The University of Alberta is one of Canada’s top teaching and research universities, with an international reputation for excellence across the humanities, sciences, creative arts, business, engineering, and health sciences.
Home to more than 39,000 students and 15,000 faculty and staff, the university has an annual budget of $1.7 billion and attracts nearly $450 million in sponsored research revenue.
The U of A offers close to 400 rigorous undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs in 18 faculties on five campuses.
The university has more than 250,000 alumni worldwide.
The university and its people remain dedicated to the promise made in 1908 by founding president Henry Marshall Tory that knowledge shall be used for “uplifting the whole people."

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University of Alberta is a large, public research university based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, offering extensive undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education programs across more than a dozen faculties and multiple campuses. It is a research-intensive institution with strengths in areas such as artificial intelligence, energy and environment, health and well-being, agriculture, and Indigenous research, and supports entrepreneurship, spinoffs, and community engagement. The university serves tens of thousands of students from around the world, maintains broad community and industry partnerships, and emphasizes access, diversity, and Indigenous initiatives.

The University of Alberta is one of Canada’s top teaching and research universities, with an international reputation for excellence across the humanities, sciences, creative arts, business, engineering, and health sciences. Home to more than 39,000 students and 15,000 faculty and staff, the university has an annual budget of $1.7 billion and attracts nearly $450 million in sponsored research revenue. The U of A offers close to 400 rigorous undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs in 18 faculties on five campuses. The university has more than 250,000 alumni worldwide. 

The university and its people remain dedicated to the promise made in 1908 by founding president Henry Marshall Tory that knowledge shall be used for “uplifting the whole people."

• Serve as an in-house resource and expert in curriculum development, pedagogy, assessment, and instruction, providing coaching and instructional support to faculty members and academic teaching staff.
• Support the development, delivery, and evaluation of resources and programming to improve informal and ongoing teaching evaluations.
• Collaborate with on-campus partners to develop and deliver workshops and presentations.
• Lead initiatives that recognize exemplary instruction within the Faculty.
• Oversee the administration, development, delivery, and evaluation of the SPARK-ENG Program aimed at enhancing effective instructional practice and assessment.
• Provide support for undergraduate engineering education research conducted by the Experiential and Professional Education portfolio.

Educational Developer

Educational Developer at University of Alberta enhancing instructional practices in engineering. Providing support for faculty and teaching staff in curriculum development and assessments.

research-scientist

• Assist with recruitment of participants for interviews & facilitate interviews
• Complete a demographic survey for the qualitative data collection 
• Assist with quantitative descriptive analyses & thematic analyses 
• Assist with preparing feedback reports & drafting manuscripts
• Assist with administrative tasks such as managing CVs and resumes, organizing files and folders, formatting result tables, and managing references for reviews
• Other duties as assigned

Research Assistant

Research Assistant supporting ongoing research on Métis older adults' care needs within Aged Care Transition program at University of Alberta.

program-manager

• Provides strategic advice to the centre director to establish CEMP as the leader in public engagement in clean energy, net-zero transition, etc., by organizing visiting speakers, hosting industrial leaders and other centre events.
• Collaborates with Dean, Faculty of Engineering, VPR and VPIE to promote and facilitate clean energy and related research within the University.
• Provides strategic advice to the centre director, Dean, OVPR and OVPIE on research projects and initiatives related to clean energy and mineral processing topics.
• Works with the university researchers and principal investigators to identify industrial sources of funding and research collaborations.
• Provides leadership for large strategic multi-disciplinary, cross-university and cross-institution collaborations for funding proposals to provincial and federal agencies.
• Leads the liaison with existing industry partners and attracts and cultivates new partners to secure large projects and endowments to grow the centre, provincially, nationally and internationally and across a variety of sectors, community groups, government, etc.
• Evaluates scenarios to position the centre to benefit from emerging opportunities.
• Builds and maintains relationships with external and internal networks and partners, including collaborators, funding agencies, suppliers, etc.
• Develops strategic plans and operational procedures for the centre.
• Coordinates and manages the operations of the Centre, ensuring alignment with the Centre Director’s strategic direction and effective implementation of programs, administrative processes, and financial activities.
• Creates policies, processes, procedures and tools to support the achievement of the Centre's goals.
• Designs and implements solutions to operational challenges. Makes continuous improvements to services, programs, or operations to increase performance and deliver results
• Evaluates, develops, and, where necessary, transforms business processes to ensure operational and financial efficiencies.
• Leads the administration of research projects funded by the Centre.
• Oversees project evaluation and closure activities.
• Ensures the proper application of University of Alberta Policy and Procedures within the areas (e.g. research administration, risk management, etc.)
• Oversees the financial management of the centre, working collaboratively with finance partners, including managing spending allocations from endowments.
• Provides financial oversight and control of research program funds to ensure optimum use of financial resources.
• Leads the administration of large grants, e.g., Mitacs Umbrella or ERA’s Lab Services Incentive Program, in collaboration with the OVPR, e.g. coordinates scientific peer-review and project stewardship.
• Works collaboratively with the principal investigators to develop short-term and long-term plans.
• Works with the principal investigators to determine resources (fiscal and human) required for various research projects and makes recommendations regarding resource allocation.
• Works with the Finance Partner assigned to the area to monitor, analyze, forecast and report on financial position.
• Explores possible funding/grant opportunities. Identifies fundraising opportunities. Prepares and submits funding/grant applications.
• Contributes to the compilation of grant applications, scientific and financial reports and ensures timelines/deliverables are met.
• Prepares Centre and program reports, briefing materials, and documentation, and works collaboratively with the Marketing and Communications team to disseminate them to appropriate audiences.
• Acts as communications liaison in conjunction with a Communications partner or the Faculty/VP offices into which they report, for internal and external communications, including updating research proposals, communicating with external stakeholders.
• Oversees hiring, performance reviews, and other key aspects of team management.
• Provides direction and guidance to research associates working at the centre, as needed.
• Establishes clear performance expectations, regularly evaluates progress, and recognizes achievements. Takes proactive steps to address performance challenges.
• Fosters a collaborative and inclusive work environment where diverse perspectives and contributions are valued and celebrated. Removes barriers to success and motivates the team to achieve their goals.

Program Manager, Centre for Energy and Mineral Processing

Centre Program Manager providing strategic and operational leadership for the Centre for Energy and Mineral Processing. Fostering partnerships and research funding in clean energy and mineral processing.

The University of Alberta is one of Canada’s top teaching and research universities, with an international reputation for excellence across the humanities, sciences, creative arts, business, engineering, and health sciences. Home to more than 39,000 students and 15,000 faculty and staff, the university has an annual budget of $1.7 billion and attracts nearly $450 million in sponsored research revenue. The U of A offers close to 400 rigorous undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs in 18 faculties on five campuses. The university has more than 250,000 alumni worldwide. The university and its people remain dedicated to the promise made in 1908 by founding president Henry Marshall Tory that knowledge shall be used for “uplifting the whole people."

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