Chair, Schools of Health and Wellness - Toronto, Canada - George Brown College

George Brown College

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CLOSING:
Open until filled.

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Acknowledgement

George Brown College is located on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and other Indigenous peoples who have lived here over time. We are grateful to share this land as treaty people who learn, work, and live in the community with each other._

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GBC Vision

To be _a college renowned for its inclusion, excellence, relevance, impact, and leadership._

Position Description:

The
Chair, Schools of Health and Wellness and Health Services Management within the
Centre for Health Sciences, is accountable for providing academic and administrative leadership, supervision and direction to faculty, staff and students of 13 programs: Autism and Behavioural Sciences, Behavioural Science Technician, Behavioural Science Technician (Accelerated), Clinical Methods in Orthotics/Prosthetics, Hearing Instrument Specialist, Honours Bachelor of Behaviour Analysis (Bridge Year 4), Honours Bachelor of Behaviour Analysis, Honours Bachelor of Behaviour Analysis (Bridge Year 3), Orthotic/Prosthetic Technician, Recreation Management in Gerontology, Dental Office Administration, Office Administration Medical, Health Information Management.

Working with key constituencies, the Chair is accountable for the overall academic leadership, management and administration of the academic programs including the planning, development, delivery and on-going review of programs and services ensuring that the programs are aligned to meet student and industry needs, partnership's expectations as well as the College's key strategic objectives.

Key responsibilities:

Academic Leadership
As part of the CSHS Divisional administrative team, works collaboratively in the development and implementation of the School's business plan. Working with key internal and external stakeholders ensures program development and planning is ongoing to meet future needs of stakeholders and aligns with the academic strategy of the college.
Developing and implementing a business plan, including sources of revenue and funding, and an annual budget for the department, and proactively attracting new sources of revenue for the schools which would include international initiatives.
Establish meaningful leadership and responsiveness to students on 2 campuses, Waterfront & Sunnybrook Hospital.
Human Resources Management and Development
Maintains a high level of performance through effective recruiting, selecting, developing, motivating, evaluating and training of faculty and academic support staff.
In addition to fulltime faculty and academic support staff, promotes and monitors the ongoing professional development for nonfull time faculty and staff.
Responsible for overall program planning for the 13 education programs and the implementation and academic leadership of new curriculum.
Hires and supervises sessional and parttime faculty for academic and clinical practice.
Administers the college's academic policies and appeals process.
Oversees the administrative processes associated with scheduling and timetables. Manages the administrative processes associated with faculty workload.
Utilizes Collective Agreement, Student Rights documents, and related college policies and procedures to assist in the dispute resolution process.
Departmental Operations
Develops recommendations for enrolment targets and budget, monitors and directs the budget activity for the department and reports the budget data to the Director, Health Sciences.
Ensures the effective use of departmental human, physical and financial resources for the departments, reallocating resources appropriately as necessary.
Ensures staff workload is assigned in accordance with provisions of collective agreement and college practices.
Other duties as assigned.

Educational and Experience requirements:

A Master's degree in a relevant discipline required, PhD preferred.
Health care professional designation is an asset.
Member in good standing with the relevant professional association preferred.
Five(5) to seven (7) years' of teaching experience postsecondary or equivalent with health sciences.
Progressive experience in proactive academic leadership, innovation, management and business planning.
Demonstrated expertise in academic programming, relationship building, and commitment to student success
Demonstrated expertise in curriculum design and development and a strong interest in supporting and developing faculty.
Demonstrated experience in project and operational management, organizational development and financial/budget management is required.

Skills and Attributes:

Demonstrated commitment to the values and principles of Health Sciences Education.
Broad leadership skills managing a diverse team of experienced individuals. Experience leading teams in an academic environment is an asset.
Excellent