Chief Administrative Officer, University College

Date Posted:
10/10/2025

Req ID:
45470

Faculty/Division:
University College

Department:
College Administration

Campus
: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description
About Us
University College (UC) is the founding college of the University of Toronto. UC is home to over 5500 undergraduate students, who may study in any of the 330 academic programs offered by the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto (U of T). The college also directs Canadian Studies, Cognitive Science, and Public Health — interdisciplinary Arts and Science programs that challenge our students to excel intellectually — and a suite of seminar courses called UC One: Engaging Toronto, which enable first-year students to apply their learning to the city around them.

University College is located at the historic heart of U of T's St. George campus in downtown Toronto. Our beautiful campus comprises the University College building, an architectural marvel and National Historic Site, as well as our three residences, and the UC Union. Affiliated with UC and sharing our spaces are the Centre for Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies, the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies, and the Art Museum.

UC's founding values and support for academic excellence have laid the groundwork for the inclusive and stimulating community that our students, faculty, alumni, and staff continue to enjoy today.

Your Opportunity
As part of University College's senior management team, and reporting to the Principal, the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) provides administrative leadership, sound management and strategic direction to operations and business administration within University College. The CAO is responsible for creating excellent standards of financial, human resource, physical space and information technology, and for coordinating and streamlining administrative services across the College's numerous internal units. These include student advising and student life services for approximately 5500 undergraduate students as well as the Student Success Commons and the Writing Centre, extensive residence and food service ancillary operations, the UC Library, four interdisciplinary academic programs highly-utilized event spaces and an active Advancement unit.

Education

• University degree in relevant field of Commerce or Business Administration, or an acceptable equivalent of education and experience.
• A professional accounting designation (CA, CMA or CGA) is an asset.

Experience

• Five to seven (5-7) years' relevant progressive experience in overseeing a portfolio of the combined areas of human resources, space operations; and finance and information technology.
• Prior staff management experience in a unionized environment, experience and success motivating and mentoring staff and teams.
• Experience and working in a cross-functional environment and administering complex financial and human resources matters applying a variety of policies, procedures and collective agreements.

Skills

• Demonstrated expertise in budget planning, financial management and control, as well as administration of budget and financial resources. Demonstrated experience in managing operating and ancillary funds.
• Experience preparing financial statements for capital and other projects of fund accounting, examining, and analyzing financial records to ensure accuracy and compliance with established accounting standards and procedures. Experience working with internal and external auditors.
• Proven ability to work at a strategic level and work collaboratively with stakeholders at all levels of the organization, work independently as well as part of a team, and ability to be self-directed and take initiative.
• Ability to analyze and understand financial matters from multiple perspectives, in order to understand the impact on multiple areas and determine the optimal solution, ability to balance different interests and perspectives and find solutions in a positive, consensus -building manner.
• A collaborative and consultative style as well as the ability to foster and maintain effective relationships, excellent oral and written communication skills.
• High level of initiative, tact and diplomacy, ability to work at the highest strategic levels and to take strategy and move it through to tactics and action.
• Proven leadership skills and experience in team building, managing change and adapting to new technologies.
• Highly developed and effective problem-solving skills and ability to exercise sound judgment.
• Demonstrated commitment to equity and diversity.
• Commitment to Indigenous partnerships across and beyond campus and to the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.

Other

• Demonstrated ability to apply organizational policies, collective agreements and practices to a variety of situations in a fair and equitable manner.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment driven by competing tasks and deadlines.
• Strong computer skills; knowledge of AMS/FIS/HRIS or equivalent.

Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply by October 27, 2025; posting will remain open and applications will continue to be reviewed until filled
Closing Date:
10/27/2025, 11:59PM ET

Employee Group:
Salaried

Personnel Subarea:
PM

Appointment Type
: Budget - Continuing

Schedule:
Full-Time

Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
PM 6 -- Hiring Zone: $132,351 - $154,409 -- Broadband Salary Range: $132,351 - $220,587

Job Category:
Administrative / Managerial

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Diversity Statement
The University of Toronto embraces Diversity and is building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized persons, women, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities. We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise are essential to strengthening our academic mission.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see

Accessibility Statement
The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.

The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.

If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact

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