Director, Student Affairs

Union/Affiliation: Administrative and Professional Staff (APSA) Pay range: $99,865 to $119,148 annually SFU Department Descr: FCAT Office of the Dean Position Grade: 12 # of openings: 1 Biweekly Hours: 72

Who We Are

Simon Fraser University is a leading research university, advancing an inclusive and sustainable future. Our purpose – the essence of SFU – is to create and connect knowledge, learning and community for deeper understanding and meaningful impact. We are committed to fostering excellence, innovation, belonging and community in all that we do.

The Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology (FCAT) explores the intersection of communication, art, science, technology, and design with interdisciplinarity and creativity at the core. FCAT’s schools and programs are strategically anchored at SFU’s three campuses in Burnaby, Surrey, and Vancouver, in addition to the Great Northern Way Campus. FCAT includes a diverse and talented interdisciplinary group of artists, researchers, scholars, and technologists, along with teams of dedicated and highly proficient staff members, and amazing students. The tight-knit team in the FCAT Dean's Office helps to advance work on the student experience and our strategic research priorities. Our undergraduate and graduate programs are focal points of the university, and our research and artistic practice is cutting edge, highly creative, and internationally recognized.

About the Role

The Director, Student Affairs is responsible for providing strategic, administrative, and financial leadership, direction, and oversight for all aspects of student affairs and outreach programs in the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology (FCAT). The Director leads the development and implementation of strategies of faculty-wide initiatives and activities, including outreach programs, to engage, recruit, advise and retain undergraduate and graduate students (domestic and international) in the faculty. The Director manages the evaluation, assessment, integration, and effectiveness of student support and outreach programs, enrolment, and recruitment strategies. The Director manages and provides strategic direction, training and support to the Faculty's Student Affairs team, provides leadership to the Dean, Associate Dean, senior leadership, faculty members and staff regarding University and FCAT policies and procedures on a range of student affairs issues; plans, develops and monitors the Student Affairs budget; and provides options for dealing with student affairs matters, to ensure consistency of practice across the faculty.

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