Associate Director, Facilities Planning

Location: hirify.global Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, BC, Canada

Salary: $10,459.67–$15,675.58 CAD monthly

Company

hirify.global is a university responsible for academic, research, administrative and campus infrastructure operations.

What you will do

• Lead facilities planning and programming for instruction, research, faculty and staff offices, informal learning and support facilities across the hirify.global Okanagan Campus.
• Develop master plans, functional programs, planning specifications, test fits, conceptual plans and schematic plans based on changing user needs.
• Manage major and minor capital planning initiatives through the pre-design phase, including renovations, expansions, feasibility studies and grant-related project planning.
• Lead and coordinate staff, consultants, contractors, committees and other internal and external resources involved in facilities planning.
• Assess space utilization, maintain space inventories and develop frameworks for space allocation, management, repurposing and renovations.
• Facilitate negotiations and meetings with senior academic and administrative leaders, faculties, campus departments, committees, community groups and external organizations.

Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of related experience.
• Experience with major construction or renovation projects, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one's own.
• Commitment to enhancing personal awareness, knowledge and skills related to equity, diversity and inclusion.

Nice to have

• Undergraduate degree in architecture, engineering, community planning or a related discipline, with eligibility for membership in the relevant professional association.
• At least eight years of relevant facilities planning experience, including major construction or renovation projects, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with institutional planning in a large academic environment, including functional programming for administrative and support spaces and planning for office and laboratory environments.
• Experience developing and presenting planning recommendations, feasibility studies and business cases to senior management.
• Strong knowledge of facilities planning principles, space utilization standards, building codes and construction practices.
• Experience with space management systems such as Archibus and design software such as AutoCAD.
• Ability to assess changing user needs, establish priorities and develop creative, practical solutions to complex space planning challenges.
• Strong leadership, organizational, interpersonal and communication skills, including facilitation, negotiation and reconciliation of diverse perspectives.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development and staying current with facilities planning theory, industry practices and emerging approaches to institutional space management.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, ongoing position within a non-union staff role.
• Collaborative work with academic, administrative, research, operations, finance and campus planning functions.
• Commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.
• Work involves projects with values exceeding $50 million and responsibility for institutional space planning outcomes.