Administrative Manager

Location: hirify.global Vancouver Campus, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Salary: $6,143.67–$8,830.25 CAD monthly

Company

hirify.global is a university focused on research, innovation, learning, equity, inclusion, and human rights across its Vancouver and Okanagan campuses.

What you will do

• Lead day-to-day administrative operations and supervise administrative support staff.
• Manage the full accounting and budget cycle, including financial reporting, forecasts, controls, capital expenditures, and year-end processes.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate operational and financial policies, procedures, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Advise the Executive Director and senior leaders on administrative protocols, financial processes, human resources support, facilities, equipment, and records management.
• Oversee onboarding, accessibility coordination, workflow improvements, and professional development support for staff.
• Coordinate internal and external events, including planning, resource deployment, communications support, and post-event evaluation.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline and at least two years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, respectful collaboration, and learning from diverse and conflicting perspectives.
• Experience with administrative operations, financial procedures, policy improvement, and supervising or supporting staff.
• Strong judgment, tact, discretion, diplomacy, accuracy, prioritization, and ability to work independently under pressure.
• Excellent command of English, with professional written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Suite and project management software, plus the ability to learn new information technologies quickly.

Nice to have

• University degree in business administration and senior administrative experience in a university or large complex organization.
• Experience with event planning, change management, conflict engagement, accessibility, human rights, employment equity, decolonization, and Truth and Reconciliation.
• Experience applying an equity and inclusion lens to policies, decisions, and day-to-day interactions.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within the Equity & Inclusion Office in a fast-paced and dynamic university environment.
• Support equitable, inclusive, accessible, and respectful learning and working environments.
• Collaborate with diverse staff, senior leaders, human resources partners, project managers, and communications teams.
• Full-time staff position with ongoing employment and a non-union classification.