2526-224 Accreditation and Quality Consultant (PS4) Central Office

The Accreditation and Quality Consultant will report jointly to the Dean and Associate Dean and is responsible for a full range of continuous quality assurance activities that would contribute to ensuring and meeting regulatory and or accreditation standards as established for each program within the School of Health and Human Services.

The Accreditation and Quality Consultant will:

• Play a leadership role in the accreditation/program approval process including the development of documents managing multiple priorities and timelines communication with regulatory and or accreditation bodies and supporting internal and external stakeholders.
• Be involved in the development of quality improvement initiatives in programs across the school.
• Support the data requirements for quality assurance and planning including research analysis and reporting.

Qualifications and Occupational Experience:

• The minimum educational qualification for this position is a post-secondary degree in a related discipline such as. education health social services business administration or another relevant discipline.
• Project management certificate would be an asset.
• You have a minimum of 5 years of recent and related occupational experience in leading projects which ideally include accreditation and /or quality improvement processes.
• Occupational experience that includes experience in the delivery of programs in health and human services would be considered an asset.
• You are familiar with and comfortable using computer applications such as the Microsoft Office Suite E-mail Sharepoint Adobe Excel MS Teams.
• You are comfortable working in a digital environment; you take responsibility for acquiring knowledge about advancing technology; and you are committed to using technology in your daily work including facilitation of virtual meetings.
• You have experience in research data collection financial tracking and report writing.

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 with a diversity of people and support resolution of issues
• You are known for your superior customer service skills and can 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 quality assurance processes and program evaluation.
• You are known for your problem solving and critical thinking skills
• You are a strong communicator
• You possess excellent coordination skills specifically related to continuous quality improvement.
• You have strong project management skills
• You demonstrate a strong commitment to excellence
• You are dedicated to life-long learning

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.

As a condition of employment Professional Support employees at NSCC must complete a part-time adult education program delivered by NSCC. This adult education program is a significant investment on the part of NSCC in the learning and development of new employees. To achieve regular status; all probationary full or part-time Professional Support employees of the College must successfully complete the program within their probationary period. Term full-time Professional Support employees whose term appointment is twelve or more months are also required to participate in this program.

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.

Unfortunately we can not accept late or paper applications.