Academic Affairs Officer

McGill University; Quebec; On-site; CAD 73,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental and Life Insurance

Defined contribution pension plan

RRSP and TFSA

Generous vacation policy

Personal days and floating holidays

Remote work up to two days per week

Job summary

McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Academic Affairs Office seeks an Academic Affairs Officer to guide administrators, manage appointments and remuneration, and ensure policy compliance across the faculty lifecycle. The role liaises with central HR, departments, and affiliated institutes to uphold standards.

Experience in academic administration and strong bilingual communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 3 years related experience in academic administration.
• Experience in academic affairs or university administration is preferred.
• Ability to interpret complex academic policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Guide AAA Administrators, Deanery leadership, Chairs, Directors and staff on regulations and procedures governing the faculty lifecycle.
• Oversee academic recruitment processes, medical manpower, immigration, appointments, compensation, leaves, termination and retirement.
• Ensure consistency, equity and compliance across the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
• Foster relationships with stakeholders and coordinate with Academic Personnel Office for transparency.
• Audit contracts and salary distribution; verify compliance with regulations and budgets.
• Provide administrative support for appointments and remuneration of senior faculty; train AAO/AAA staff.

Skills

Bilingual English/French

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Office software familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

3 Years Related Experience

Tools

Word processing

Databases

Spreadsheets

Presentation software

Job description

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Position Summary

The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) Academic Affairs Office provides expertise, support and guidance to academic staff, academic leaders, and administrative staff in the Faculty to ensure the recruitment, support, development, and recognition of academic staff performing at the highest standards of excellence, across all spheres of academic work and all phases of their careers. The Academic Affairs Office serves as the liaison from the academic units in the FMHS to the offices of the Provost, Academic Personnel, and the Secretariat. The Academic Affairs Office is led by the Dean and Director, Academic Affairs. The Academic Affairs Officer working in the Academic Affairs Office reviews the work submitted by the Academic Affairs Administrators (AAA) working in the faculty’s department and units and ensures the quality, accuracy, and timeliness of the documents before final approval by the Dean. Reporting to the Director of the Academic Affairs office, the incumbent is responsible for the recruitment, appointments and remuneration of the ranked (both M.D. and PhD faculty) and unranked academic staff for the Faculty of Medicine. The Academic Affairs Officer advises, supports and trains the Academic Affairs Administrators working in the faculty’s department and units in the context of the applicable University, hospital and provincial government (Ministry of Health) regulations, policies, procedures and collective agreements.

Primary Responsibilities

• Guide the AAA Administrators, Deanery leadership, Chairs, Directors, faculty members and administrative staff with respect to regulations, policies and procedures governing the entire faculty lifecycle.
• This includes the academic recruitment process, medical manpower, immigration, academic appointments, compensation, leaves, termination, and retirement.
• Ensures consistency, equity and compliance across the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
• Foster and maintain excellent working relationships with stakeholders.
• Communicate and collaborate with the Faculty AAAs and the Academic Personnel Office to ensure that standards are met, and that information and record-keeping is complete, consistent, and transparent to all.
• Meets with the Academic Affairs administrators on a weekly basis to ensure alignment of activities.
• Analyze and troubleshoot requests from across the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
• Provides guidance on a wide variety of issues that involve the University’s regulations, academic policies and procedures and collective agreements that cover academic positions.
• Assists with the annual academic salary policy exercise.
• Provide information to administrators and faculty members regarding eligibility and the process.
• Responds to all incoming academic recruitment requests from AAA’s, Chairs and Directors for any academic position type.
• Analyzes and troubleshoots requests.
• Probes for additional information.
• Identifies discrepancies and advises Faculty AAA’s on appropriate course of action and/or corrective measures necessary in order to resolve the situation.
• Liaises with Faculty AAA’s, the Academic Personnel Office, central Human Resources, other areas of the Faculty, the McGill Research and Restricted Funds Office, and the McGill Office of Sponsored Research to resolve issues.
• Ensures compliance with the appropriate collective agreement (MCLIU).
• Evaluates draft job descriptions for Academic Associates positions.
• Discusses position requirements and qualifications, probes for additional information to support the creation of the position.
• Provides guidance and advice on the posting and selection procedures.
• When required instructs AAA staff on corrective action needed to proceed.
• Proofreads, analyzes and corrects all contracts of employment received from the AAA’s to ensure accuracy and compliance with applicable University, FMHS, hospital and government regulations, policies, procedures and collective agreements.
• When required, instructs AAA on corrective action needed to proceed with recruitment.
• Ensures that financial agreements for salary partnerships with our affiliated hospital research institutes comply with FMHS standards in order to avoid legally binding financial commitments and appointments for which the FMHS should not be held liable.
• Verifies and approves all academic appointment forms received from AAA’s and ensures compliance with all relevant University, hospital, government and external agencies policies and regulations related to appointments, compensation, conditions of employment, and immigration status.
• When required instructs AAA’s on corrective action needed to proceed.
• Audits all financial aspects of appointment forms.
• Ensures accuracy with regards to salary distribution for appointments with multiple salary sources (operating funds, restricted funds, internal and external salary awards, stipends, endowed chairs, third party chargeback arrangements).
• Ensures salary sources correspond to those previously approved and budgeted.
• Ensures compliance with the intended purpose of the funds being used and that the compensation is an allowable expense on the fund.
• When required instructs AAA’s on corrective action needed to proceed.
• Provides administrative support for the appointments and remuneration of Vice-Deans, Associate Deans, Assistant Deans, Chairs, Directors of Schools and Directors of major Centres and units within the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences: https://www.mcgill.ca/medhealthsci/schools-departments.
• Trains and mentors AAO and AAA staff on these responsibilities and duties.
• Identifies training needs and makes recommendations.
• Participates in the development of tools for the FMHS and departmental administration.
• Presents at formal training sessions for administrators that work at the unit level.

Other Qualifying Skills and/or Abilities

Experience working in academic affairs and or University administration. Results-oriented with demonstrated ability to effectively plan and review work, collaborate with others, and work successfully in a group setting. Excellent interpersonal skills to establish and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders at all levels. Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment and to carry on simultaneous projects. Ability to manage and respect competing deadlines and to adapt to changing circumstances. Client-focused with strong problem-solving, priority-setting and organizational skills. Proven attention to detail and analytical skills to understand, interpret and apply complex academic policies and procedures. Demonstrated ability to work in a computerized environment using word-processing, databases, spreadsheets and presentation software. Demonstrated oral and written communication skills in both English and French.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package (Health, Dental, Life Insurance) (if eligible)
• Defined contribution pension plan (with employer contribution up to 10%) (if eligible)
• Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) and Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA)
• Competitive vacation policy
• Two (2) personal days
• Two (2) floating holidays
• Nine (9) "Summer Fridays" - paid days off between the St-Jean Baptiste holiday and Labour Day
• Paid time off over the December holiday period
• Tuition waiver for regular employees and their dependents
• Up to two (2) days of remote work per week where the position permits

Minimum Education and Experience

Bachelor's Degree 3 Years Related Experience / Annual Salary: (MPEX Grade 05) $73,470.00 - $91,840.00 - $110,210.00

Job Profile

Job Profile: MPEX-HRM2G - Academic Affairs - Professional 2 Hours per Week: 33.75 (Full time) Supervisor: Director, Academic Affairs Position End Date (If applicable): 2027-10-05 Deadline to Apply: 2026-10-28

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

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