Project Manager

Overview

The Project Manager at the University of British Columbia is responsible for planning, launching, and managing multiple educational initiatives including micro-certificates in OH&S and Infection Prevention and Control, and Data Analysis using R, as well as a graduate-level Pathology Assistant Program and a Fellowship for Clinical PhDs.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and launch micro-certificates and graduate programs.
• Develop curriculum proposals and marketing plans.
• Coordinate stakeholder engagement and collaboration with industry, government, and academic partners.
• Manage budgets, financial forecasts, and expenditure tracking using Workday.
• Ensure compliance with accrediting bodies and develop risk mitigation strategies.

Additional Duties

The role includes day-to-day operations, contract management, meeting facilitation, and continuous evaluation of program performance.

Key skills/competency

• Project management
• Curriculum development
• Stakeholder engagement
• Budget management
• Marketing planning
• Compliance
• Risk management
• Financial forecasting
• Educational programming
• Communication