Chief Operating Officer
Dalhousie University View all jobs
- Halifax, NS
- $91,752-123,736 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership and advice to the Department Head, Chiefs, and Executive Committee, ensuring alignment with Faculty of Medicine, health authority, and government priorities.
- Oversee governance, financial management, accountability, and reporting for the Department's Clinical Academic Funding Plan (CAFP).
- Lead financial stewardship of departmental operating and capital budgets, including physician compensation, billing, forecasting, and regulatory compliance.
- Direct all administrative and operational functions, including finance, HR, governance, policy, IT, space planning, risk management, and performance accountability.
- Partner with medical leadership to advance the Department's academic mission in research, education, and clinical training across all learner groups.
- Lead faculty recruitment and mentor senior administrative staff, fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, continuous improvement, and strong stakeholder engagement.
Required Qualifications
- Master's degree in business, health administration, public administration, organizational development or other related discipline, plus approximately seven to ten years' of experience (or equivalent combination of training and experience).
- Considerable administrative leadership experience at a senior level within a complex organization.
- Significant financial experience and knowledge managing large, complex budgets and financial systems.
- Experience successfully managing a broad range of large administrative units including significant change projects.
- Strong relationship management and stakeholder relations expertise and the ability to work collaboratively and diplomatically across and within diverse organizational units.
- Experience within a university and/or health-care setting.
- Financial designation such as a CPA.
- Thinking and Acting Strategically
- Relationship Building
- Resource & Process Management
- Change & Innovation
Additional InformationDalhousie University supports a healthy and balanced lifestyle. Our total compensation package includes a defined benefit pension plan, health and dental plans, a health spending account, an employee and family assistance program and a tuition assistance program.
Application ConsiderationApplications from current university employees and external candidates are assessed concurrently. Current university employees will be given special consideration.We sincerely appreciate all applications and note that only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted directly by the hiring department or People and Culture.
Diversity StatementDalhousie University commits to achieving inclusive excellence through continually championing equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. The university encourages applications from Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island (especially Mi'kmaq), persons of Black/African descent (especially African Nova Scotians), and members of other racialized groups, persons with disabilities, women, persons identifying as members of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community. In accordance with our Employment Equity Policy, preference will be given in hiring processes to candidates who self-identify as members of one or more of the equity-deserving groups listed above. For more information, including details related to our Employment Equity Policy and Plan and definitions of equity-deserving groups please visitIf you require any support for the purpose of accommodation, such as technical aids or alternative arrangements, please let us know of these needs and how we can be of assistance. Dalhousie University is committed to ensuring all candidates have full, fair, and equitable participation in the hiring process. Our complete Accommodation Policy can be viewed .Posting Detail InformationNumber of Vacancies 1
Open Date 04/15/2026
Close Date 05/14/2026
Open Until Filled No
Special Instructions to Applicant
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