Associate Dir, Education Progr

**Regular/Temporary** - Regular **Job Title** - Associate Dir, Education Progr **Job ID** - 71827 **Location** - Downtown Centre **Open Date** - 09/09/2025 **Job Type** - Contractually Limited >12 **Close Date** - 10/05/2025 **Employee Group** - TMG **Favorite Job** **Department** - CCE Central Administration **Salary Grade/Band** - Band M **Salary Range** - $101466.00 - $152200.00 (annual) **Contract Duration** - 24.3 Months **Hours per Week** - 35 **Posting Details** **Schedule** - Monday to Friday 8:30 - 4:30 **Education Level** - Masters or PhD degree in Education or related field **Career Level** - 5-10 years of experience in university system supporting educational development - At least 2 years of management experience onboarding and supervising program managers and education development roles - At least 2 years of experience developing and managing programs, projects, and/or services, and associated program and staffing budgets **Duration** - 24.3 months *with possibility of continuing For over 90 years, McMaster Continuing Education has been delivering excellence in lifelong learning and is one of Canada’s largest and leading providers of certificate and diploma programs, professional development education, custom and corporate training. McMaster Continuing Education (MCE) is an entrepreneurial academic enterprise that serves the university and extended community, advancing adult learners’ ambitions, transforming careers, and enriching communities through educational excellence, innovation, inclusion, and partnerships. MCE has a staff complement of 47 regular staff plus ~240 sessional instructors. MCE pays rent and 4.5% of gross revenues back to the university, in addition to flowing funds back to individual Faculties through program partnerships. Delivery of programs occurs primarily online, with asynchronous and virtual/synchronous course offerings. **Job Summary** The Associate Director (Education Programming), under the direction of the Senior Director, will work closely and collaboratively with the Assistant Directors (Operations and Finance; Marketing and Student Enrolment) to develop and promote a quality culture for continuing education programming at McMaster University. The AD (Education Programming) implements McMaster Continuing Education’s (MCE’s) vision, mandate and mission and leads the development of innovative education programming that advances MCE’s strategic mandate areas. The AD (EP) will collaborate with the Senior Director, MCE, and senior leaders from central campus units (e.g. Alumni and Advancement, UTS, the Registrar, MacPherson Institute, Faculty Leadership, etc) to ensure cohesive programming that meets university needs. The AD (EP) supervises and directs Program Managers and other MCE education programming roles to oversee the continuing education activities of MCE, inclusive of educational technologies, curriculum development, scholarship in continuing education, corporate training and professional development programming. The AD (EP) will oversee a broad portfolio of day-to-day activities that includes supervision, program development, project management, budget management, liaising with administrators, faculty, staff, and students, and keeping up with advances in rapidly changing technologies and pedagogies. As a member of MCE’s leadership team, the AD (EP) will set and execute MCE’s operational goals, strategic objectives, core initiatives, and generate data-driven data. This role acts as an advocate and voice for MCE with both internal and external stakeholders and will represent MCE at regional, national and international meetings and conferences. **Strategy and Vision** - Advise the Senior Director on continuing education programming for MCE and enact strategic vision and, in collaboration with senior leaders from central units on campus, deliver innovative continuing education programming (including certificates, diplomas, and microcredentials) and review and report on that programming regularly. - As a member of MCE’s Leadership Team, collectively lead and implement organizational design and development strategies to support MCE’s capacity to strategically respond to changing institutional contexts. - Set and execute MCE’s operational goals, strategic objectives, core initiatives, including leading programming committees, working groups, and meetings to advance these goals. - Make recommendations on and operate within McMaster's broader university vision and strategies (including the microcredentials, alumni and advancement, IT, and EDI strategies), priorities, plans, governance processes considering the impact for continuing education programming (educational technologies, research on continuing education, partnerships, and curriculum development). - Recommend financial priorities and plans for MCE, manage and monitor the annual budget for their portfolio. **Collaboration and Communication** - Generate new partnerships and manage coll