Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Category: Canadian Positions
Job Type: Full-time
Posted On: Tue Apr 21 2026
Job Description:
The Opportunity:
Reporting to the Vice President of Canadian Academic Programs, BC, the Academic Program Director is responsible for overall program quality and student experience. The Academic Program Director leads a committed team of faculty and staff to sustain a rich learning environment and drive continuous improvement in program design, assessment, pedagogy, technology integration, and curriculum development. The Academic Program Director also plays a key role in shaping relevant certificates and specializations to serve BC learners and communities. This is a hybrid role, based primarily at our Vancouver campus, with periodic visits to our Saanich campus.
What You Will Do:
- Provide leadership to Associate Program Directors, Coordinators, faculty, and staff within the academic governance framework.
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Lead faculty and staff recruitment, development, evaluation, and performance management.
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Foster an inclusive, respectful, and empowering learning and working environment through orientation, mentoring, coaching, and professional development.
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Lead faculty to ensure curriculum alignment with the CityU Academic Model and evolving professional practice.
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Engage internal and external stakeholders to sustain curriculum relevance in a dynamic provincial and professional landscape.
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Ensure compliance with provincial post-secondary standards and provincial and national accreditation requirements.
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Advance inclusive teaching and learning practices, including decolonizing and Indigenizing pedagogy.
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Support faculty in developing ethical, engaged, and self-directed professionals and community contributors.
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Oversee student interviewing and selection processes.
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Guide internship and capstone coordination to meet provincial standards while respecting academic and cultural diversity.
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Provide leadership on institutional councils and committees, ensuring fairness and best practices in policy and procedure.
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Support an active and engaged Program Advisory Committee.
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Model and promote scholarship in teaching, learning, and relevant disciplines.
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Build and maintain relationships with external stakeholders and professional regulators to ensure regulatory alignment and responsiveness to emerging needs.
Job Requirements:
What You Bring:
- Earned doctoral degree (from an accredited institution) in Counselling Psychology, Educational Leadership, or a closely related allied health or human services field.
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Minimum 5 years of proven teaching experience, preferably across both in-class and online delivery modes.
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Demonstrated experience in higher education management, leadership, governance, and curriculum development, including leading annual strategic planning and implementation.
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Demonstrated leadership in collaborative, student-centered, inclusive environments committed to continuous improvement.
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Experience engaging students and faculty in teaching and learning practices consistent with the First Peoples' Principles of Learning.
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Ability to address student academic concerns using policy, procedure, and principles of administrative fairness in support of retention and student success.
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Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills with diverse students, faculty, staff, and external communities, in person and online.
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Ability to build and sustain partnerships with external stakeholders.
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Proficiency with Microsoft Office and learning management systems in support of high-quality teaching and learning.
Additional Information:
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk, hear, and perform repetitive motions of the hands or wrists.
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The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, grasp or handle, stoop or bend, and reach.
Working Conditions:
This is a full-time hybrid position based in Vancouver, BC. The role requires a minimum of two days per week on campus (when courses are running) to support regular in-person contact with students and faculty, with some evening and weekend work. Occasional travel, including to the Saanich campus and other locations, may be required; a reliable internet connection is essential. The working conditions described here represent those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Salary Information:
CAD 115,000 - 123,000/year DOE
Benefits Information:
We offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid holidays and paid time off; supplemental health plans; retirement savings plans with employer matching; tuition benefits; and other workplace perks such as flexible work schedules.
