City : Oakville

Category : Full time - Permanent

Industry : Education

Employer : Sheridan College

Reporting to the Provost and Vice President Academic and working collaboratively with the vice-provostial and decanal teams, the Vice-Provost Academic Resources and Planning provides inspired leadership in ensuring that academic plans, resources and infrastructure are optimally aligned to support the academic mission and strategic vision of the College.  As a member of the larger leadership team of the College, the Vice Provost serves as a critical conduit for effective integration across institutional divisions for the purpose of fostering coordinated approaches to deploying resources.  With an overall purpose of ensuring that the academic division maintains a highly effective administrative environment, the VP develops and supports the adoption of practices, standards, that propels Sheridan's dynamic learning community.

Who We Are

Every member of the Sheridan community is passionate about the transformational role we play in people’s lives. Our strategic plan, Sheridan 2024: Galvanizing Education for a Complex World (https://sheridan2024.sheridancollege.ca/), charts a path towards a new ground-breaking model of higher education that reshapes post-secondary education and better prepares students for the future. We are committed to demonstrably advancing equity, diversity, and inclusivity.  Diversity is our strength and fuels our commitment to excellence.  Across our campuses, we’re making meaningful strides towards developing an equitable and inclusive community.

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What You’ll be Doing

The Vice Provost, Academic Resources and Planning ensures that divisional resources are aligned with Sheridan's strategic initiatives and applies creative vision and innovative tactics to evolve the overall administrative design of the academic division to optimize strategic capacity to deliver on these initiatives.  This includes leadership and advise to the Provost on integrated divisional budgets, shared resources, streamlined administrative processes and procedures.  

The VP works closely with the vice-provostial and decanal teams to cultivate and implement shared approaches and the right balancing of Faculty independence with divisional and institutional goals.  

The VP, Academic Resources and Planning serves as the divisional lead for coordinated institutional priorities such as campus master plans, finance, integrated technologies, and HR initiatives.  

About You

You are a visionary and change-oriented leader. Experienced in leading teams, you work collaboratively with a wide variety of stakeholders and can clearly communicate messages that address different perspectives and levels of engagement of multiple audiences. You demonstrate a leadership style that is fair, helpful, and objective and you consistently demonstrate collegiality, sound judgement, and professionalism.

As the ideal candidate you will possess a master’s degree along with 9 years of highly developed leadership experience in a post-secondary setting. 

The ideal candidate will also possess:

• Ability to lead, support and motivate a diverse professional staff and work effectively with a wide array of partners and communities 
• Demonstrated success in collaborative leadership, strategic, operational and program planning, faculty development, educational technology and innovation 
• Experience with academic program development and review, government review and approval processes
• Change leadership experience with significant and successful change and transition management 
• Knowledge of post-secondary academic emerging trends, issues, regulations, processes, and best practices
• Project management, financial management and budget development/implementation experience
• Demonstrated analytical, research, critique, and problem-solving skills (e.g., interpret policies and make recommendations)
• Thorough knowledge of governance, structures, policies, and procedures
• Proficiency with current information and educational technology

Other Details
Faculty/Department:  Office of the Provost & Vice President Academic
Campus Location:  Trafalgar (May be assigned activity at any Sheridan campus) once normal campus operations resume. This position is currently working remotely. 
Employee Group: Administrative
Payband: NQ
Hiring Range:  $165,263 - $175,591 
Salary Range:  $165,263 - $206,578 
Starting Date:  May 2022
Application Deadline:  Review of CV’s will commence the week of April 4, 2022

Sheridan is deeply committed to implementing the Calls to Action framed by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. We acknowledge that we live and work on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nations, Anishinaabe Nation, Huron-Wendat and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Sheridan is situated on these lands, and it is our collective responsibility to honour and respect those who have gone before us, those who are here, and those who have yet to come. We are grateful for the opportunity to be working on this land.

Sheridan values the diverse and intersectional identities of its students, faculty, and staff. Sheridan regards equity and diversity as an integral part of academic excellence and is committed to accessibility for all employees. Sheridan seeks applicants who embrace our values of equity, anti-racism, and inclusion. As such, we encourage applications from qualified candidates who have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized, including those who identify as First Nations, Métis and/or Inuit/Inuk, Black, members of racialized communities, persons with disabilities, women and/or 2SLGBTQ+.

Sheridan is committed to accessibility for persons with disabilities. If you have any application, interview, or workplace accommodation requests, please contact Human Resources.

You may be asked to provide copies of your educational credentials at the time of interview. Upon hire, we require official confirmation of educational credentials and Canadian equivalency assessments, if applicable.