Competition Number
S181388P
Position Title
Administrative Lead, Indigenous Education & Affairs
Position Number
S99125
Employee Group
Staff
Position Status
Regular Full-Time
Start Date
End Date (if applicable)
Department
Indigenous Education and Affairs
Additional Notes
Location
North Vancouver
Working with us
Our Indigenous Education and Affairs Department is where our commitment to inclusion and care goes hand in hand with our commitment to Truth + Reconciliation, Indigenization, and Decolonization. Through our dedication to both personal and professional connections, we’re aligned with our communities and eagerly engage with the issues that are important to them.
We are dedicated to improving lives and building healthy communities through education and connection. In a place where creativity, imagination, and experimentation are prized, our efforts are all aimed to provide our students with the knowledge and skills to transform their own lives as well as create meaningful impacts on the lives of others.
The Indigenous Education and Affairs Department is a community of passionate leaders shaping the future through connection, care, and transformative learning.
Are you ready to become a valued member of a community committed to making a difference? Join us and become a welcomed into a dynamic educational environment.
We are dedicated to improving lives and building healthy communities through education and connection. In a place where creativity, imagination, and experimentation are prized, our efforts are all aimed to provide our students with the knowledge and skills to transform their own lives as well as create meaningful impacts on the lives of others.
The Indigenous Education and Affairs Department is a community of passionate leaders shaping the future through connection, care, and transformative learning.
Are you ready to become a valued member of a community committed to making a difference? Join us and become a welcomed into a dynamic educational environment.
About the role
NATURE AND SCOPE OF WORK
As a senior role providing administrative support to the Director and the department, the Administrative Lead is responsible for planning, implementing, and monitoring processes and services to ensure smooth operations. The incumbent provides exceptional and broad administrative support, with specialized knowledge in working with Indigenous communities and organizations. Under limited supervision, this role’s primary responsibilities cover operational oversight, including coordinating projects, scheduling, calendars, timelines, and processes, acting as a communications center point for the IEA, and creating reports for leadership use. The incumbent will work with various representatives, both internal and external, to ensure the department has the information needed to move projects forward and achieve institutional goals. A focus will be on efficiency and continuous improvement in this position. Reporting directly to the Director, the role requires high levels of tact, diplomacy, and confidentiality.
SOME ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF DUTIES
Operations/Administrative Support:
As a senior role providing administrative support to the Director and the department, the Administrative Lead is responsible for planning, implementing, and monitoring processes and services to ensure smooth operations. The incumbent provides exceptional and broad administrative support, with specialized knowledge in working with Indigenous communities and organizations. Under limited supervision, this role’s primary responsibilities cover operational oversight, including coordinating projects, scheduling, calendars, timelines, and processes, acting as a communications center point for the IEA, and creating reports for leadership use. The incumbent will work with various representatives, both internal and external, to ensure the department has the information needed to move projects forward and achieve institutional goals. A focus will be on efficiency and continuous improvement in this position. Reporting directly to the Director, the role requires high levels of tact, diplomacy, and confidentiality.
SOME ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF DUTIES
Operations/Administrative Support:
- Supports, coordinates and oversees activities under the jurisdiction of the Director, including daily operational processes such as office scheduling and calendar management.
Financial:
- Tracks, monitors, and reconciles budgets, including reviewing management reports and contacting Financial Services as required. Resolves discrepancies or, using judgment and discretion, brings them to the attention of the Director.
Data Analysis:
- Supports data analysis activities, including collecting, compiling, and verifying data requests by other staff, departments, and faculties.
Grant Writing:
- Works with Creative Activity, Research, and Scholarship to develop applications for external and internal research, scholarly, and creative activity funding
Communications Hub:
- Acts as a central point of contact between the Director’s office and other University departments.
Other:
- Takes initiative, solves problems, and determines the course of action for issues within this role’s scope, consulting with leadership on new or complex problems.
Experience, competencies & qualifications
- Completion of a bachelor’s degree.
- Five years of directly related and progressively senior administrative support experience, including experience in an educational and/or Indigenous organizational setting.
- Lived Indigenous experience preferred.
For more information
For more information, please see the complete job description.
Benefits
At Capilano University, we understand that there is more to life than work. That is why we offer comprehensive benefits and support to help you and your family live a balanced life. Take a sneak peak to see what it is like to work at Capilano University.
Posting Detail Information
Days and Hours of Work
Our standard work week is Monday to Friday, 8:30am – 4:00pm. This position may include working evenings and weekends based on departmental needs
Bridge Period (if applicable)
Pay Group
24
Salary
$5717 per month based on 35 hours per week (with increments up to $6430)
Union
MoveUP
Job Open Date
08/22/2025
Job Close Date
Open Until Filled
Yes