Director of Administration - Vancouver, Canada - University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia

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2 weeks ago

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Description

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Administration, Level D

Job Title

Director of Administration

Department

Department of Psychiatry | Faculty of Medicine | Provost and VP Academic

Compensation Range

$8, $12,575.08 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date

February 7, 2024

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

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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 Description Summary

The Director of Administration is responsible for providing comprehensive strategic oversight and management in all areas of administration and department operations including human resources, financial planning, resource allocation, space management, health and safety, strategic plan implementation, project management, policy development and implementation, IT and communications for the Department of Psychiatry and its UBC Institute of Mental Health (UBC-IMH).

This senior leader role provides direction in establishing innovative practices and programs in support of strategic priorities and operational requirements to meet the Department's academic mandate of teaching, research and service.

This position provides administrative advice to the Department Head on finance, human resources, resource allocation, department operations and implementation of strategic priorities.

This position requires a high degree of independent, executive decision making, an ability to assess and implement work required to achieve objectives, strong organizational skills, diplomacy and the ability to provide leadership in creating positive and supportive work environments.

The incumbent provides indirect and direct supervision and oversight to staff in all units in the Department.

This position provides authoritative advice to faculty and develops infrastructure systems of support in all areas of administration, policy and procedure interpretation, human resources, financial planning, proposal development, IT support, and other resources to support faculty in their work.

The incumbent is required to develop, foster and maintain excellent relationships, both internal and external to the Department, with an awareness of external and internal political and economic environments.

This position acts as the senior administrative representative for the Department, contributing to the Department, Faculty of Medicine, UBC units and partner organizations through participation in various committees, working groups, meetings and projects.

Organizational Status

The Department of Psychiatry is one of the larger departments in the Faculty of Medicine (FoM) with over 1,000 department members including full time academic and clinical faculty, academic visitors, fellows, student employees and staff in varying job families and classifications, in addition to volunteers and others working in clinical and research environments.

Funding within the Department, supporting positions and activities, is a mix of University operating funds, Ministry of Health Alternative Payment Program funds, research grants, donations, endowments, education program funding, as well as other external partner funding.

The Department's contributions to the medical education programs are some of the most widely distributed within the FoM with faculty appointees and trainees located within all six Health Authorities in the province.

Teaching in the Department includes:

core contributions in the MD Undergraduate Program; a five-year Psychiatry Specialty Residency training program with approximately 125 residents training at multiple distributed sites (Prince George, Victoria, Interior Health, Fraser Health, Vancouver Coastal Health & Providence Health Care); three Psychiatry Subspecialty Residency training programs; a Fellowship Program, Masters in Translational Psychiatry program in partnership with SPPH, two programs in the UBC Vancouver Summer Program; and a four day Summer Immersion Program for medical students requiring oversight by the Incumbent of resource allocation and staff management at distributed sites.

Faculty research programs in basic neuroscience and clinical research operate within various research institutes and centre