Academic Chair (CL8), Schools of Access Education and Language, and Trades & Transportation - Truro Campus
Academic Chair (CL8), Schools of Access Education and Language, and Trades & Transportation - Truro Campus
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Academic Chair (CL8)
Schools of Access Education and Language and Trades & Transportation
Northern Region Truro Campus
Truro Nova Scotia
Schools of Access Education and Language and Trades & Transportation
Continuing Full-Time Position: Commencing approximately September 2 2025
Application deadline is 11:59PM August 7 2025
Competition No. 2526-179
Salary range: $109891.508 to $129284.126annually
What youll do
Responsibilities
What you will be doing
This position is located in the Northen Region at Truro Campus. As the Academic Chair for the School of Access Education and Language and School of Trades and Transportation you will:
- Lead the delivery of Academic Upgrading Life Skills and Trades programs at the Campus ensuring the highest standard of quality and consistency in programing while supporting student success.
- Be a key member of both Campus and School teams. Campuses and Schools share accountability for ensuring a quality-learning environment and a cohesive campus team.
- Use your established relationships in Academic Upgrading and Trades related sectors regionally and locally to inform programming and opportunities for students.
Your strategic and operational leadership is key to ensuring the objectives of programs offered by NSCC are met through efficient and effective management of all fiscal and human resources while endorsing the application of adult education principles and portfolio learning within a safe work environment and portfolio learning in a learning-centered college.
What youll need
Qualifications
Qualifications and Occupational Experience:
- The minimum educational qualification for this position is an undergraduate degree in education or field related to the Schools. Or you have the recognized equivalency of a Red Seal Trade. A Graduate Degree in education would be considered an asset.
- You have a minimum of 7 years (full-time equivalent) of recent and progressive occupational experience in a field related to the School(s). You have a minimum of five years experience in a formal supervisory management or leadership role. Leadership in a post secondary environment that includes supervising faculty would be considered an asset.
- Teaching experience particularly at a post-secondary level would also be desirable.
- You are familiar with and comfortable using computer applications such as the Microsoft Office Suite E-mail Brightspace or ERP
- You are comfortable working in a digital environment; you take responsibility for acquiring knowledge about advancing technology; and you are committed to using technology to create an exceptional student experience.
- You have experience in training/facilitation preparation delivery and evaluation
Relevant Skills and Knowledge:
- You demonstrate a commitment to inclusion diversity equity accessibility and anti-racism
- You possess excellent interpersonal skills that enable you to interact at all levels of an organization.
- You are known for your superior customer service skills and are able to create a relationship of trust beyond the immediate interaction.
- Your superb team working skills enable you to contribute positively to a team environment.
- You have specific technical occupational knowledge and skill in working in partnership with key sectors as well as government funders and external regulatory bodies to ensure program relevancy and currency as well as compliance with educational standards
- You are known for your problem solving and critical thinking skills.
- You are a strong communicator
- You possess excellent coordination skills specifically related to balancing often competing priorities
- You have proven records and information management skills and abilities including strong organization and analytical skills.)
- You have strong project management skills with a proven track record in risk management.
- You have demonstrated strength in supervising managing and leading a team.
- You demonstrate a strong commitment to excellence.
- You are dedicated to life-long learning evidenced by your professional journey.
- You show a strong commitment to community involvement.
A little bit about us
Nova Scotia Community College
We value Diversity and Inclusion
The College values diversity and inclusion and is committed to employment equity. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates including Aboriginal/Indigenous Persons Black/African Nova Scotians members of racially visible communities persons with disabilities persons of a minority sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression and women. Applicants from these communities wishing to self-identify may do so by completing the online questionnaire within the application.
NSCC is organized into five campus regions and three stand-alone campuses. Each region and stand-alone campus is led by a designated Principal and regional management team which supports NSCCs commitment to accessible high-quality education across the province.
- Eastern Region: Includes Pictou Campus Strait Area Campus and Wagmatcook Learning Centre
- Northern Region: Includes Truro Campus Cumberland Campus and Amherst Learning Centre
- Metro Region: Includes Akerley Campus and IT Campus
- Southwest Region: Includes Lunenburg Shelburne Burridge Campuses and Digby Learning Centre
- Valley Region: Includes Kingstec Campus Annapolis Valley Campus and the Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS)
Stand-Alone Campuses:
- Ivany Campus
- Sydney Waterfront Campus
- eCampus
All NSCC positions are advertised every Tuesday and Thursday. To learn more about us and our hiring process please follow this link.
Are you interested
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Candidates selected for interviews will be expected to provide at least three recent occupational references. The successful candidate will be expected to provide official transcripts to show proof of academic achievements.
NSCC is committed to the full inclusion of all applicants. As part of this commitment NSCC will ensure that applicants are provided reasonable accommodations as required. If accommodation is needed to participate in the job application process please contact Nikki Berrigan HR Generalist at emailprotected. Our Employee Workplace Accommodation Policy can be found here.
Employment Type
Full-Time
