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About the Role
The Assistant to the Chair plays a key role in coordinating academic processes including academic searches, tenure, promotion and Progress-through-the-Ranks (PTR). This role serves as the department’s main point of contact with FAS Academic Human Resources and provides general administrative support to the Department Chair in scheduling, correspondence, and ensuring effective communication. The position maintains department records, supports administrative initiatives, and provides logistical support for departmental operations and special events, including coordinating travel and hospitality for visiting speakers. The incumbent also develops and distributes promotional material and oversees the departmental website and social media presence.
Responsibilities
- Coordinating meeting schedules, agendas, materials, action and follow-up items, maintaining filing system
- Applying established standards when administering tenure and promotion activities and when administering academic search activities
- Collecting documentation required to carry out the tenure and review processes from senior leadership
- Determining logistical details and activities for events and/or programming
- Identifying and reporting facility repair and/or maintenance needs
- Maintaining information on digital platforms and website
- Editing promotional and/or outreach materials
- Scheduling travel plans and requesting appropriate accommodations
Requirements
- Advanced College Diploma (3 years) or acceptable combination of equivalent experience
- Minimum three (3) years' relevant experience with related executive assistant experience including experience liaising with internal and external contacts
- Experience in a university setting with knowledge of academic procedures and policies as well as guidelines and practices
- Relevant experience writing and editing communication materials
- Relevant experience updating digital platforms, including websites
- Superior interpersonal and written and oral communication skills
- Experience planning travel logistics
- Administrative experience supporting events
- Advanced skill levels using O365 such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive and SharePoint
- Knowledge and experience utilizing HTML, illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat Professional, or similar web and software tools
- Diplomatic
- Meticulous
- Multi-tasker
- Proactive
- Responsible
Skills
- O365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive, SharePoint)
- HTML
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- Acrobat Professional
- Web and software tools
Location
- St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Work Type
- Full-Time
Experience Level
- Minimum three (3) years' relevant experience
Education Level
- Advanced College Diploma (3 years)
Salary/Compensations
- $75,004 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $95,915
About the Company
- The Faculty of Arts & Science is the heart of Canada’s leading university and one of the most comprehensive and diverse academic divisions in the world. The strength of Arts & Science derives from our combined teaching and research excellence in the humanities, sciences and social sciences across 29 departments, seven colleges and 46 interdisciplinary centres, institutes and programs. The diversity of opportunities and perspectives within the Faculty reflect the local and global landscape and the need for curiosity, innovative thinking and collaboration. At Arts & Science, we take pride in our legacy of innovation and discovery that has changed the way we think about the world. Founded in 1934, the Department of Art History has an international reputation for scholarly excellence. A curriculum designed around breadth, rigour, and pedagogical effectiveness has made us the largest art history department in North America by undergraduate program enrolments and a leader in reinventing art history education. The Department’s vibrant academic community, extensive library resources, and numerous connections with Toronto’s art world make it a preeminent place to explore the art of societies across history.
Equal Opportunity
- Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.