Administrators – Post-Secondary Education
Job description
Faculty Administrators manage the administrative activities of post-secondary institutions. Registrars handle registrations and student records at the college and university levels. Individuals in this group are employed by:
- Schools and vocational training institutions
- Technical institutes
- Business schools
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
Main tasks
Faculty Administrators
- Recommend and approve the appointment of professors.
- Approve class schedules.
- Conduct research activities.
- Participate in curriculum development and suggest additions and revisions.
- Manage budgets.
- Advise university and college presidents and rectors.
- Participate in the activities of faculties and departments.
Registrars
- Analyze registration statistics.
- Consult with faculty heads to develop admissions policies.
- Direct and supervise the activities of staff responsible for compiling information and granting degrees.
Administrators of other types of vocational training schools
- Develop curricula.
- Ensure that programs meet provincial standards.
- Manage budgets.
- Recruit faculty/staff.
- Teach
Advancement and mobility
- Experience leads to senior management positions in education.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $36.15
- Median
- $55.62
- Maximum
- $75.82
Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
3,500
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 60.2% Female
- 39.8% Male
Not available.
- 60.2% Female
- 39.8% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$99,000
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- None
All of Québec
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 6194% of jobs
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NAICS 912% of jobs
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NAICS 5416, 54171% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 6231% of jobs
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NAICS 811% of jobs
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Others1% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 6194% of jobs
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NAICS 912% of jobs
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NAICS 5416, 54171% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 6231% of jobs
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NAICS 811% of jobs
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Others1% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Numerous training and study programs lead to managerial or executive positions.
Also required
Faculty Administrators
- Graduate degree in a field related to the faculty in question.
- Several years of experience as a university or college professor.
Registrars
- Undergraduate university degree in Business Administration or a related field.
- Several years of experience in Business Administration.
Sometimes required
Administrators of other types of vocational training schools
- An undergraduate degree in Business Administration is often required.
- Education certification is often required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Reading comprehension
- Critical thought
- Active listening
- Teaching
- Result evaluation
- Written expression
- Oral expression
- Time management
- Active learning
- Information processing
- Judgment and decision-making
- Solving complex problems
- Human resource management
- Learning strategies
- Social perception
- Coordination
- Negotiation
- Persuasion
- Service oriented
- System analysis
- Systems evaluation
- Financial resource management
Abilities
- Awareness of issues
- Written comprehension
- Written expression
- Verbal skills
- Speech clarity
- Oral comprehension
- Inductive reasoning
- Speech recognition
- Deductive reasoning
- Originality
- Idea generation
- Information organization
- Near vision
- Classification
- Selective attention
- Processing flexibility
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to develop and maintain business relations
- Diplomacy
- Leadership
- Political sense
- Knowledge of administration and management
- Autonomy
- Capacity to influence and mobilize
- Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
- Strategic sense
- Pedagogical knowledge
Interests
- Direct, organize, and manage
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Work with numbers
- Work in an office
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
Official name of the NOC 40020
Administrators - post-secondary education and vocational training
Job titles
- Program coordinator - post-secondary education
- Pedagogical coordinator
- Vocational school director
- Dean - university or college
- University registrar
- Vocational school administrator
- Faculty administrator
- Research administrator - university or college
- Education programs administrator
- Field teaching coordinator
- Centre assistant manager - hotel school
- Fashion school general manager
- Business college director
- Aviation school manager
- Language school manager
- Trade school director
- Flying school manager
- School of technology director
- Computer technology school director
- Tourism and hotel school manager
- School of nursing director
- Private vocational school director
- Technical school director
- Training institute director
- College director - post-secondary education
- Secretarial college director
- Director of research - university or college
- Institutional research director
- Director of student affairs
- Director of studies - college
- Admissions director - post-secondary education
- School of technology dean
- School of nursing dean
- Community college dean
- Faculty of arts dean
- Faculty of science dean
- Adult education dean
- Dean of student activities
- Academic dean – college or university
- Dean of graduate studies
- Dean of technical and technological programs
- Dean of science
- Registrar - college or university
- Associate registrar
- College registrar
- Community college registrar
- Assistant dean - college or university
- Vice-president - college or university
- Provost - university
Skill type
Education, law and social, community and government services
Related occupations
- Administrators - post-secondary education and vocational training
- College and other vocational instructors
- School principals and administrators of elementary and secondary education
- Senior managers - health, education, social and community services and membership organizations
- University professors and lecturers
Last update: January 29, 2026
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