Lead Advisor, Undergraduate Studies in Nursing

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Job Type:

Employee

Duration in Months (for fixed-term jobs):

N/A

Job Family:

Academic Program Management

# of Open Positions:

1

Faculty/Service – Department:

School of Nursing

Campus:

Ottawa, ON

Union Affiliation:

N/A

Date Posted:

May 21, 2024

Closing Date:

May 31, 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:

Non-Union Grade NM1

Salary Range:

$98,138.00 – $121,799.00

About the Faculty of Health Sciences About Sciences

Make your mark with the Faculty of Health Sciences! Health matters to everyone and we are committed to becoming a nationally and internationally recognized leader in innovative approaches to active living, health promotion, and quality health services.

Our success lies in our students and our people. Join us and every day you will have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact as we grow together and make a great faculty even better.

Position purpose:

Reporting to the Director of the School of Nursing at the Faculty of Health Sciences, the incumbent ensures the operational management, the planning, the development of recruiting strategies, the recruiting and training for part-time clinical professors of the School of Nursing’s undergraduate programs. Ensure that these programs operate effectively, efficiently and in line with curriculum objectives. Act as a resource person for undergraduate students on a variety of issues related to their academic trajectory within their program.

In this role, your responsibilities will include among others:

• Headcount and human resources planning: Evaluate the needs (in number and type) of part-time professors required for clinical training in collaboration with the Practicum Training Coordinator and the School director. Ensure that the headcount is managed and distributed in accordance with the allocated budget and inform the faculty of provisional budget requirements for the next fiscal year.
• Recruitment: Plan and manage the recruitment process and hiring of part-time professors for clinical and theory courses according to the criteria of the relevant collective agreements. Evaluate applicants’ qualifications and ensure verification of their license to practice. Plan the onboarding of professors, explain the requirements and expectations of teaching positions (e.g., objectives, student evaluations, etc.).
• Training: Develop and deliver pedagogical training for clinical professors aimed at implementing best practices in student support (e.g. learning plan, plan for students with accommodation needs, principles of procedural fairness, etc.) to ensure a quality of teaching that meets the learning requirements and needs as well as the academic success of students in the clinical setting. Provide ongoing guidance to professors with questions about their responsibilities, academic regulations and procedures related to their clinical role.
• Multi-site coordination: As part of the Algonquin-Ottawa and Algonquin-Pembroke partnerships, oversee and monitor program activities to ensure consistency, integrated approach and compliance with program requirements across the various partner sites (Algonquin-Ottawa, Algonquin-Pembroke)
• Committees: Chair the collaborative committee reporting to the Undergraduate Studies Committee to ensure curriculum standardization across all sites and make recommendations to address various program issues (e.g., action on equity, diversity, and student inclusion issues at these sites).
• Curriculum Committees: Responsible for curriculum meetings for each undergraduate nursing course to ensure course objectives are met across campuses, and to document and standardize any curriculum changes. Ensure follow-up between clinical sites and partners by transmitting and integrating meeting reports.
• Academic Advising: Advise students on the impact of any leaves of absence, course withdrawals or clinical placements (e.g. medical leave for special circumstances, prerequisite waivers, part-time study) on their course sequence and academic progress within the nursing program – in liaison with the Faculty’s Academic Office.
• Academic accommodations: Determine the student’s accommodation needs in a clinical setting, in collaboration with the Academic Accommodations Service, based on indicated abilities and functional limitations. Ensure that proposed accommodations are appropriate to the standards of the clinical environment and the student’s learning objectives. Liaise with instructors/coordinators in the clinical setting for any modifications to the student’s accommodation needs for a healthy learning environment.

What you will bring:

• A minimum of five (5) years of teaching experience in a post-secondary academic institution;
• 2 to 5 years professional management experience.
• Undergraduate degree in Nursing and Master’s degree (MS) in nursing, education or related field.
• Nursing license in good standing (RN) from a nursing college.
• Experience as a registered nurse, preferably as an advanced practice nurse or in education.
• Experience as an administrator or project manager.
• Experience in complex problem solving and conflict management.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Bilingualism – French and English (oral and written).

Key Competencies at uOttawa:

Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa: 

Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.

Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.

Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.

Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.

The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact [email protected] to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Note: if this is a union position: The hiring process will be governed by the current collective agreement related to the union affiliation noted above; you can click here to find out more.

If this is a front-line position with responsibilities to interact with students, selected candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.

Prior to May 1, 2022, the University required all students, faculty, staff, and visitors (including contractors) to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as defined in Policy 129 – Covid-19 Vaccination. This policy was suspended effective May 1, 2022 but may be reinstated at any point in the future depending on public health guidelines and the recommendations of experts.

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