Wilfrid Laurier University
Location
Waterloo, ON | Canada
Job description
The position plays a key role in setting, guiding and advocating for the overall strategic direction of enrolment management and liaising between services, the rest of the university, and the Provost and Deans. As an ex-officio member of the University Senate, the AVP:ES&R acts as the chief enrolment reporting officer, providing input into policy and procedural deliberations and ensures that university and Faculty policies related to student admission and academic progression and graduation are fairly and appropriately reflected in administrative systems and procedures. This position is a key driver and leader of Strategic Enrolment Management initiatives across the university. At provincial and university system levels, the AVP:ES&R is responsible for interpreting and presenting university positions and points of view in deliberations on a broad range of matters relating to the interface between secondary school and university sectors, between universities provincially, nationally, and globally, between university and college sectors, and between the university and government sector. The AVP:ES&R has a university-wide mandate, and provides leadership in a multi-campus environment, requiring regular interaction, communication and collaboration with staff and stakeholders across all campuses and locations, and with external partners.
The Ideal Candidate
As the ideal candidate for this position, you possess a post-secondary degree (Master’s or other post-graduate degree preferred), with a strong trajectory of progressive and related leadership experience in a complex educational environment. Experience in post-secondary recruitment and admissions is essential, and experience in registrarial (or related) services, data, policies, systems and internationalization activities is preferred. You have a record of success informing creative and novel strategies to provide access to an organization, like Laurier, to a Canadian and international audience within an increasingly competitive, global market for students.
As a leader, you are an experienced and systems-focused change agent with a record of leading organizational and cultural transformation and driving modernization and performance excellence in an ever-evolving service-focused environment. You are an engaging and respected relationship builder who has demonstrated success working in close partnership within a multi-stakeholder and multi-campus environment. As a strategic and innovative leader, you can credibly conceptualize, develop, promote and deliver on a focused and contemporary vision for Registrarial and enrolment services at Laurier. You take an entrepreneurial and evidence-based approach to decision making and value the use of data analytics to effectively inform strategies and projections. You have demonstrated commitment to advancing principles of equity, diversity, inclusion, and Indigenization and strive to create a safe, positive, equitable and inclusive work environment based on the University’s values. You work genuinely to build capacity, and mentor a strong team around you that can expertly manage their portfolios, so you can focus on broader, strategic global challenges.
If you are interested in this opportunity, contact Katherine Frank at [email protected]or Lauren Wright at [email protected]. Completed applications can be submitted online at http://www.kbrs.ca/Career/17810.
Wilfrid Laurier University endeavors to fill positions with qualified candidates who have a combination of education, experience, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position while demonstrating Laurier's Employee Success Factors. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
Equity, diversity and creating a culture of inclusion are part of Laurier’s core values and central to the Laurier Strategy. Laurier is committed to increasing the diversity of faculty and staff and welcomes applications from candidates who identify as Indigenous, racialized, having disabilities, and from persons of any minority sexual and gender identities. Indigenous candidates who would like to learn more about equity and inclusive programing at Laurier are welcomed to contact the Office of Indigenous Initiatives. Candidates from other equity deserving groups who would like to learn more about equity and inclusive programing at Laurier are welcomed to contact Equity & Accessibility.
Wilfrid Laurier University and KBRS will provide support in the recruitment process to applicants with disabilities, including accommodation that takes into account an applicant’s accessibility needs. If you require accommodation in order to participate as a candidate in the recruitment process, please contact [email protected] or communicate your needs to the recruitment professional named in the job description.
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