Manager, Graduate and Postdoctoral Education - Vancouver, Canada - University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia

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Description

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Administration, Level B

Job Title

Manager, Graduate and Postdoctoral Education

Department

Leadership | Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Office | Faculty of Medicine

Compensation Range

$6, $9,418.83 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date

March 19, 2024

Note:
Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above.

Job End Date

This position is expected to be filled by promotion/reassignment and is included here to inform you of its vacancy at the University.

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students.

Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Summary

The Manager, Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, is responsible for the strategic, operational and administrative organization of the Associate Dean, Graduate and Postdoctoral Education (GPE) office within the Office of the Dean, Faculty of Medicine (FoM).

Manages priorities and drives a variety of ongoing, annual and one-time

projects and activities to ensure efficiency and efficacy of the office's initiatives and goals. Conducts research for the Associate Dean, GPE, advising of options and courses of action.

Manages mandates of strategic planning, graduate student and postdoctoral affairs working groups/councils, ensuring that mandates are fulfilled in the most efficient and timely manner.

Fosters effective working relationships with the offices of the Vice Deans Research and Education, FoM, the Faculty of Graduate + Postdoctoral Studies (G+PS) and provides information and guidance to staff who work and communicate with the Associate Dean, GPE office.

Provides operational leadership to Management & Professional staff and CUPE 2950 staff completing work in support of the GPE office.

Organizational Status

The University of British Columbia is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the top 20 public universities in the world.

Since 1915, UBC's entrepreneurial spirit has embraced innovation and challenged the status quo. UBC encourages its students, staff and faculty to challenge convention, lead discovery and explore new ways of learning. At UBC, bold thinking is given a place to develop into ideas that can change the world.

Our Vision:
To Transform Health for Everyone

Ranked among the world's top medical schools with the fifth-largest MD enrollment in North America, the UBC Faculty of Medicine is a leader in both the science and the practice of medicine.

Across British Columbia, more than 12,000 faculty and staff are training the next generation of doctors and health care professionals, making remarkable discoveries, and helping to create the pathways to better health for our communities at home and around the world.

The Faculty—comprised of approximately 2,200 administrative support, technical/research and management and professional staff, as well approximately 650 full-time academic and over 10,000 clinical faculty members—is composed of 19 academic basic science and/or clinical departments, 3 schools, and 25 research centres and institutes.

Together with its University and Health Authority partners, the Faculty delivers innovative programs and conducts research in the areas of health and life sciences.

Faculty, staff and trainees are located at university campuses, clinical academic campuses in hospital settings and other regionally based centres across the province.

The UBC Vancouver Campus is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) people. The City of Vancouver is located on Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations territory.

The Manager, GPE reports to and takes direction from the Associate Dean, GPE, in the Dean's Office, UBC Faculty of Medicine.

Works closely with the Administrative Directors, Office of the Vice Dean Research and Office of the Vice Dean Education.

Communicates and works effectively with G+PS, the FoM REDI office, and other relevant units within the FoM Dean's office as well as the graduate and postdoctoral program directors in the FoM.

Liaises with representatives of external organizations as required.

Work Performed