Reporting to the Dean, Pilon School of Business (PSB), the Associate Dean is responsible for providing leadership to the faculty, staff and students in a number of specified programs within the Faculty. This includes leading the development, delivery and review of programs and supervision of teaching and learning processes within the Faculty to ensure quality and relevancy of program outcomes. It also includes the planning and administration of resources and the development of industry partnerships and initiatives in collaboration with other departments within the Faculty and College.
The Associate Dean plays a key role in attracting and developing talent, creating an engaging work environment and managing performance to ensure faculty commitment to quality teaching, professional development and currency in their discipline. He/she contributes to building a strong identity, positive reputation and a clear sense of direction of programs through educational objectives that are current with industry and community (including Program Advisory Committees and Applied Research projects), effective, relevant to student needs and consistent with the Faculty and College strategic direction.
The Associate Dean will work collaboratively with the leadership team, faculty and staff, to advance our strategic priorities, support business innovation in the region.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE A PASSION FOR EDUCATION ALONG WITH:

• A Master’s degree in a relevant field of study, PhD is preferred.
• 7-years experience working in a post-secondary educational environment, and/or significant management/leadership experience in a related business field.
• Strong professional/ industry connections with an understanding of emerging trends.
• Assets in areas of AI and Technology advancement in the field of business / business education.
• Bring variable insights into the development and implementation of strategic initiatives framework, interdisciplinary programming, and partnership building in our immediate community and beyond.
• Post-secondary teaching experience and experience in curriculum development and design.
• Familiarity with educational technology (preferred).
• A sound understanding the challenges, emerging trends and issues in post-secondary education.
• Demonstrated commitment to academic excellence, student success and engagement initiatives.
• Experience in financial budgeting, management and reporting.Experience in supporting and implementing digital education initiatives.

WHO WE ARE:

Sheridan’s Pilon School of Business is home to over 3,500 students, enrolled in 24 programs.
PSB is home to a diverse and innovative cluster of degrees, diplomas, advanced diplomas, and post-graduate certificate programs that prepare students for employment. PSB builds students’ practical skills, resourcefulness, and potential to innovate with the goal of bringing their business career to life – whether they want to land a great job, make their product go viral, or bring a new solution to a persistent market problem.
Programs at PSB are distinguished for the flexible learning experiences and pathways they offer; robust mentoring and coaching; opportunities for learners to discover their sense of purpose and make meaningful connections; and practical, real life, and multidisciplinary business experience.
The school is based at Sheridan’s beautiful Hazel McCallion Campus(HMC) - a bright and welcoming campus, that embodies Sheridan’s philosophy and commitment to sustainability. A new 71,000 square-foot, five- floor student centre opened at HMC in Spring 2022. Our Mississauga campus also includes creativity commons where students can mingle and collaborate, a public gallery showcasing the creativity of the Sheridan community, and the Material ConneXion Library, an extensive collection of future- forward materials specifically curated for Sheridan students to inspire design ideas and provide solutions to challenges.
The campus is also home to EDGE – Sheridan’s entrepreneurship hub one of five renowned Centres for research and innovation at Sheridan. In collaboration with partners, EDGE provides new and growing ventures with mentorship, learning programs, co-working space and assistance to access funding to support changemakers as they explore entrepreneurial approaches to creating a more equitable and sustainable world. PSB is also home to an Enactus Sheridan – one of 77 such clubs in colleges and universities across Canada – whose business students join a collaborative environment to fail forward, ideate, co-create and develop socially-minded enterprises by putting their learnings from class into practice.
Every member of the Sheridan community is passionate about the transformational role we play in people’s lives. Our strategic plan, Sheridan 2027: Forging the Future (https://www.sheridancollege.ca/sheridan2027), charts a path towards a new ground-breaking model of higher education that reshapes post-secondary education and better prepares students for the future. We are committed to demonstrably advancing equity, diversity, and inclusivity. Diversity is our strength and fuels our commitment to excellence. Across our campuses, we’re making meaningful strides towards developing an equitable and inclusive community.
For more information, visit: Why Work at Sheridan
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• Building a strong identity, positive reputation, and clear sense of mandate and direction for the School/Department and Faculty through the achievement of shared educational objectives that are current, effective, relevant to student needs and workplace expectations, as well as consistent with the strategic direction of the College and Faculty.
• Strategic planning and actively participating and is instrumental in the development, implementation and leadership of the Faculty strategic plan as part of the academic planning process of the College.
• Developing successful School strategies that respond to changes in student audience, government and industry.
• Initiating and developing successful programs that build the desired. School/Department/Faculty identity in a collaborative environment.
• Establishing strategies to differentiate programs from other post-secondary institutions.
• Providing academic leadership in the visioning, development, delivery, and ongoing review / modification of existing programs, to ensure quality and reflection of emerging needs, economy, technology changes, market and demographic influences, industry initiatives and employment standards.
• Creating a plan for programs and courses in the area of responsibility consistent with the strategic direction of the College and Faculty.
• Identifying areas for growth and sets priorities for development.
• Facilitating the development of a sense of accountability and commitment to shared responsibility among the faculty and staff of the programs, in particular with regard to the development and administration of programs, and the effective and efficient allocation of resources to address both immediate operational requirements and longer-term priorities of the programs.
• Ensuring program and course outcomes are met, and are current through effective and collaborative leadership, including: supervision of the teaching and learning processes, effective market research and analysis, and maintenance of close contacts with business, industry and Program Advisory Committees (PACs).
• Maintaining a high level of department performance through effective recruitment, selection, development, performance management and evaluation of fulltime and part time faculty and staff in their program cluster; in concert with HR.
• Providing leadership in ensuring a high quality of teaching and faculty commitment to professional development and currency in their discipline, profession and industry.Participating in other projects and initiatives as required.