Director of Professional and Continuing Education

_Algoma University is committed to undoing systemic and institutional discrimination and being publicly transparent and accountable. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are fundamental to our Special Mission. In keeping with the Seven Grandfather teachings that are the core values that inform our decisions as an institution, we are committed to creating a welcoming, inclusive, respectful, and safe environment where everyone belongs. We live these values through the strength and richness that diversity brings to our workforce and welcome contributors from equity-deserving groups including: Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized persons, women, Persons with Disabilities, 2 Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer persons._

**Job Title: Director of Professional and Continuing Education (PACE)**
- Administration_

**Position Status**:Permanent, Full Time

Non-Union

**Department**: Professional and Continuing Education(PACE)

**Supervision Received**: Associate Vice-President Academic and Continuing Education

**Supervision Exercised**:
Manager PACE Operations

Program Manager Community & Partner Learning

Program Manager Professional Development

Program Manager Workforce and Skills Development

**Location**: Greater Toronto Area, ON

**# of Positions**:1

**PRIMARY FUNCTIONS**:
A. Strategic Planning and Administration 50%

B. Student Related Responsibilities 20%

C. Financial and Budgetary Management 20%

D. Other Duties 10%

**TOTAL 100%**

Reporting to the Associate Vice-President Academic and Continuing Education (AVP-ACE), the Director of PACE at Algoma University will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of our continuing education initiatives, including strategic planning, development, coordination, and management of a variety of non-credit continuing education programs, including micro-credentials, post graduate continuing education certificates, Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR) (in collaboration with the Registrar) and English as a Second Language (ESL), budget management, marketing, and staff supervision

The incumbent will be focused on business and educational excellence, and will work with relevant internal and external stakeholders to ensure that the University’s continuing education programs maintain and enhance the reputation of the University, are fiscally sustainable, accessible, innovative, relevant, and responsive to community demand.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
**Strategic Planning and Administration (50%)**
- Develops a long-term, multi-year, multi-campus strategic/business plan that shapes the future of PACE’s operations, including future expansion of facilities and spaces; identifies project opportunities that integrate Indigenization, decolonization, and reconciliation into program and project development.
- Develop objectives, goals, and Key Performance Indicators (KPI-s), in consultation with the AVP-ACE, the Director, Professional and Continuing Education (PACE), Director, International Partnerships, Development and Innovation and the Director, Unity Centre of Excellence to ensure efficient, collaborative and effective PACE, Unity Centre of Excellence and Centre of Project Management operations
- Manages the project workload of a decentralized team of staff, students, and stakeholders across multiple campuses
- Strategically analyzes and addresses issues and initiatives and provides timely advice to the AVP-ACE.
- Actively participates in providing leadership, planning, and administrative decision-making for PACE, including its strategic priorities.
- Champions the tenets of Algoma University’s Special Mission, as well as the Institution’s commitment to honouring Indigenous stories and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action
- Collaboratively facilitates the planning and integration of projects created by or affiliated with PACE within the context of a comprehensive and evidence-based approach to research (including applied research) at the community level
- Develops, coordinates, and maintains policies, standards, guidelines, and best practices as related to projects and tasks associated with the PACE division
- Work collaboratively with the Registrar’s Office, Student Success & Wellbeing, and Recruitment & Strategic Enrolment departments on scheduling and student records (e.g. transcripts) specific to PACE programming
- Respond expeditiously to developments and changes under the portfolio and communicate appropriate information to the AVP-ACE, lifelong learners, administrative colleagues, industry-trained instructors, and staff within appropriate timelines
- Represents PACE at events, in relation to lifelong learners, programming, teaching, learning, recruitment, enrolment, graduation and all related matters
- Provide supervision, support, and career development for direct support staff reports
- Lead, manage, and/or support specific institutional issues, priorities, and special projects, as assigned by the AVP-ACE and in consu