uottawacareers

LeadOfficer,AdministrativeSupport

$72–92k Ottawa, Ontario, Canada FULL TIME
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Lead Officer, Administrative Support at uottawacareers. Skills: Human resources management, Financial resource management, Operational oversight. Oversee day-to-day operations related to administration. Manage financial resources”

What You'll Achieve.

Maximize productivity; Minimize turnover

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Conflict resolution; Variance resolution

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5 years of demonstrated experience in a similar role, Experience in supervision, Experience participating in strategic planning, Experience in planning, analyzing and controlling budgets, Experience in analyzing reports, Experience in interpreting, explaining and applying policies and regulations, Experience working in a unionized environment, Experience interpreting collective agreements, Bilingualism – French and English (spoken and written)

Nice to Have

Postsecondary studies in a related discipline or an equivalent combination education and work experience

What You'll Do.

Oversee day-to-day operations related to administration

Manage financial resources

Manage human resources

Manage physical resources

Manage material resources

Provide advice to upper management

Support long-term strategic planning

Lead a team of employees

Provide administrative support

Ensure productive and positive environment

Provide leadership and guidance

Represent senior management on committees

Oversee human resources activities and processes

Ensure best practices and compliance

Provide advice to managers on HR issues

Influence decision-making process on HR issues

Share management tools to strengthen employee engagement

Maximize productivity

Liaise with Labor Relations department

Lead conflict resolution efforts

Act as 2nd level approver for leave requests

Oversee payroll activities and processes

Ensure salary accuracy

Reconcile inconsistencies with budget forecast

Reconcile inconsistencies with actual expenditures

Design new work methods

Implement new work methods

Modify existing work methods

Design new procedures

Implement new procedures

Modify existing procedures

Implement new processes

Modify existing processes

Monitor compliance by team

Continuously improve operations

Plan assigned projects

Manage assigned projects

Develop project specifications

Identify project steps

Track project progress

Perform inspections upon project milestones

Ensure effective communication among stakeholders

Monitor project expenses

Ensure expenses meet budget limits

Highlight variance from budget

Resolve variance from budget

Manage project delivery

Monitor project delivery

Implement filing system

Implement records management system

Preserve confidentiality of records

Ensure complete documentation

Ensure accurate documentation

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional committees; Central Human Resources; Labor Relations department

Process & Methodology

Project planning, Project management, Budget monitoring, Stakeholder communication

Full Job Description

**Follow us on[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/uottawacareers/)** ** _Posting Reason:_** Replacement of a regular position ** _Job Type:_** Employee ** _Anticipated Duration in Months_** _(for contracts and temporary assignments):_ N/A _**Job Family:**_ Administrative Support _**# of Open Positions:**_ 1 _**Faculty/Service - Department:**_ School of Engineering Design and Teaching Innovation _**Campus:**_ Main Campus _**Union Affiliation:**_ SSUO _**Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD):**_ 2026/06/04 _**Applications must be received******BEFORE******(YYYY/MM/DD):**_ 2026/06/15 _**Hours per week:**_ 35 _**Salary Grade:**_ SSUO Grade 09 _**Salary Range:**_ $72,437.00 - $91,502.00 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! **Position Purpose:** Reporting to the Chair, School of Engineering, Design and Teaching Innovation, the incumbent will be responsible to oversee the day-to-day operations related to the administration of financial, human, physical and material resources of the sector with the objective of ensuring sound management and providing advice to upper management to support long-term strategic planning. Lead a team of employees whose role is to provide administrative support within these areas in order to ensure a productive and positive environment, and to provide leadership and guidance for more compl

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