Intermediate Specialist, Accreditation and Evaluation

Job Type:

Employee

Duration in Months (for fixed-term jobs):

24

Job Family:

Academic Program Management

# of Open Positions:

1

Faculty/Service - Department:

Quality Assurance and Teaching Innovation

Campus:

Main Campus

Union Affiliation:

SSUO

Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD):

2025/08/21

Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD):

2025/09/01

Hours per week:

35

Salary Grade:

SSUO Grade 10

Salary Range:

$80,942.00 - $102,245.00

About the Faculty of Engineering

The Faculty of Engineering strives to provide a learning environment that promotes excellence and innovation, ethical practice and responsibility towards society. Our workplace will challenge, energize and motivate you to be your very best while providing opportunities for career growth and professional development. Our work makes a world of difference in the lives of our students, who will become the next generation of leaders and change makers of our society. Our dynamic community is dedicated to building innovations that will not only help the advancement of technology, but solutions that will revolutionize the industry. We look forward to making the future TOGETHER!

• We operate in a hybrid environment, with three days per week on campus.

Position purpose:

The successful candidate will be accountable for driving continuous quality improvement across all Faculty of Engineering programs by leading the complete accreditation process for the Faculty and by recommending evidence-based strategies on initiatives and projects to improve the Faculty’s programs and reputation. A primary focus of the position will be to assure in each of the Faculty’s undergraduate programs an effective Graduate Attribute and Continual Improvement Process (GACIP) - which is founded on an ongoing procedure of data collection, analysis and recommended program modifications – and manage implementation at the graduate for non-engineering (undergraduate and graduate levels) programs for the expectations of the Ontario Universities Council on Quality Assurance (OUCQA) level.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

1. Leads the complete process of the Faculty’s accreditation and Institutional Quality Assurance Process (IQAP) maintenance by:

a) engaging with internal and external stakeholders (accrediting bodies, vice-deans, program directors, the Office of Quality Assurance (OQA), the programs’ executive administrators, etc.) while overseeing the operational workflow of the accreditation processes.

b) producing the accreditation reports and cyclical review documents for internal consensus, as directed by the Vice-Dean, Programs.

c) authenticating data submitted by programs to ensure accuracy, coherence and consistency of the information within the various programs’ GACIP; and

d) overseeing on-site visits by representatives of the accrediting bodies and external visitors to secure accreditation and/or compliance to OUCQA for the Faculty’s programs.

2. Leads the Faculty’s adherence to regulatory and accrediting body requirements to maintain program accreditation. , Provides expert advice to all stakeholders in the interpretation and the application of policies, procedures and processes related to the requirements of the faculty’s accrediting bodies and of OUCQA.

3. Provides expert advice to various stakeholders within the University (such as the Engineering Undergraduate and Graduate offices, the undergraduate offices of those Faculties contributing through teaching to Engineering programs, Administrative Services, the Morisset Library, the Research Office, the Student Services Centre, the Institutional Research and Planning Office and Financial Services) with the objective to consolidate information required for internal monitoring and reporting as part of the Engineering accreditation process.

4. Advises senior management, academic leaders and other internal stakeholders on quality assurance and ensures that the the GACIP platform is robust and works to increase the system’s functionality and accuracy by modifying existing templates and reports as needed and by designing, testing and rolling out new templates and reports.

5. Manages the logistics and guides the creation, implementation and operation of the various Engineering programs’ continual improvement processes, including the design and implementation of annual departmental-level program reviews and assessments involving students, alumni, employers and other external stakeholders.

6. Represents the Faculty at various departments’ curriculum committees in making evidence-based decisions concerning administrative and program improvements, as deemed appropriate.

7. Determines best practices for the continuous flow of information that assures accuracy and internal consistency in the information presented to the province and to the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) to ensure that the various programs accurately represent themselves and meet the information standards set by the bodies in question.

What you will bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field.
• Five years of experience in related field
• Experience as a data analyst, ideally with outcomes-based accreditation procedures.
• Extensive knowledge of computer systems, database design, data analysis, and visualization
• Experience in resolving varied complex problems independently and on an ongoing and timely basis.
• Ability to compile and analyze statistical data to produce complex reports.
• Demonstrated ability in communicating information and ideas in verbal and written form.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate and work with colleagues at various levels, including senior management.
• Ability to work under pressure, to prioritize and to organize work schedules to meet firm deadlines.
• P.Eng. status from a Canadian licensing jurisdiction considered an asset.
• Knowledge of advanced machine learning techniques considered an asset.
• Teaching experience in engineering at a university level is considered an asset.
• Bilingualism – French and English (oral and written).

Key Competencies at uOttawa:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa:

Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.

The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact hrtalentmanagement@uottawa.ca to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Note: if this is a union position: The hiring process will be governed by the current collective agreement related to the union affiliation noted above; you can click here to find out more.

If this is a front-line position with responsibilities to interact with students, selected candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.

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