Edi Manager

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Administration, Level B

Job Title

EDI Manager

Department

Administration | School of Population and Public Health | Faculty of Medicine

Compensation Range

$6,747.50 - $9,701.42 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date

January 30, 2026

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

Ongoing

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Summary
The Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Manager provides strategic project coordination and support for EDI initiatives for the School to foster a respectful learning and work environment and to promote equity, diversity and inclusion. This position works towards identifying Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (REDI) priorities, bringing awareness of power imbalance, bullying and harassment, racism, unequal and inequitable treatment, and all forms of behavioural and discriminatory attitudes to overcome differences and to promote a healthy and respectful workplace environment for all. The EDI Manager, with the SPPH REDI Committee, leads the planning, developing, delivering, and evaluation of a range of proactive and responsive dialogue and conflict transformation initiatives, including workshops, trainings, dialogue spaces, conflict coaching, mediation and restorative group processes. They bring advanced expertise in trauma-informed, relationship-centered, and equity-focused approaches to conflict engagement.

The role works closely with the Faculty of Medicine (FoM) Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and the UBC Equity and Inclusion Office to inform all decision-making within SPPH. The EDI Manager establishes relationships across the School and its partners to ensure consistency of practice and adheres to UBC regulations, policies and procedures.

Organizational Status
The EDI Manager works collaboratively with SPPH staff, faculty, students, student organizations, partners internal and external to UBC, and various units within the University. This role directly reports to the SPPH Director and Associate Director, Education and administratively reports to the Director of Administration. The incumbent works closely with the MHA Program Director and MHA Program Manager, as well as other SPPH Program Directors and managers as needed.

Housed within the Faculty of Medicine, the School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) is an innovative School that encompasses many of the health-related groupings at UBC as a collaborative venture. The School is structured around four divisions: Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health Practice; Global and Environmental Health; Health in Populations; and Health Services and Policy. The resulting mix of professions and disciplines is seen as a means of connecting individuals and learners to galvanize the relationship between health research, public health and health services and to enhance learning.

Work Performed
EDI Advising and Support:

- Acts as an advisor to SPPH leadership, staff, faculty and students to identify and assess needs, and to plan and develop actionable and sustainable organizational change strategies and initiatives related to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion across units in SPPH.- In consultation and collaboration with leadership, management teams and other relevant groups, takes the lead on providing coaching/advice to staff, faculty and students to build leadership capacity, improve equity and inclusion initiatives, and foster quality improvement.- Significantly influences functional strategy by working with senior leadership and the SPPH REDI Committee to develop and implement initiatives within the overall context of the School, Faculty of Medicine and the University's strategic plans. Contributes to the development of documents framing best practices, standards, processes and resources related to embedding equity, diversity and inclusion into the School. This requires proactive involvement in strategic planning, goal setting, and change initiatives specific to equity, diversity and inclusion for SPPH within SPPH and FoM’s EDI framework and plans.- In partnership with relevant groups and