Date Posted: 06/05/2025
Req ID:43295
Faculty/Division: Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Department: Human Resources, Academic
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Description:
Your Opportunity
A major part of the mandate of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine is to provide professional support for the recruitment, appointment, promotion and retention of the Faculty’s over 9,000 faculty members.
As Academic Human Resources Officer, you will work as part of a consultative academic HR team dedicated to providing the highest quality of service to academic units across the Temerty Faculty of Medicine. Your superior communication and interpersonal skills will enable you to provide comprehensive advice on applicable policies and processes related to academic searches, appointments, promotions, tenure, academic leaves, retirement options and salary administration; write communications materials related to academic HR issues; and develop and implement training programs. Drawing upon your strong technical and analytical skills, you will be responsible for the planning and implementation of projects related to the improvement of the Faculty’s academic HR processes and the quality of faculty data, and for acting as the key HR contact on various databases/software. Your demonstrated ability and willingness to accomplish routine processes while exercising creativity and resourcefulness to support the advancement of faculty initiatives will make you an indispensable member of our team.
Essential Qualifications
- University degree in a relevant field of study or an equivalent acceptable combination of education and experience
- A minimum of three years' related experience, preferably in a University or hospital setting
- Experience interpreting and advising on academic policies and procedures; and a high level of comfort providing consultation and support to senior leaders
- Experience as an effective trainer; including the ability to influence through strong presentation skills
- Experience developing and maintaining content on digital platforms
- Experience with database and document management software and participating in process improvement projects
- IT savvy, including a facility for troubleshooting and resolving technical issues with databases and web-based applications
- Advanced proficiency in MS Office (particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint), MS Teams, Zoom and content management systems
- Strong oral and written communication skills, and superior interpersonal skills
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Excellent organizational and project management skills
- Effective analytical and problem-solving skills
- Proven ability to keep sensitive information confidential; and the ability to exercise patience, tact, diplomacy and discretion
- Demonstrated client service orientation; and the ability to deal effectively with senior administrative staff and academic administrators in a manner that facilitates cooperation and achieves consensus
- Proven ability to respond to frequently changing priorities, work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively both in a consultative team environment and independently
- Highly developed creativity and initiative
Assets
- Knowledge of the University’s policies and procedures and an understanding of the University’s organizational structure, including its governance
- Knowledge of collective agreement interpretation and administration
- Experience working with human resource information systems (HRIS)
Closing Date: 06/19/2025,11:59PM ET
Employee Group: Salaried
Appointment Type: Budget - Continuing
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone: PM 2 - Hiring Zone: $82,083 - $95,762 - Broadband Salary Range: $82,083 - $136,802
Job Category: Administrative / Managerial
