Department Chair, Health Care Assistant

Posting Number

**Posting Number**
- F1417
- Position Information

**Division**
- Health & Human Services

**Department**
- Health Care Assistant

**Supervisor Title**
- Dean, Faculty of Health and Human Services

**Location**
- Comox Valley/Campbell River/ Port Alberni (CV/CR/PA)

**Posting Type**
- Internal Only Posting

**Position Status**
- Sessional

**If Others, please specify**

**New Position or Replacement?**
- New

**Position End Date (if temporary)**
- 09/22/2028

**Desired Start Date**
- 10/27/2025

**Weekly work schedule (please indicate the start and end times for each day of work)**
- Days and hours vary based on the needs of the department

**%**
- 30%

**Pay Grade**
- The annual salary range is $70,437- $112,872 (at 100% appointment) and is based on qualifications, experience, and the placement criteria of Article 14 of the NICFA Collective agreement.

**Position Summary**
- In collaboration with the Faculty of Health and Human Services (HHS) Dean and Health Care Assistant (HCA) Department faculty and staff, the HCA Department Chair serves a key role in providing day-to-day educational leadership and operational oversight of the HCA Department, as listed in the Major Duties and Responsibilities section below. While the role is administrative in nature, the position of the HCA Department Chair is a faculty role in which the incumbent provides collegial leadership to a work group, with managerial decision-making remaining with the HHS Dean.

The HCA Department Chair fosters a collegial environment that promotes high-quality standards of teaching, scholarship, service, student support and success. The HCA Department Chair ensures the effective and efficient operation of the Department/School and provides leadership in educational planning, review and outreach activities to support the development and achievement of College and the HCA Department goals and objectives.

**Position Competencies**
- Collaborative skills and the ability to build a team environment and support change management
- Ability to foster a collegial, positive, student-centred working environment that supports learning for students, faculty and staff
- Demonstrated organizational and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated leadership skills and abilities including the ability to provide educational leadership to a diverse department/school as well as collaborate across departments/schools
- Experience and interest in program design, development, delivery and evaluation within a post-secondary environment
- Knowledge of and/or interest in financial management practices, including budgeting and expenditure control
- Knowledge of and/or interest in human resource management practices

**Duties & Responsibilities**
- 1. Provides work leadership, mentors and provides 1st level support to the staff and faculty of the Department/School by:
a. participating in the recruitment and selection of appropriate qualified faculty and staff for the Department/School;
b. providing orientation of new staff and faculty, communicating the College’s mission, vision, values and strategic objectives, and general policies and procedures and departmental/school guidelines;
c. developing annual and term workload assignments that correspond to program needs, collective agreement provisions and budget parameters for the Dean’s approval;
d. providing support for training and professional development of assigned support staff to assure their current and continuing competencies;
e. providing leadership and direction to assigned support staff to ensure optimal utilization of resources to achieve Department/School and College strategic goals;
f. participating in the review and evaluation of assigned support staff, providing guidance and coaching where needed.
2. Deals with student issues or concerns within the Department/School in accordance with College policies and procedures and/or departmental/school guidelines, resolving issues where possible, or referring them to the appropriate person;
3. Leads the educational planning processes for the Department/School by:
a. developing, in conjunction with Department/School staff and faculty, an annual operational plan that supports the College’s strategic directions;
b. working with staff and faculty to ensure that Department/School annual goals and objectives are achieved;
c. preparing annual reports that document the Department/School’s progress in achieving its goals.
4. Oversees program and curriculum development, implements and evaluates programs/courses that respond to community needs and prepares students for success and supports the strategic direction of the College by:
a. participating in the evaluation of the viability of new program/course requests and modifications of existing courses/programs;
b. supporting the development of objectives and outlines for new and revised courses/programs within the Department/School, including playing a leadership role in articulation and related processes;
c. consulting