Project Manager

Full Job Description

The same philosophy of personal attention that distinguishes Yorkville Education Company as a leading provider of post-secondary education makes us an exceptional place to work. We are a progressive and modern institution, responding to the needs of current and future students and implementing the best technology solutions to empower our work. We prioritize diversity, open doors to those often overlooked, welcome new Canadians, and provide pathways to successful careers.

Yorkville Education Company (which manages both Proto Gold Marine Services and the Toronto Film School) began with a simple idea in 2004: offer flexible, rigorous, and career-focused degrees on campus and online to people who are on a purposeful path. With campuses in Ontario, British Columbia and New Brunswick, we equip our graduates with the professional knowledge, skills and designations that employers value.

Focused on providing a transformative, accessible and flexible higher education environment, our teams, from the President to the newest staff member, share a passion for learning, teaching, and growing as individuals and as teams. We nurture an inclusive, supportive, and genuinely kind work environment at our three campus locations and remotely.

If you want to shine a light on academic excellence, be empowered to make an impact on the transformation of the Canadian post-secondary education landscape, and work collaboratively beyond levels, join us.

**Who we need**

Reporting to the University Registrar, we are looking for a Project Manager to oversee the student registration process from start to end. You will grow your knowledge of our current processes and identify solutions for improvements and implementations. You will partner across the organization with various stakeholders from Academics, IT, Student Finance, Regulatory Affairs, Admissions, and others to gain needs insights. You will coordinate multiple business process projects and all activities related to student registration for our graduate and undergraduate programs. You will oversee project teams, managing timelines and tasks as set out in the registration process.
- This is a hybrid opportunity with the requirement to be available to work on-site in Toronto once or twice a week._

**What's in it for you**

**What you will focus on**:

- Collaborate. You will work closely with all stakeholders on ongoing activities around student registration and maintain transparent, consistent communication. You will take ownership to ensure nothing gets missed and no one is left behind. You will document all tasks relating to student registration and create optimizations for a measurably improved process.
- Manage deliverables. You will set project goals, track progress, and manage scope. You will proactively identify issues and ways to mitigate them, resolving concerns as they arise. You will communicate updates to the team and stakeholders weekly.
- Change management. You will develop consistent, high-quality registration processes that are compliant with regulatory policies and other relevant accreditation agencies.

**What you bring**:

- The education. You have a Bachelor's or higher degree, and you may be PMP or Lean Six Sigma certified.
- The project management skills. You have extensive project management experience, working cohesively with senior administration and stakeholders, faculty, staff, students, government officials and other educational institutions. You have experience planning and delivering projects from end to end. You are a strategic thinker who can deliver on operational planning and departmental objectives. You are a creative problem solver, able to balance and change priorities, anticipate and respond to issues and manage all of the details. Your focus is on accomplishing every milestone while ensuring processes are followed and issues are proactively dealt with.
- The self-motivation and exceptional organization. You take ownership of your work and seek new opportunities for learning and growing. You are curious, energetic and driven to perform effectively in a demanding, high-growth, fast-paced environment. You hold yourself accountable to high standards of confidentiality with an awareness of sensitive information. You can balance autonomy and independence with executive collaboration and cross-functional teamwork. You are passionate about representing the initiatives and work of the Dean and our organization as a whole.
- The technical skills. You have expertise in MS Office Suite and project management, productivity and communication tools. You are familiar with system integrations and transitions.
- The interpersonal skills. You have practical and flexible communication skills, confidence in representing the campus and experience building processes, writing documentation and creating reports. You can influence without authority, manage conflict and nurture trusting collaborative relationships at any level. You respect and a