The University of Guelph Faculty Association (UGFA) is a certified union recognized by the Ontario Labour Relations Act. It is the sole bargaining agent of Faculty, Librarians, Veterinarians, and College Professors at the University of Guelph, representing approximately 850 members. It is responsible for negotiating the terms and conditions of employment through Collective Agreements between the UGFA and the University Administration.
It is within this context that UGFA welcomes applications and nominations for the appointment of its Executive Officer, commencing Summer 2026, or soon thereafter.
Reporting to the Executive and Council, the Executive Officer provides leadership across the Faculty Association’s operational, governance, financial, and labour relations functions to ensure the day-to-day and long-term functioning of the Faculty Association. The Executive Officer plays a pivotal role ensuring compliance with the collective agreement, serving as a senior partner to the faculty Chief Negotiator, contributing to the bargaining strategy and participating directly at the negotiating table. The Executive Officer also assists the Grievance Information Officers with items including case oversight, supports members in high-conflict situations with the utmost confidentiality and sensitivity, and manages UGFA’s relationships with CAUT and OCUFA. Management responsibilities internal to the organization include managing UGFA’s annual budget and financial controls, all human resources activities including hiring and mentoring the team, and ensuring that UGFA values of transparency, fairness, accountability and equity are reflected in all its work.
As the ideal candidate, you have substantive experience working in a similar environment, including labour organizations, academic trade unions, or ideally, another faculty association, and have demonstrated experience with collective bargaining, labour relations strategies, grievances and arbitration. You have strong financial acumen, including managing budgets and providing financial oversight, and are knowledgeable of relevant non-profit accounting regulations. You are known for your proven experience cultivating, building and sustaining strong relationships with various constituencies, and your comfort with public speaking, including media relations and acting as a spokesperson for an organization. As a seasoned senior leader, you are well-versed in governance best practices and have experience reporting to, working with, or being a member of a voluntary board of directors. An understanding, and ideally knowledge, of the uniqueness of the post secondary sector is required, as is an appreciation for democratic decision-making and collegial governance. Candidates will demonstrate a commitment to UGFA’s vision and values, including principles of equity and diversity. A completed university degree from a recognized institution is also required.
Use of AI: Griffith Group Executive Search does not use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for a position.
Reason for posting: Existing Vacancy
Salary Range and Compensation Package: $160,000-190,000, commensurate with experience. The total compensation package includes a competitive benefits package including enrollment in the University Pension Plan, paid vacation, and a one-time relocation allowance.
To learn more about this impactful leadership opportunity with the University of Guelph Faculty Association, please submit a comprehensive resume along with a cover letter in confidence to Jane Griffith (jane@griffithgroup.ca) and/or Caroline McLean (caroline@griffithgroup.ca).
Location/WFH: The Executive Officer role is primarily in-office, with some hybrid remote flexibility. The position requires flexibility and availability during peak periods, particularly during bargaining, grievance escalation, or potential labour action.
UGFA welcomes and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including, but not limited to women, Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities and persons of all sexual orientations and/or gender identities.
All qualified candidates are welcome to apply; however, priority will be given to those legally eligible to work in Canada.
UGFA and Griffith Group are committed to an inclusive, accessible and welcoming hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants. Please advise Jane Griffith (jane@griffithgroup.ca) should you require any accommodation to participate in the recruitment and/or assessment processes.

The University of Manitoba campuses and research spaces are located on original lands of Anishinaabeg, Ininiwak, Anisininewuk, Dakota Oyate, Dene and Inuit, and on the National Homeland of the Red River Métis.

UM recognizes that the Treaties signed on these lands are a lifelong, enduring relationship, and we are dedicated to upholding their spirit and intent. We acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past and the present. With this understanding, we commit to supporting Indigenous excellence through active Reconciliation, meaningful change, and the creation of an environment where everyone can thrive. Our collaboration with Indigenous communities is grounded in respect and reciprocity and this guides how we move forward as an institution. The University of Manitoba thrives as a place where challenges are embraced. Since 1877, the University’s world-class research and outstanding student experience have made an enduring impact on Manitoba, Canada, and the world. The University offers more than 250 programs – more than any other post-secondary institution in Manitoba. This includes providing 100+ undergraduate and nearly 150 graduate programs to over 30,000 students. The University has over 10,000 faculty and staff, and more than 188,000 alumni across Canada and 133 different countries. Contributing $7.3 billion in 2022-2023 to Manitoba’s economy, the University is located on two campuses in the city of Winnipeg, and various teaching and research sites across the province. Manitoba’s culturally diverse capital area with a population of almost one million, Winnipeg offers a high quality of life with affordable housing, a long heritage of diverse cultural activities, and numerous recreational opportunities.
The Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources, established in 2003, was founded to build a collaborative community across disciplines concerned with the environment, climate change, and resource management. The Faculty is committed to advancing knowledge in geography, earth sciences, environmental science, and environmental studies, fields that together examine the complexity of natural and human systems across diverse landscapes and contexts. Offering seven undergraduate and eight graduate programs across Earth Sciences, Resource Management, Geography, Environmental Sciences, and Environmental Studies, the Faculty provides students with a deep and integrated understanding of how people interact with the planet. Furthermore, the Faculty has world-class research facilities, and its faculty members and researchers are at the forefront of their fields and have won numerous awards.
It is within this context that the University of Manitoba invites applications and nominations for the position of Dean, Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources, to commence July 1, 2026, or soon after.
Reporting to the Provost and Vice-President (Academic), the Dean, Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources (“Dean”) is a member of the University’s senior leadership team who is committed to promoting teaching and research, innovative program development, community connections, and serving the needs of students, faculty, and staff. As the academic and administrative leader of the Faculty, the Dean is responsible for all aspects of its operations, including programs, services, budgets, and its infrastructure. Working collaboratively with members of the Faculty, and across campus, the Dean will work to advance the Faculty’s vision, while ensuring its academic plans and strategy remain in alignment, and support, of the University’s aims and goals.
As the ideal candidate, you are a respected academic leader with a demonstrated record of scholarship, research, community engagement, and commitment to teaching and research success at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Your career includes academic leadership positions where you have gained experience with academic planning and implementation, finance management, and people management responsibilities within a unionized environment. As a skilled communicator and strategic thinker, you build and sustain positive working relationships across campus and with external communities, including all levels of government, community partners, Indigenous communities, and industry. You possess a collaborative and collegial style, a creative approach to problem solving, and the ability to inspire through engaging management and interpersonal skills. As a values-based, community-engaged leader, your commitment to decolonization, Indigenization, equity, and diversity is evident in your knowledge, relationships, and actions. Candidates must hold an earned Ph.D. in a relevant discipline from a recognized university and be appointable at the rank of full professor.
To learn more about this impactful leadership opportunity with the University of Manitoba, please submit a comprehensive resume along with a cover letter in confidence to Jane Griffith (jane@griffithgroup.ca) and/or Caroline McLean (caroline@griffithgroup.ca).
The University of Manitoba is strongly committed to equity and diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from women, racialized persons/persons of colour, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, persons of all sexual orientations and genders, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. Application materials, including letters of reference, will be handled in accordance with the “Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Manitoba).
In accordance with the provincial legislation, accommodation will be provided by Griffith Group and University of Manitoba throughout the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, upon request, to applicants with disabilities.

We acknowledge that UBC’s two main campuses are situated within the ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam people, and in the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples.
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a global centre for excellence in teaching, learning and research, consistently ranked among the top 10 public universities in North America. UBC’s vision is to inspire people, ideas and actions for a better world, fostering global citizenship and advancing a sustainable and just society. Since 1915, UBC has been opening doors of opportunity for people with curiosity and drive to make a difference. UBC is home to over 70,000 students, supported by a $3.8-billion annual budget and 19,000 faculty and staff across its campuses in Vancouver and the Okanagan. For more information about UBC, visit www.ubc.ca.
The Faculty of Land and Food Systems (LFS) is a pioneering research, educational and knowledge translation leader in sustainable agriculture, food science, food and resource economics, animal welfare and health and nutrition. LFS celebrated its centennial year in 2015 and has the distinction of being one of UBC’s three founding Faculties, when it was originally known as the Faculty of Agriculture. Its core research facilities (the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm, Dairy Education and Research Centre, and the Food and Beverage Innovation Centre) enable LFS researchers and collaborators to innovate across disciplines to create real-world solutions to local and global food system challenges. LFS offers four undergraduate programs, six research-based programs for graduate students, four course-based master’s programs, as well as a series of certificate and training programs.
It is within this context that The University of British Columbia welcomes applications and nominations for the appointment of Dean, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, commencing July 1, 2026, or soon thereafter. Upon recommendation from the President’s Advisory Committee, chaired by the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, the Dean is appointed for a five-year renewable term in accordance with the Deans Appointment Policy (Policy AP5).
Reporting to Dr Gage Averill, Provost and Vice-President, Academic UBC Vancouver, the Dean, Faculty of Land and Food Systems will provide strategic and academic leadership across the Faculty and the University. Guided by the Faculty’s Action Plan (2021-2026), the Dean will be asked to envision and articulate LFS’ future and the collective impact of its 63 faculty members, and its approximate 1,800 undergraduate and 265 graduate students. The Dean will work to advance the Faculty’s research activities, teaching and learning pedagogies, partnerships, and student experience, while honouring and deepening relationships with Indigenous communities, farmers and other food systems networks, donors and alumni. As such, the Dean must be an exceptional leader, communicator, relationship builder, and facilitator of collaborations both within the Faculty and across campus as an integral member of the Provost’s leadership team, and externally at the local, provincial, national, and global levels. As the senior officer of the Faculty, the Dean also leads the development, allocation and oversight of the Faculty’s budget, aligning resources with its strategic priorities, ensuring the fair, sustainable and transparent management of its resources and actualizing critical investments in its programs, priorities and people.
Ideal candidates hold a record of serving as a strategic academic administrator within a similarly complex research-intensive university as UBC. Candidates must hold an earned PhD, exhibit robust research outputs and activities, a strong publications dossier, a commitment to excellence in teaching and pedagogy, a focus on the student experience, and be appointable as a Full Professor at UBC in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems. As a Faculty with multiple disciplinary areas, candidates must have demonstrated success advocating and promoting a wide variety of programs, fostering and rewarding interdisciplinarity, and with creating an inclusive culture that encourages and welcomes diverse perspectives and opinions. A demonstratable understanding of, and commitment to, diversity, equity and inclusion is required, as is lived experience supporting Indigenization; experience working in partnership with local Indigenous communities. Familiarity and experience with fundraising, alumni engagement, donor relations, and development activities are required, as is the ease and ability to act in an advocacy capacity on behalf of the Faculty and University.
To learn more about this significant academic leadership position at the University of British Columbia, please submit a comprehensive C.V. along with a cover letter in confidence to Jane Griffith (jane@griffithgroup.ca) and/or Caroline McLean (caroline@griffithgroup.ca).
All applicants will be asked to complete a confidential diversity survey.
Salary Range and Compensation Package: In accordance with BC’s Pay Transparency Act, the position has an expected base salary range of $290,000 – $340,000. To read about UBC’s faculty members appointments, tenure, benefits and more, please visit: https://hr.ubc.ca/working-ubc/faculty-resources
Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
UBC and Griffith Group are committed to an inclusive, accessible and welcoming hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants. Please advise Centre for Workplace Accessibility (workplace.accessibility@ubc.ca) and Jane Griffith (jane@griffithgroup.ca) should you require any accommodation to participate in the recruitment and/or assessment processes.
We thank all applicants for their interest in this position.

The Upper Grand District School Board (“UGDSB”) is situated on the ancestral, treaty and title lands of two Anishinaabek Ojibwe Nations: the Michi Saagig of the Credit and the Saugeen Ojibway Nation. This land also includes a specified tract of land granted to the Six Nations of the Grand River. These Nations hold legal and specific rights in their respective territories. This area has been and continues to be home for Indigenous Peoples and non-Indigenous peoples.
The UGDSB employs a team of approximately 6,500 dedicated staff who serve more than 35,000 students attending a variety of programs across 66 elementary and 11 secondary schools as well as continuing education and adult learning centres in the counties of Dufferin, Wellington, and the City of Guelph. It is committed to supporting student achievement and well-being through a team of dedicated staff and strong learning communities, always striving to meet the diverse needs of its students. To learn more about the UGDSB, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQKVRNgBITY
It is within this context that UGDSB welcomes applications and nominations for the appointment of its Chief Financial Officer.
Reporting to the Director of Education/CEO, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is a key member of the Executive Committee, providing strategic and operational leadership for the Board’s financial and business services functions. The CFO is responsible for the overall stewardship of the Board’s financial resources, serving as Treasurer to the Board ensuring fiscal sustainability, legislative compliance, and effective financial planning in support of UGDSB’s strategic priorities. This role provides expert financial advice to the Director of Education/CEO, executive leadership team, and the Board of Trustees, and plays a critical role in long-term planning, risk management, and organizational decision-making. The CFO also provides leadership to several key functional areas, including Insurance and Risk Management, Financial Services, Procurement, Budgeting and Financial Reporting, ERP Project Management, ensuring these teams operate efficiently, collaboratively, and in alignment with the Board’s Multi Year Plan, Vision 2026+.
As a qualified candidate for the role, you are a strategic and systems-level thinker who effectively balances fiscal responsibility with organizational and student-centred priorities. Your career includes senior-level financial leadership experience from a similarly complex, unionized organization; experience from within a school board or the broader public sector is considered an asset. You have been responsible for capital planning, reserves, investments, long-term financial sustainability strategies and have familiarity with public sector financial management, reporting, internal controls, and risk management activities; experience with Ministry of Education funding models is considered an asset. You are adept at leading large, diverse teams within a unionized environment, and have experience with organizational change, process improvements, and modernization initiatives. You are an excellent communicator who can translate complex financial information into clear, accurate, and actionable insights for senior leadership and Board members. You are adept at managing competing priorities in a complex regulatory environment, and have strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills. As a collaborative leader, you build and sustain strong working relationships across an organization and with external partners. You demonstrate principled decision-making, sound judgment, accountability, and professionalism, and lead with a demonstrated commitment to human rights in all aspects of leadership and service delivery. Candidates must hold a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation or equivalent designation and an undergraduate degree from a recognized university. You must hold or be committed to obtaining Ontario Supervisory Officer’s Qualifications (Business) within a specified timeframe.
To learn more about this impactful leadership opportunity with UGDSB, please submit a comprehensive resume along with a cover letter in confidence to Jane Griffith (jane@griffithgroup.ca) and/or Caroline McLean (caroline@griffithgroup.ca).
Please note, all applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. ET, MARCH 3, 2026.
Use of AI: As part of our recruitment practices, Artificial Intelligence (AI) will not be used in the screening, assessment, or selection process for this job posting.
Vulnerable Sector Check: An original Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC) must be provided prior to the commencement of employment. The VSC must be dated within 6 months of the start date of employment. For further information, refer to the UGDSB’s Criminal Record Check for requirements.
Self Identification Form: Candidates will be provided a PDF self identification form once they apply. The UGDSB is committed to fair and equitable hiring practices. As part of this commitment, it collects voluntary self-identification data to achieve an inclusive, diverse and representative workforce. The data aims to intentionally identify and remove barriers for equity-deserving communities at each stage of the hiring process. Completing the form is voluntary. If you prefer not to answer any or all questions, you can select “Prefer not to answer”. Choosing “Prefer not to answer” as a response will not impact your application or consideration for employment. If you have questions or concerns about this form, please contact plc@ugdsb.on.ca .
Salary Range: The salary for this position falls under the Ontario Government’s Executive Compensation Framework and is set at $196,637.
Compensation Package: UGDSB offers its employees a comprehensive range of total rewards designed to recognize their contributions to shared success, including competitive compensation, a defined benefit pension plan, professional development opportunities, and vibrant wellness programs.
Location/WFH: This role is based at the Head Office in Guelph. UGDSB offers a blended model, with some flexibility for remote work, subject to change with notice.
The UGDSB is committed to building a diverse staff that is reflective of the community and students we serve. We actively encourage applications from members of groups who have historically and/or currently experience marginalization and/or barriers to equity, including, but not limited to: First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples; Persons of marginalized sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions; Members of groups that commonly experience discrimination based on race, ancestry, ethnicity, colour, religion and/or spiritual beliefs, or place of origin; Persons with disabilities.
At UGDSB, we recognize that individuals may hold overlapping identities, which shape their experiences in unique ways. We are committed to our responsibility to create and maintain inclusive, equitable environments where everyone can fully participate, thrive, and reach their potential.
While we thank all applicants for their interest in working for the UGDSB, we wish to advise that only those selected for an interview will be contacted. All qualified candidates are welcome to apply; however, priority will be given to those legally eligible to work in Canada.
UGDSB and Griffith Group are committed to an inclusive, accessible and welcoming hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants. Please advise Jane Griffith (jane@griffithgroup.ca) should you require any accommodation to participate in the recruitment and/or assessment processes.

We acknowledge that UBC’s two main campuses are situated within the ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam people, and in the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples.
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a global centre for excellence in teaching, learning and research, consistently ranked among the top 10 public universities in North America. UBC’s vision is to inspire people, ideas and actions for a better world, fostering global citizenship and advancing a sustainable and just society. Since 1915, UBC has been opening doors of opportunity for people with curiosity and drive to make a difference. UBC is home to over 70,000 students, supported by a $3.8-billion annual budget and 19,000 faculty and staff across its campuses in Vancouver and the Okanagan. For more information about UBC, visit www.ubc.ca.
As the only Faculty of Dentistry in British Columbia offering two undergraduate programs (dentistry and dental hygiene), five graduate programs, and continuing education all under one roof, the UBC Faculty of Dentistry, once again considered the leading dentistry program in Canada, holds a unique and vital role in shaping the future of oral healthcare. It is committed to advancing knowledge and practice in oral and general health through progressive clinical education, innovative research and community engagement. Students gain meaningful, hands-on clinical learning experiences while serving the community’s diverse patients at its state-of-the-art Nobel Biocare Oral Health Centre. The Faculty celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2024, which was marked by many milestones including its innovative researchers being profiled in Impressions magazine, and through the launch of the Student Wellness Fund, enabling meaningful initiatives that support dental students as they navigate the demands of their programs. With more than 4,000 alumni spanning the globe, the Faculty’s impact is both local and international.
It is within this context that The University of British Columbia welcomes applications and nominations for the appointment of Dean, Faculty of Dentistry, commencing July 1, 2026, or soon thereafter. Upon recommendation from the President’s Advisory Committee, chaired by the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, the Dean is appointed for a five-year renewable term in accordance with the Deans Appointment Policy (Policy AP5).
Reporting to Dr Gage Averill, Provost and Vice-President, Academic UBC Vancouver, the Dean, Faculty of Dentistry provides strategic and academic leadership across the Faculty and the University. With a focus on the Faculty’s four core areas (People, Education, Research, Engagement), the Dean will advance knowledge and practice in oral and general health through progressive education, innovative research, and service-oriented community engagement. As the Faculty’s strategic plan concludes, the incoming Dean will lead the Faculty through its next period of innovation and growth, focusing on its academic excellence, the development and application of emerging technologies, exceptional student preparedness through experiential education opportunities, a strong and vibrant UBC community through partnerships, and alumni and donor engagement. As such, the Dean must be an exceptional communicator and relationship builder who fosters and supports a collaborative environment, both within the Faculty, across campus as an integral member of the Provost’s leadership team, and externally at the local, provincial, national, and global levels. As the senior officer of the Faculty, the Dean also leads the development, allocation and oversight of the Faculty’s budget, aligning resources with its strategic priorities, ensuring that the sustainable, transparent management of its resources are supporting investments in its programs, priorities and people.
Ideal candidates hold a record of serving as a strategic academic administrator within a similarly complex research-intensive university as UBC. Candidates must hold a DDS or DMD and be eligible to be appointed as a Full Professor at UBC in the Faculty of Dentistry. Candidates must also have a successful record as an educator with a commitment to excellence in teaching and pedagogy, research activities and productivity, and a compelling vision that will unite the synergies among the various programs inside the diverse Faculty. Experience with clinical services, a track record of publications, and a PhD in a relative field, are all considered strong assets. A demonstratable understanding of, and commitment to, diversity, equity, inclusion and Indigenization is required, as is experience addressing systemic inequities in the delivery of dental care. Familiarity and experience with alumni engagement, donor relations, and with fundraising and alumni development activities are required, as is the ease and ability to act in an advocacy capacity on behalf of the Faculty and University.
To learn more about this significant academic leadership position at the University of British Columbia, please submit a comprehensive C.V. along with a cover letter in confidence to Jane Griffith (jane@griffithgroup.ca) and/or Caroline McLean (caroline@griffithgroup.ca)

All applicants will be asked to complete a confidential equity survey.
Salary Range and Compensation Package: In accordance with BC’s Pay Transparency Act, the position has an expected base salary range of $290,000 – $340,000. To read about UBC’s faculty members appointments, tenure, benefits and more, please visit: https://hr.ubc.ca/working-ubc/faculty-resources
Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
UBC and Griffith Group are committed to an inclusive, accessible and welcoming hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants. Please advise Centre for Workplace Accessibility (workplace.accessibility@ubc.ca) and Jane Griffith (jane@griffithgroup.ca) should you require any accommodation to participate in the recruitment and/or assessment processes.
We thank all applicants for their interest in this position.