Job Type: Employee
Duration in Months (for fixed-term jobs): N/A
Job Family: Facilities Planning and Logistics

of Open Positions: 1

Faculty/Service - Department: Administration Office, Faculty of Social Sciences
Campus: Social Sciences Building, Vanier Hall
Union Affiliation: N/A
Date Posted: février 29, 2024
Closing Date: mars 11, 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: $95 745,00 - $116 554,00
About the faculty/service: Faculty of Social Sciences
The FSS comprises nine departments, schools and institutes, which offer undergraduate, masters and doctoral programs in both English and French. With its 10,000 students, 260 full-time professors, and wide array of programs and research centres, the Faculty of Social Sciences plays a key role at the heart of the University of Ottawa. Its graduate students are supervised by excellent researchers and undertake cutting-edge research in the Faculty’s masters and Ph.D. programs. Along with its complement of about 100 administrative employees, the faculty is proud to provide a collaborative working environment that inspires new ideas, encourages creative ingenuity, and promotes excellence.
Position purpose: Under the supervision of the Chief Administrative Officer, ensures strategic and operational leadership for the management, planning, design, implementation and maintenance of all faculty/departmental infrastructure to maximize resources and improve the student experience. Ensures efficient operations, safe facilities and high-quality service suited to needs expressed.

Strategic planning: Conducts in-depth space use studies and analyses to design and implement a strategic space optimization plan for the faculty/department in partnership with management.
Consulting: Leads discussions with members of the faculty/department to assess and identify their infrastructure and equipment needs. Advises on the design of research, teaching and administrative spaces to ensure they are functional and safe.
Operations management: Plans, organizes, leads and monitors facility management processes to ensure that activities under his or her jurisdiction are performed as efficiently as possible. Works with those in charge of risk management to ensure that faculty/departmental premises and activities comply with relevant regulations, to reduce or mitigate risks and protect people, belongings and faculty/departmental property. Develops and implements internal facility use bylaws and procedures to make them more effective and relevant.
Project coordination: Plans and coordinates construction, renovation, relocation, repair, space configuration and equipment replacement projects for the entire faculty/department. To this end, defines the scope of projects to be completed, develops design plans, justifies component choices, obtains preliminary estimates, conducts feasibility studies, reviews architectural specifications, tracks all relevant progress, performs inspections during different stages of the project, ensures effective communication among contributors and plans facility closure periods.
Budget and procurement management: Manages the budgets under his or her jurisdiction in accordance with related policies, bylaws and procedures. Helps to draft and negotiate service, renovation and construction contracts on behalf of the faculty/department.