Program Review Officer

Position Information

**Position Title**
- Program Review Officer

**Department/Unit**
- President's Office

**Location**
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

**Posting Number**
- S145-25

**Employee Group**
- DPMG

**Position Type**
- Regular, On-Going

**Duration of Contract (if applicable)**

**Employment Type**
- Full Time

**Full-time Equivalency (FTE)**
- 1.0

**Salary**
- $59,555 - $79,673 per annum

**Classification**
- ADM-05

**Provisional Statement**
- This is a provisional classification. Formal regular review classification procedures may be initiated at any time by the incumbent or supervisor after the incumbent has worked a minimum of six months in the role.

**About Dalhousie University**
- Dalhousie University is Atlantic Canada’s leading research-intensive university and a driver of the region’s intellectual, social and economic development. Located in the heart of Halifax, Nova Scotia, with an Agricultural Campus in Truro/Bible Hill, Dalhousie is a truly national and international university, with more than half of our almost 21,000 students coming from outside of the province. Our 6,000 faculty and staff foster a vibrant, purpose-driven community, that celebrated 200 years of academic excellence in 2018.

**Job Summary**
- Reporting to the Academic Quality Assurance Manager, The Program Review Officer is responsible for ensuring program and accreditation reviews are completed in a timely way, to the standards required by internal policy and external bodies (e.g. Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission). They will work directly with academic and non-academic units to complete all aspects of program reviews, they will maintain a database and schedule of program reviews, and they will engage with policy development and process improvement.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Works with units to assist in producing the self-study, including provision of institutional level information, context, and framing. Monitors progress of development of self-study, reviews self-study for compliance with policy before submission to external reviewers, suggests adjustments necessary to ensure timely and appropriate completion in accordance with policy.
- Coordinates responses to external reviewer inquiries, either by addressing questions directly or by supporting academic units in preparing their replies.
- Provides support and guidance for units completing accreditation reviews and translates to program review requirements.
- Develops and maintains central resources for production and management of cyclical program reviews including tools and techniques to support units completing reviews.
- Maintains a schedule of program reviews, a database of completed reviews, and produces reports for the Academic Quality Assurance Manager, Assistant Vice-President Academic, Senate, and Board as needed.
- Works with academic support units to procure data/information for production of self studies, and, share relevant information learned from self-studies back to academic support units as relevant for continuous improvement.

**Note**
- The successful applicant will be eligible for hybrid work (combination of in-person work on campus and remote work from within Nova Scotia) as agreed by all parties based on operational requirements and university guidelines.

**Required Qualifications**
- Undergraduate degree with three to five years’ experience working within a post-secondary or regulatory environment (or an equivalent combination of train and experience).
- Experience coordinating multiple projects and managing priorities to meet deadlines and respond to inquiries.
- Familiarity with academic governance structures and external quality assurance frameworks.
- Ability to working with diverse and numerous interest holders to gather and disseminate information, support others in completing work, and facilitating communication among various groups across the institution to ensure compliance with deadlines and policy standards.

**Assets**
- Master’s degree.
- Experience in academic program review, quality assurance, or a related area.
- Experience working with labour market analysis and data

**Job Competencies**
- Respect & Inclusion
- Adaptability
- Knowledge & Thinking Skills
- Communication
- Service

**Additional Information**
- Dalhousie University supports a healthy and balanced lifestyle. Our total compensation package includes a defined benefit pension plan, health and dental plans, a health spending account, an employee and family assistance program and a tuition assistance program._

**Application Consideration**

**Diversity Statement**

Posting Detail Information

**Number of Vacancies**
- 1

**Open Date**
- 10/21/2025

**Close Date**
- 10/30/2025

**Open Until Filled**
- No

**Special Instructions to Applicant**

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