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 2019 to 2021.- Minimum
- $41.03
- Median
- $57.69
- Maximum
- $68.71
Job prospects for 2021-2025
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Job prospects for 2021-2025
Job prospects
All of Québec
Good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2020
All of Québec
3,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 59.5% Female
- 40.5% Male
Not available.
- 59.5% Female
- 40.5% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2015
All of Québec
$89,000
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 6192% of jobs
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NAICS 912% of jobs
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NAICS 812% of jobs
-
NAICS 621, 622, 6231% of jobs
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NAICS 5416, 54171% of jobs
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Others2% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 6192% of jobs
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NAICS 912% of jobs
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NAICS 812% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 6231% of jobs
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NAICS 5416, 54171% of jobs
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Others2% 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
- Judgment and decision-making
- Solving complex problems
- Information processing
- Human resource management
- Social perception
- Learning strategies
- Coordination
- Negotiation
- Persuasion
- Service oriented
- System analysis
- Systems evaluation
- Financial resource management
Abilities
- Written comprehension
- Written expression
- Verbal skills
- Awareness of issues
- Speech clarity
- Oral comprehension
- Inductive reasoning
- Speech recognition
- Originality
- Deductive reasoning
- 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.
Note about CNP
Occupational information is provided based on the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016. The 5-digit code of the NOC 2021 is shown in parentheses for information purposes only for occupations that correspond to those of NOC 2016.
Official name of the NOC 0421 (40020)
Administrators - post-secondary education and vocational training
Job titles
- Program co-ordinator - post-secondary education
- Pedagogical co-ordinator
- Vocational school manager
- Graduate studies dean
- Registrar - college or university
- Faculty administrator
- Research administrator - university or college
- Education programs administrator
- Vocational school administrator
- Field teaching co-ordinator
- Centre assistant manager - hotel school
- Fashion school general manager
- College director - post-secondary education
- Secretarial college director
- Research director - university or college
- Business school manager
- Aviation school manager
- Language school manager
- Trade school manager
- Flying school manager
- School of technology manager
- Computer technology school director
- Tourism and hotel school manager
- School of nursing director
- Private vocational school director
- Technical school manager
- Director of student affairs
- Director of studies - college
- Training institute director
- Director of admissions - post-secondary education
- Dean - university or college
- Community college dean
- Faculty of arts dean
- Faculty of science dean
- Adult education dean
- School of technology dean
- School of nursing dean
- Dean of student activities
- Dean of technical and technological programs
- Dean of science
- Associate registrar
- College registrar
- Community college registrar
- University registrar
- Assistant dean - college or university
- Vice-president - college or university
- Provost - university
Skill type
Management
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Last update: December 22, 2022
