President

About the client:

Our client is a private college that offers exceptional student services and university transfer courses. We are looking for a passionate educator with exceptional communication and teamwork capabilities who will be able to provide vision, leadership, advocacy, and administrative oversight to staff and faculty while promoting excellence and integrity.

We are looking for a responsible, experienced, and self-motivated President who can oversee, direct, and guide this private college’s community. The President will act as lead in creating and implementing a new vision that will build and advance the College and result in the renewal of both short-term and long-term strategic planning. The President oversees the college’s operational and change management processes, guides the college community in generating a climate that enhances academic excellence and student success, and acts as the principal college ambassador. In conjunction with the Executive team and Board members, the President guides the college community in fulfilling the college’s strategic directions.

Responsibilities:

• In conjunction with senior management, plays the lead role in strategic planning, institutional assessment, review processes, organization and administrative development and resource allocation;
• Oversees school policy and ensures compliance with all federal and provincial regulations governing higher education institutions and make recommendations when changes are necessary;
• Oversees policies, procedures and systems to improve the overall administrative operations and effectiveness of the college;
• Oversees all activities within the college, including those undertaken by faculty, administrative staff, and student committees;
• Takes the lead in government communications activities, government relations and public relations;
• Creates clear, precise and effective verbal and written communication for multiple audiences in individual, small group, and large group settings;
• Implements, maintains and evaluates risk management for the College;
• Represents the College at public meetings and functions as required;
• Works with community groups, educational entities, business, industry, and legislative bodies to maintain partnerships that result in improved service to students and to the community;
• Assesses and evaluates existing administrative methods and functions and adjusts, improves, and updates as needed;
• Ensures best practices are being met within appointed departments and divisions;
• Delegates duties and responsibilities to employees of the college.

Qualifications:

• Ph.D. or equivalent academic degree;
• Ten or more years combined experience in higher education, administration, instruction and research, preferably in British Columbia;
• Extensive and progressively responsible experience in higher education, preferably from a BC public post-secondary institution;
• Experience in strategic planning and college-level policy development;
• Experience collaborating and effectively working with executives, administrative staff, instructors and stakeholders;
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills;
• Superior knowledge of the BC College and University system;
• Extensive knowledge and experience with provincial and federal government agencies;
• Ability to organize, prioritize, multitask and work under pressure to meet tight deadlines;
• Exceptional English oral and written communication skills as well as experience public-speaking and presenting and communicating on media platforms;
• Experience with building relationships, networking, working with culturally diverse populations and a campus community;
• Ability to maintain professionalism and cordiality when working with others;
• Strong ability to take initiative and complete tasks;
• Skilled in project management and working with teams;
• Strong ability to proactively, critically, and collaboratively problem solve;
• Commitment to innovation in learning, entrepreneurship, principles of Indigeneity and reconciliation, and advancing academic excellence through diversity, equity, inclusion, and sustainability;
• Experience supporting the academic success of international students;
• Skilled in conflict resolution, advising, and coaching of managers, supervisors, and employees on employee relations issues;
• Demonstrated skills in leadership, collaboration, creative thinking, problem solving, communication and administration in higher education;
• Superior knowledge of computer applications that support management systems and business office functions; competent using technology in an office setting. Experience with Microsoft Office is necessary. Experience with Canvas, SharePoint and Teams is desirable;
• Personal qualities of integrity, honesty, openness, flexibility, and good judgement; an excellent communicator able to respect everyone in the college community.