Senior Advisor Undergraduate Program in Nursing
Senior Advisor Undergraduate Program in Nursing
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Job Type:
EmployeeDuration in Months (for fixedterm jobs):
12Job Family:
Program Management# of Open Positions:
1Faculty/Service Department:
School of NursingCampus:
Ottawa ONUnion Affiliation:
SSUODate Posted:
April 03 2025Applications must be received BEFORE:
April 14 2025Hours per week:
35Salary Grade:
SSUO Grade 11Salary Range:
$87272.00 $110239.00About the Faculty of Health Sciences About SciencesMake your mark with the Faculty of Health Sciences! Health matters to everyone and we are committed to becoming a nationally and internationally recognized leader in innovative approaches to active living health promotion and quality health services.
Our success lies in our students and our people. Join us and every day you will have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact as we grow together and make a great faculty even better.
Position purpose:
Reporting to the Director of the School of Nursing of the Faculty of Health Sciences the Senior Advisor Program Management plays a critical role in the successful planning organization improvement and implementation of projects that support students faculty and the undergraduate programs operations of the School. Translates strategies into program plans and deliverables in support of meeting program objectives while promoting service excellence. Ensures collaboration among program staff and establishes processes and procedures that optimize resources contributing to the overall success of academic services offered by the School of Nursing.
This is a oneyear full time contract or temporary assignment.
As part of this oneyear project the incumbent is responsible for developing and launching a Brightspace platform to centralize resources and information for nursing students across all four years of the program. Develops and refines policies and procedures to support the School of Nursings operations. Reviews and implements the grade review process to ensure consistency and fairness. Helps in developing a tracking system to facilitate program approval and accreditation processes. Gathers information to inform and enhance the School of Nursing initiatives and actively contributes to other initiatives that align with strategic priorities as needed.
In this role your responsibilities will include:
Program Operations Management: Oversees all ongoing operational activities including but not limited to courses workshops training and events in support of core program delivery including administrative and financial functions resource allocation monitoring and communication. Coordinates crossproject activities of interconnected projects within the program scope with the objective of maximizing resources and enhancing communication. Acts as management liaison with other faculties or services whose contribution is a key input to program success as well as to ensure effective communication and collaboration on areas of common interest. Oversees activities undertaken as part of special projects within the overall scope of the program.
Planning: Participates in needs analyses and strategic planning activities by contributing innovative ideas and evidencebased information related to program delivery. Translates global program objectives and needs into short medium and long term operational plans. Identifies risks to success and implements contingency measures to ensure program continuity. Plans all key resources; human material financial and space towards meeting program objectives.
Continuous Improvement: Devises key performance indicators and ensures accurate tracking of data for evaluating performance against program objectives. Analyses performance trends and adjusts program elements accordingly. Monitors industry trends and norms to introduce innovations into program planning and delivery and ensures continuous alignment of deliverables with global objectives of the sector while favouring service excellence. Given the ongoing nature of programs ensures that program deliverables continue to evolve with the evolving needs of program participants.
Program Promotion: Acts as an ambassador for the program and actively promotes program impact features and successes. Effectively communicates the link between program objectives and the overall vision of the faculty or service while consistently supporting and upholding the reputation of the program.
What you will bring:
Bachelors degree (BScN) in Nursing.
5 years of related experience in program or project management
3 years of experience in supervision.
Other Qualifications:
Experience in budget management and planning.
Experience interpreting performance metrics in support of evidencebased decisionmaking.
Experience in academic administration.
Familiarity with digital platforms with strong interpersonal and communication skills to drive initiatives forward.
Ability to succeed in a highpaced high demand environment with strict deadlines
Strong organizational skills to manage multiple elements of ongoing operations.
Ability to simplify and explain rules and regulations.
Ability to motivate a team and to collaborate with multiple stakeholders.
Proven commitment to client satisfaction.
Bilingualism French and English (spoken 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 selfstarting. 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.
The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect teamwork and inclusion where collaboration innovation and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons racialized persons persons with disabilities women and LGBTQIA2S persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible barrierfree work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
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.
If this is a frontline position with responsibilities to interact with students selected candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
