Business Manager , Faculty of Education and Health

Position No.: JOBPOST-

Salary: $ 86,800 - $ 108,207 per year

Competition ends: Tuesday, September 8th at 4:00 pm

Reporting to the Dean, the Business Manager provides daily confidential oversight of the Faculty’s administrative, academic, and financial operations. The incumbent ensures business continuity by managing and organizing complex processes including budgets for the Dean’s Office and its academic units and people resources, while contributing to strategic planning efforts; enhancing faculty operations and academic excellence.

The Business Manager supervises a diverse team, ensuring compliance with employment standards, collective agreements, and university policies, while overseeing the coordination of course offerings, faculty workloads and contracts as approved by the Dean. As a pivotal liaison, the Business Manager facilitates communication among stakeholders, collaborating with Human Resources for recruitment and with University departments to ensure efficient workflows and a respected operational environment.

Operational Management & Oversight

- Manage administrative operations by providing strategic oversight, delegation, and guidance to all staff and faculty members to ensure effective workflow and high-quality outcomes.
- Direct departmental staffing by overseeing recruitment efforts in collaboration with Human Resources and institutional partners, ensuring candidate evaluations align with departmental needs, university frameworks, and all applicable legislative requirements and regulations.




- Facilitate departmental onboarding and functional training to ensure all new hires are successfully integrated into the team’s specific workflows and operational requirements.
- Coordinate the administration of personnel records, including leave, vacation, and attendance tracking for all staff and faculty members, ensuring operational coverage and compliance with institutional, legislated and collective agreement requirements.
- Interpret and apply collective agreement provisions across all staff and faculty operations in collaboration with internal partners as needed to ensure consistent operational administration.

Academic Administration

- Manage the annual cycle for course offerings and faculty workloads by providing instructional memos, deadlines and guidance to School Directors and staff.
- Coordinate with the Dean and Directors to finalize academic planning, review program processes, curriculum committee filings, student academic integrity tracking.
- Track and coordinate owed credits, banked credits, credit releases, sabbatical and professional development leave requests, annual report submissions and appointment terms to maintain accurate faculty records.
- Review and audit timetables and overloads before final submission to the Registration Office to ensure institutional accuracy.
- Manage faculty workloads for full-time, part time, and clinical members. Oversee the hiring and contracting of Sessional Instructors, the maintenance of the seniority rosters, the overloads,



and the hiring of Teaching Assistants, in compliance with applicable collective agreements and University policies.
- Manage the entry of instructional and non-instructional data into the Assignment Contract system and utilize reporting tools to verify payroll accuracy.
- Facilitate the annual cycle for the Faculty Personnel Committee (FPC) by receiving applications, verifying eligibility, drafting the Dean's correspondence, managing all documentation and responses, organizing FPC meetings, and collaborating with internal partners.
- Communicate and promote university-wide training initiatives to all faculty and staff to ensure departmental alignment with institutional standards.
- Ensure the Faculty’s adherence to university policies and collective bargaining deadlines.

Budget Development & Management

- Track and reconcile operational, research, and sessional budgets by ensuring data collection and ongoing review in the Office of the Dean.
- Participate in strategic budget planning sessions with the Dean and University Administration to align fiscal resources with academic goals.
- Administer and approve financial transactions, including requisitions, budget transfers, and vendor payments.
- Review and approve reimbursement requests, travel expenses, and professional development allowances in adherence to university financial policies.
- Coordinate the collection of teaching assistance requests and manage the allocation of these resources in collaboration with Graduate Coordinators and the Schools.
- Monitor expenditures and approve transactions to ensure budget adherence and fiscal responsibility throughout the academic year.

📌 Business Manager (Northeastern Ontario)
🏢 Laurentian University/ Université Laurentienne
📍 Northeastern Ontario