Lead Officer, Admissions

**Job Type**:
Employee

**Duration in Months**(for fixed-term jobs):
3

**Job Family**:
Admissions

**# of Open Positions**:
1

**Faculty/Service - Department**:
Application Evaluations

**Campus**:
Main Campus

**Union Affiliation**:
SSUO

**Date Posted**:
August 11, 2025

**Applications must be received**BEFORE**:
August 22, 2025

**Hours per week**:
35

**Salary Grade**:
SSUO Grade 09

**Salary Range**:
$72,437.00 - $91,502.00

About Student Affairs:
There’s nothing more rewarding than helping future generations reach their full potential at a world-class university. With our wide variety of career opportunities and professional development pathways, we’re sure that you’ll enjoy the experience as much as our students do.

**Position purpose**:
**In this role, your responsibilities will include**:

- Admission Cycle Planning and Coordination: Determines admission offer needs for programs under their responsibility so that enrollment objectives can be met. Works with faculties to develop and implement work procedures and tools to facilitate the admission process. Closely monitors and manages admission numbers for limited enrolment programs under their responsibility. Keeps close track of related statistics.
- Coordination of Junior Workers: As needed, delegates tasks to more junior workers, mainly students hired as part of the Work-Study Program (WSP), and ensures that tasks are completed according to the stated norms and instructions.
- Special Projects: Participates in special projects or faculty/service initiatives as needed

**What you will bring**:

- University degree in administration or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
- Minimum three years of demonstrated experience in a similar role
- Thorough knowledge of postsecondary programs, academic regulations and university services
- Experience in academic record analysis, management and control
- Experience in administrative writing in both official languages
- Experience working under pressure and prioritizing work to meet strict deadlines
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and customer service skills
- Ability to work evenings and weekends as required
- Bilingualism - English and French (oral and written)

**Key Competencies at uOttawa**:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa:
**Planning**:Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
**Initiative**:Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
**Client Service Orientation**:Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
**Teamwork and Cooperation**:Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.

**Note: if this is a union position**:The hiring process will be governed by the current collective agreement related to the union affiliation noted above; you can click here to find out more.

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