Academic Chair, School of Health and Community

Fleming is located in the heart of the Kawartha Lakes Region in Central Ontario, Traditional Mississauga Anishinaabe Territory and covered by the Williams Treaties,1923... a beautiful place to live and work, surrounded by natural beauty and a mere 90 minutes north-east of Toronto. The College’s 6,800 full-time and 10,000 part-time students, including hundreds of international students from countries around the world, attend at campus locations in Peterborough, Lindsay, Haliburton and Cobourg. Fleming offers more than 100 full-time programs in Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Fine Arts, General Arts and Science, Technology, Skilled Trades, Community Development, Health, Business, and Justice as well as other Continuing Education courses.

We are also extremely proud of our more than 85,000 Fleming alumni who are contributing to their communities in the region, across the province and around the world.

**What Are We About?**:
Working collaboratively with the Dean, Academic Service Leader, faculty and staff, the Academic Chair is accountable for providing academic leadership and management of the school’s day to day operations. The Academic Chair hires and supervises full-time and contract faculty and manages all non-dual credit workload assignments and curriculum revision processes for the School. S/he provides leadership in academic processes, including program review, curriculum renewal, workload assignment, and budget planning and implementation. Through proactive planning, engagement, mentoring and communication, the Academic Chair models the college values inherent in our Core Promise to promote a sustainable, supportive and safe learning community. The Academic Chair, in collaboration with the Dean, Academic Service Leader and other College Service Departments, contributes to the development of multi-year capital plans. In collaboration with the Dean, the Academic Chair seeks out and fosters partnerships with industry, the community and other educational institutions.

Through proactive planning, flexibility, transparency, engagement, mentoring and communication, you will model the College values inherent in our Core Promise to Students and foster a sustainable, supportive and safe learning community as you work collaboratively with the Dean and internal and external stakeholder groups to develop and implement the School’s business plan within the College’s academic planning processes.

**Please note: this position has been designated as 100% on campus.**

**For More Information**:
For a complete job description, please refer to the document found here: Job Description

Please see Fleming College Strategic Plan and Academic Plan.

¿**What We Are Looking For**:

- Progressively responsible academic and/or leadership experience combined with professional experience in the field or discipline.
- Relevant post-secondary teaching experience
- Strong leadership skills including demonstrated experience guiding, developing and coaching employees, facilitating change, ensuring employee engagement, mediating/resolving conflict, and inspiring and influencing a team
- Demonstrated ability to cultivate and foster a collegial, collaborative work environment and empower direct reports
- Deep commitment to equity and diversity with demonstration of promoting a respectful and inclusive workplace environment
- Experience supervising professional staff within a unionized environment
- Strong understanding of the processes of learning and teaching, with experience in curriculum design, development, and delivery at the post-secondary level as well as knowledge of learning design and innovative teaching and learning strategies
- Experience developing and administering budgets, with strong analytical abilities and attention to detail.
- Superior communication (both verbal and written) and listening skills
- Exemplary attention to detail and organizational and planning skills including the ability to prioritize and continuously multi-task
- Proven experience developing creative solutions to complex problems, with evidence of strong decision-making capabilities
- Ability to be nimble and problem solve operational challenges
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain collaborative relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization
- Experience in recruiting and hiring and workload development
- Strategic and innovative thinker with the ability to connect the big picture to operations Solid understanding of the disciplines and programs within the School**Please Note - Admin**
- Please note that in addition to the salary range listed above, you will be eligible for performance-based incentives, in accordance with the College’s administrative compensation program and practices._

**How To Apply**

**Equity, Diversity & Inclusion**
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