Strategic Coordinator

STRATEGIC COORDINATOR

**UNIVERSITY RELATIONS**

**Competition No.** 24.09.273

**CATEGORY**

**SALARY**

**CLOSING DATE**
- Full-Time Term (35 hours per week)
OOS Pay Band 6: $90,208 to $121,950 per annum
September 29, 2024**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 59 programs to more than 18,000 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 is seeking a Strategic Coordinator for a full-time 12-month term opportunity with our University Relations department. Reporting to the Vice-President, University Relations (VP UR), you will be responsible for the coordination, implementation and follow-through of department-wide initiatives and projects, from conceptualization to completion, including the execution of complex and confidential assignments and projects.

Key responsibilities include:

- Planning and managing projects across the University Relations portfolio, which may be institution-wide high-profile projects, often with a significant external engagement and communications component (i.e., Chancellor Speaker series, State of the University, etc.);
- Providing leadership, direction, and coordination of departmental strategic planning activities, including business plans, briefings, and presentations;
- Assisting the UR leadership team by providing strategic consultation, recommendations, reports, advice and office administration support;
- Researching, analyzing and resolving issues;
- Collaborating across portfolio department lines to develop and facilitate effective solutions on initiatives, programs, and projects;
- Developing communications, including briefing documents, correspondence, reports, presentations and internal responses for strategic priorities and emergent issues;
- Leading the tracking, monitoring, and reporting of performance metrics;
- Assisting with tracking and maintenance of budgets, oversight, and attention to controls on contracts and portfolio expenditures;
- Coordinating corporate initiatives;
- Providing leadership, coaching and guidance to project staff; and
- Planning events and initiatives for both the President and VP UR.

**SKILLS**:
You will have:

- Excellent and effective communication (written, verbal and listening), presentation and interpersonal skills;
- Excellent organizational and planning skills, with a proven ability to manage projects, multiple priorities and competing deadlines;
- Excellent prioritization, delegation, and human resource management skills;
- The ability to work independently and adapt to a somewhat ambiguous and rapidly changing environment;
- The ability to manage changing priorities, complex and confidential information and sensitive issues in a timely manner;
- A commitment to tact, diplomacy, and teamwork; and
- Proficiency in using Microsoft Office (Word, Publisher, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.).

**QUALIFICATIONS**:

- A degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, or another related discipline.
- A minimum of 5 years progressively responsible professional experience.
- Training and experience in project management.
- Experience in strategic business planning approaches and implementation, and business process improvement.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) designation would be considered an asset.
- Experience preparing budgets would be considered an asset.
- Experience in a post-secondary or a related public sector environment would be considered an asset.
- An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

**BENEFITS**:
When you become part of the MacEwan University team, you will enjoy a competitive salary. Our total compensation package includes:

- Competitive base pay
- Flexible benefits package
- Continuous learning culture