALARY**

**CLOSING DATE**
- Full-Time Continuing (35 hours per week)
OOS Pay Band 6: $90,208 to $121,950 per annum
- **About Us**:

- MacEwan University is where caring faculty help people connect their passions to their future paths. Located in the heart of Edmonton’s diverse and dynamic downtown community, and on the traditional lands of Treaty 6 First Nations and homelands of the Métis people, MacEwan is known for exceptional undergraduate learning. With its dedication to teaching excellence, informed by scholarly research, innovation, and creative activity, MacEwan provides an exceptional collaborative and supportive learning environment with a commitment to human rights, environmental sustainability, and opportunities for community engagement. We are committed to creating an equitable, diverse, inclusive, and welcoming community for all peoples, cultures, and identities.

Our comprehensive undergraduate university offers 55 programs to more than 19,000 full
- and part-time students in business, communications, community and human services, design, fine and performing arts, health, humanities, natural science, nursing, public safety, and social science. Through a wide array of experiential learning opportunities, and strategic relationships in the community, we partner with others to produce graduates of stature. Along with a robust grounding in their chosen disciplines, MacEwan students are given durable life skills that prepare them to take on the world.**Opportunity**:
MacEwan University has an exciting opportunity for an experienced and skilled Strategic Initiatives Coordinator with MacEwan’s Office of the President. In this full-time continuing position reporting to the Chief of Staff, you will lead, coordinate, implement, track, and complete projects and events that are in support of the strategic vision and priorities of the institution. Often your work may be confidential, will require tact and nuance, and require balancing of multiple priorities.

You will support the Chief of Staff in providing strategic advice and project management, and as a member of the small-but-mighty President’s Office team, help provide operational support to the President. This will entail responding to various current and emerging issues as well as seizing opportunities to advance the university’s strategic vision or improve the way we do things. As such, the Strategic Initiatives Coordinator is regularly entrusted with confidential information and must be flexible to respond to changing priorities in a challenging and dynamic environment.

Key responsibilities include:

- Coordinating with the Chief of Staff to identify, develop, and refine projects and initiatives that support and advance MacEwan’s strategic direction.
- Maintaining full life cycle ownership for projects and initiatives as assigned, including project planning, execution, monitoring, reporting, and debriefing.
- Playing a key role in leading or supporting institutional events (e.g. State of the University Address, Chancellor Speaker Series).
- Preparing and/or contributing to university-wide strategic documents and institutional reporting (e.g. Annual Report, etc.).
- Playing a role in managing issues and organizational change as required, which could include developing change management, issues management, and communication plans.
- Developing briefings, presentations, speaking notes, and other documents to support the President and advance the strategic priorities of the University.
- Developing positive, effective working relationships within and among areas across the university and identify opportunities for internal collaboration and consultation with faculties, schools, administrative units, and service areas.
- Raising urgent and/or sensitive issues while assessing options, implications, and risks, and providing recommendations to the Chief of Staff for consideration and/or decision-making.

**SKILLS**:
You will have:

- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of current principles and practice of strategic planning, project management, communications, issues management, and institutional effectiveness; particular experience in higher education and/or public sector preferred.
- Results-oriented quality with the ability to multitask, take initiative, demonstrate flexibility to adapt to changing situations and priorities and meet critical deadlines.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with external and internal stakeholders at varying levels.
- Demonstrated political and business acumen, diplomacy, and tact when dealing with senior leaders, as well as other colleagues within and outside the institution.
- Thorough understanding of project management principles, methods, and techniques, as well as first-hand experience leading or managing complex projects and