Vice-President, Academic Northwestern Polytechnic Apr 1 Grande Prairie, Alberta

Vice-President, Academic Northwestern Polytechnic Apr 1 Grande Prairie, Alberta

CAD 90,000 - 150,000

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The Organization Northwestern Polytechnic

As the largest post-secondary institution in northern Alberta, Northwestern Polytechnic (NWP) is a natural point of convergence for knowledge, skills, creativity, and collaboration. Located in the heart of one of Canada’s most enterprising regions, NWP is aligning to meet the needs of its industries and communities across Northwestern Alberta and has been growing program offerings across its campuses in Fairview and Grande Prairie. NWP has three strategic priorities: growing enrolment together, strengthening engagement, and realizing our polytechnic mandate.

Striving to spark and empower success, NWP’s mission is geared towards both individual and collective progress. NWP offers a wide variety of engaging and in-demand academic programs in certificates, diplomas, apprenticeships, and degrees. In the past year, NWP has added to its wide variety of academic programs by offering its first two degrees, expanded health programming, and introduction of many new programs. The highly qualified faculty, affordable tuition, and generous scholarship and awards programs attract students from across Alberta, Canada and the world.

The Opportunity: Vice-President, Academic

Reporting to the President, the Vice-President Academic provides leadership to the Academic Division of NWP. This leadership creates the best possible opportunities for learners and maintains the highest academic standards for the Polytechnic. As a key member of the executive leadership team, the Vice-President Academic plays a critical role in building an inclusive and collaborative culture that drives quality education with a student-centred approach.

The Division includes all Academic Schools, Student Services, the Registrar’s Office, and Applied Research and Innovation.

The Vice-President Academic is responsible for the effective deployment of staff as well as financial, facility, and other resources in the service of learner needs to achieve the institution’s strategic plan and identified priorities.

The Vice-President Academic provides liaison with the Ministry of Advanced Education on matters of academic concern.

Key Responsibilities

• Academic Excellence and Service Quality
• Supporting formative evaluation efforts of Deans and Departments;
• Implementing and maintaining a robust Program Review process;
• Developing, implementing, and maintaining a robust organization evaluation;
• Creating, seeking consultation, and implementing a Master Academic Plan;
• Providing leadership of academic policy development and final approval at Academic Council;
• Maintaining regular contact with Deans and Academic Directors, and support efforts to deliver quality instruction;
• Engaging with senior leaders, Deans’ and Chairs’ Councils, Academic Council, and other academic committees as relevant;
• Creating, seeking consultations, and implementing a strategic enrolment management plan.
• Research Leadership
• Providing leadership to foster academic excellence and scholarship by leading and encouraging the Deans, Directors, and Registrar to support research programs, research activities, and entrepreneurship and commercialization activities;
• Championing and leading the ongoing development of comprehensive, interdisciplinary research and innovation programs to elevate NWP’s profile at the provincial, national and international level;
• Supporting the Director, Research and Innovation in NWP’s interaction with government, regulatory bodies and other funding agencies and promoting industry, community, and inter-institutional partnerships;
• Upholding academic integrity and promoting the generation of innovative Intellectual Property.
• Resource Allocation
• Developing and implementing effective processes to plan for and expend the Annual Operating Budget, the Capital Budget; and Special Funds available to the Polytechnic;
• Contribute to the ASA Collective Bargaining Process;
• Developing policy and practice with regard to faculty workload management systems;
• Developing policy and practice to ensure monitoring of program activity and to provide substantive data for ongoing resource allocation decisions as well as to inform the program review process.
• Change Management
• Challenging and supporting Deans, Chairpersons, and academic staff;
• Challenging and supporting service department leaders and their staff;
• Challenging and supporting change efforts through Polytechnic Executive;
• Nurturing the efforts of key change leaders within the academic division and the Polytechnic at large.
• Relationship Building
• Developing and sustaining strong relationships with the Ministry of Advanced Education representatives;
• Representing NWP on Senior Academic Officers’ groups;
• Guiding all credential program proposal development and negotiate funding under available government programs;
• Guiding efforts to develop proposals and negotiate for collaborative program enhancement and degree delivery;
• Leading academic division support of NWP degree-granting initiatives (e.g., CAQC, ACAT);
• Building strong relationships with external players such as Alberta Learning, Alberta North, Northern Alberta Development Council, the public-school systems, and other post-secondary institutions.
• Strategic Planning and Goal Setting
• Participating in Executive and Board planning activities;
• Leading the Academic Planning development process;
• Developing and implementing effective monitoring systems for academic activities of the Polytechnic;
• Liaison with the Institutional Research Office, which conducts and supports institutional research.

Only applications received electronically via the Northwestern Polytechnic website will be considered.