Project Manager

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Job Description

Post End Date:

Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on November 28, 2024.

*Please note this is a fixed-term contract expected to conclude in December 2025.

About the Role:

Staging Better Futures/Mettre en scène de meilleurs avenirs (SBF/MSMA) is a SSHRC-funded, intersectoral Partnership project focused on improving teaching and learning conditions for minoritized students and educators in postsecondary theatre education in Canada. The Project Manager is responsible for oversight of the operations of the project as a whole. SBF/MSMA takes an intersectional feminist approach to leadership, governance, and management, explicitly making anti-racist, decolonizing, and equity and access-oriented interventions into oppressive structures and practices. The Project Manager ensures the successful development and implementation of annual work plans for research and administrative activities. This role supports the project’s Co-directors in complex and creative strategic planning, based on a high degree of collaboration, consultation, and written and interpersonal communication in French and English. Responsibilities include budget and financial planning, including the preparation and management of project budgets, compliance with funding regulations, and collaboration with financial administrators.

The Project Manager will:

• Provide expertise and support for individual SBF/MSMA Research Clusters with developing workflows and identifying necessary resources based on emerging research designs and practices;
• Recommend adjustments to overall organizational structure responding to emerging developments in project operations;
• Prepare an annual project budget combining and allocating of all funding streams and in-kind resources administered through all partners, for the Directors’ approval;
• Oversee compliance with funding regulations associated with each source and partner organization;
• Oversee the development and maintenance of the project’s directory of individual members;
• Guide the development and implementation of a strategic communications plan for the project;
• Maintain and archive accurate and up to date records of Project Management activities;
• Plan, prepare, and maintain a calendar of the annual cycle of meetings of the Co-directors, and Knowledge Sustainability, Research Practice, and Governance Committees, consistent with the overall project’s annual work plan and budget;
• Liaise with Co-directors, postdoctoral fellows and Research Cluster liaisons to co-ordinate Cluster activities with the overall annual project work plan.

Key Skills and Experience:

• Fluency in both French and English (written and spoken);
• Undergraduate degree in Arts, Humanities, or Social Sciences or the equivalent combination of education and experience;
• Certificate in Event, Stage, Production, or Project Management;
• Related experience in progressively responsible roles that support operations, in event, stage, production, or project management, or a related field;
• Proven ability to allocate resources, develop workflows, and delegate within diverse teams to effectively serve project objectives;
• Experience administering arts council, TriCouncil, or other grants;
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate confidently and effectively with supervisors and other senior colleagues;
• Excellent interpersonal, problem-solving, and communication skills;
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with internal and external partners from the academic and professional theatre sectors;
• High level of cultural competency and ability to work effectively with collaborators from differing disciplinary backgrounds, expertise, and lived experiences.

Preferred or Asset Skills:

• Experience working in higher education/postsecondary administration;
• Expertise or lived experience in one or more areas of minoritization contributing to SBF/MSMA research focus: Indigeneity, racialization, disability, gender and/or sexual diversity, linguistic minoritization, socio-economic minoritization.

Salary and Total Rewards:

• Job Grade L, Salary Scale ($62,580 - $107,280)
• This is a fixed-term contract position that includes full comprehensive benefits.

Application Process:

All applications must include:

• A covering letter in French and English.
• A current CV, highlighting relevant training, qualifications and experience, and indicating levels of bilingual proficiency as defined in Government of Canada Qualification Standards in Relation to Official Languages.
• The names of three referees who can provide written letters of reference or oral testimonials from Indigenous elders. Oral testimonials will be received by an Indigenous member of the search committee.

For further information about the SBF/MSMA project, the position of Project Manager, or the selection process, please contact the co-directors:

Dr. Jennifer Roberts-Smith jrobertssmith@brocku.ca

Dr. Nicole Nolette nnolette@uwaterloo.ca

We are committed to offering flexible work arrangements where possible as outlined in our Flexible Work Arrangement Policy. As a student-centered organization, all employees are required to work on campus as needed.

Brock University is committed to creating a respectful and equitable workplace. We strive to foster a culture of diversity and inclusion in our work and learning environments. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals and actively encourage applications from women, people with disabilities, members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, Indigenous Peoples, people who identify as Black, African and/or Caribbean, as racialized and/or as from ethnic and cultural minority groups, and other underrepresented demographic groups at Brock and in the Niagara region. Brock also recognizes intersectionality and the interconnected identities, histories, and experiences of these aforementioned groups.

We are committed to inclusive and barrier-free recruitment, and we accommodate the needs of applicants throughout all stages of the recruitment process, as outlined in our Employment Accommodation Policy and consistent with the requirements of the Ontario Human Rights Code. Please contact talent@brocku.ca if you require a disability related accommodation so we can ensure your participation needs are met.

Brock University does not use AI Technology at any stage of the recruitment process.

We appreciate all applications received. Candidates that are selected for an interview will be contacted.

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