Lead Officer, Administrative Support - Ottawa, Canada - University of Ottawa

University of Ottawa

Verified Company

Ottawa, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Description

Follow us on LinkedIn**
Job Type:Employee

Duration in Months **(for fixed-term jobs):24

Job Family:

Administrative Support

# of Open Positions:

1

Faculty/Service - Department:

Faculty Affairs and Professional Counselling Office

Campus:

Roger Guindon Hall

Union Affiliation:

SSUO

Date Posted:

March 14, 2024

Closing Date:

March 25, 2024

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

Hours per week:

35

Salary Grade:

SSUO Grade 09

Salary Range:

$67, $85,623.00

About the Faculty of Medicine

Welcome to the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, the first and largest bilingual medical faculty in Canada. Our learners have access to state-of-the art facilities and specialized institutions as they learn alongside world-class physicians and scientists.

Consistently ranked among the top 10 medical schools in Canada, our faculty is among the top faculties of medicine in the world for research impact in biomedical and health sciences.

Position Purpose:

Oversee the day-to-day operations related to the administration of financial, human, physical and material resources of the sector with the objective of ensuring sound management and providing advice to upper management to support long-term strategic planning.

Lead a team of employees whose role is to provide administrative support within these areas in order to ensure a productive and positive environment, and to provide leadership and guidance for more complex issues.

May represent senior management on central committees whose mandates are related to the incumbent's area of responsibility.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

Budget:
Oversee the administration of internally and/or externally-funded budgets to ensure compliance with established policies. Analyze financial statements against budgets for various types of funds to identify and address any inconsistencies.

Define budget priorities for the sector and provide expert advice to managers on the effective preparation of budgets, budget projections and shortfalls to maximize revenue and contain expenditure.

Develop key financial performance indicators and monitor performance.

Payroll:

Oversee the ongoing activities and processes related to payroll for all employee groups within the sector to ensure salary accuracy and to reconcile inconsistencies with budget forecast and actual expenditures.

Physical and material resources:

Oversee the ongoing activities and processes related to physical and material resources management to ensure the best use of space and the availability of equipment required for smooth operations management.

Authorize procurement requests for goods and services, obtain estimates and negotiate pricing for products and services, and coordinate with Procurement Services to ensure compliance with supplier contracts.

Processes and procedures:

Design and implement new or modify existing work methods, procedures and processes and monitor compliance by his/her team for the purpose of continuously improving operations to maximize productivity and effectiveness.

Project management:
Plan and manage assigned projects.

To this end, develop project specifications, identify project steps and track all relevant progress, perform inspections upon project milestones and ensure effective communication among stakeholders, monitor expenses related to the project to ensure that they meet the limits of the budget, highlight and resolve any variance from budget.

Manage and monitor the delivery of projects allocated to his/her team.

Records management:

Implement an effective filing and records management system to preserve confidentiality of the records and ensure that complete and accurate documentation is available for future reference or audit purposes.

Reporting:
Prepare and analyze various moderately
- to highly-complex reports on financial transactions, accounts, payroll, budget projections, and human resources-related data for the sector to provide advice and recommendations to managers and to support long term resources planning.

Supervision of others:

Supervise work performed by administrative support roles to organize priorities and provide guidance in the attainment of individual objectives.

What you will bring:

Essential Qualifications:

Advanced knowledge of administration, accounting, financial and human resources principles normally acquired through postsecondary studies in a related discipline or an equivalent combination education and work experience
Minimum 5 years of demonstrated experience in a similar role

Other Qualifications:

Experience in supervision
Experience participating in strategic planning
Experience in planning, analyzing and controlling budgets
Experience in analyzing reports
Experience working in a unionized environment and in interpreting collective agreements
Ability to produce high quality work under