Grant E.

Program Administrator @Mcgill University School Of Continuing Studies

Montreal, QC, CA

Plan and administer a process that will support a 5-year educational initiative funded by a philanthropic gift by Scotia Bank to service diverse and underrepresented students.• Plan and organize the phases of the initiative and set administrative procedures, systems, and timelines to ensure smooth delivery of administrative activities, including scheduling of courses by various units, issuance of contracts, tailored registration procedure, record-keeping procedure, and course evaluation processes.• Engage with student services and academic units regarding student support services such as mentors, coaches and internships.• Monitor and ensure that project’s activities are in line with the objectives set in the McGill-Scotia Bank SEED agreement.• Establish and foster effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders including, local and national community organizations, student groups, Scotia Bank, and consultative committee members to identify needs and provide for the delivery of student support.• Participate at meetings with the various consultative committees including recruiting and reviewing membership, follow-up on concrete actions, and act as a communication channel between the Dean, SCS Directors and the consultative committees.• Work closely with academic advisors and student services to ensure administrative tasks are executed in a timely fashion to flag and resolve student registration issues.• Compile statistics and data for various reports.• Act as a resource person and provide a liaison function between students and the various academic and support services.• In collaboration with Adaptive and Integrated Learning Director, identify and organize cultural training workshops for staff and course lecturers.• Work closely with SCS’ Communication Office and participate in the implementation of communication focused on student outreach, website content, policies, guidelines and procedures.