Job Description

Date Posted: 02/01/2024
Req ID: 35844
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Information
Department: Faculty of Information
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description:

About us:

The Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto is a research-led Faculty, educating the next generation of leaders in information scholarship and the information professions, both established and emerging. Our researchers and graduates are recognized for their innovation, experimentation, human-centred perspectives and commitment to community.

The Faculty, which will celebrate its centenary in 2028, has built on its heritage strengths in libraries, archives and museums to incorporate scientific and technological expertise from engineering, computer science, and other disciplines. At the same time, it has committed itself to applying social, political, and cultural perspectives from media arts, humanities, and social science to the study of information, technology, people and the relationships among them.

The Faculty currently offers two Master\'s degree programs, namely, a Master of Museum Studies (MMSt),and a Master of Information (MI), as well as a Combined MI/MMSt Degree Program (CDP). The Faculty also offers a PhD program and in 2019 it introduced a Bachelor of Information (BI) program.

The Faculty of Information is consistently ranked in the top five Library and Information Management graduate programs by the QS world university rankings. The QS rankings include both Master\'s and PhD level programs.

More background about the Faculty can be found on its website (ischool.utoronto.ca).

Your opportunity:

The Administrative Coordinator, Academic will work collaboratively with Dean\'s Office colleagues and is responsible for coordinating administrative aspects of the faculty appointments and promotions processes. Using an understanding of the Dean\'s priorities, the incumbent will serve as the primary administrator for academic processes such as coordinating searches and the recruitment of new faculty; appointments including maintaining GFM appointments for the faculty; third-year reviews; tenure; promotions and reviews of faculty in Sessional Lecturer positions. Your exceptional organizational skills and ability to function in a fast-paced work environment will ensure the academic promotions processes are tracked and carry on in accordance with the applicable policies, procedures and guidelines.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Coordinating meeting schedules, agendas, materials, action and follow-up items
• Handling sensitive and/or confidential information
• Assessing and revising processes that support administrative activities and objectives
• Applying established standards and coordinating processes when administering academic searches, appointments, promotions and tenure activities
• Liaising with contacts to ensure consistent administration procedures are followed
• Determining logistical details and activities for events and/or programming

Essential Qualifications:

• Advanced College Diploma (3 years) or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
• Minimum five years recent administrative/executive assistance experience in a busy academic or professional work environment, preferably within a University setting.
• Experience providing administrative support with academic searches, tenures, promotions, leaves, and three-year reviews or other related processes.
• Experience with recruitment, tracking applications, preparing correspondence, drafting employment letters and creating, and updating job postings.
• Experience providing senior level administrative support including administering a busy calendar, preparing and monitoring cyclical schedules with upcoming events and deadlines, making travel and hotel arrangements and ensuring the administrative processes of a busy work environment functions efficiently.
• Experience assessing and revising processes that support administrative activities and objectives.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with experience working with committees, taking minutes and preparing written documents from minutes and/or notes.
• Experience liaising with senior administrators and or faculty members, responding to and handling administrative matters of complex and sensitive nature.
• Demonstrated attention to detail with an ability to oversee event logistics and to coordinate multi-step committee activities.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, and Outlook. Thorough knowledge and proficiency with one drive and SharePoint.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a strong team player.
• Exercises strong judgment and exhibits diplomacy and tact while maintaining strict confidentiality.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills with the ability to assess urgency and prioritize tasks.

Assets (Nonessential):

• Experience working with CUPE 3902 unit 3 collective agreement and/ or other related collective agreements.
• Proficiency with and knowledge of SuccessFactors (SF), Human Resources Information System (HRIS) or similar systems.

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Adaptable
• Approachable
• Communicator
• Organized
• Proactive
• Problem solver
• Team player

Closing Date: 02/09/2024, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Budget - Continuing
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 11 -- $73,748 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $94,310. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Administrative / Managerial

Note: This role is eligible for hybrid work arrangement, pursuant to Unversity policies and guidelines, including but not limited to the .

Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Diversity Statement

The University of Toronto embraces Diversity and is building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized persons, women, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities. We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise are essential to strengthening our academic mission.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see .

Accessibility Statement

The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.

The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.

If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact .

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