Salary: $100,363.00 - $125,454.00 Annually
Location : 1400 Barrydowne Road, Sudbury, ON P3A 3V8
Job Type: Full Time Administration
Job Number: 26-00575
Division: Academics
Department: Planning & Institutional Research 3070
Opening Date: 11/02/2026
Closing Date: 11/13/2026 12:00 PM Eastern
Position Summary Cambrian College's Planning, Institutional Research and Quality (PIRQ) department requires a full-time Manager, Quality Assurance.
The Manager, Quality Assurance is responsible for leading and managing the College's quality assurance processes to ensure academic programs and services meet or exceed regulatory, accreditation, and institutional standards. This role works collaboratively with faculty, academic leadership, and administrative teams to promote a culture of continuous improvement in program development, delivery, and review. The Manager will provide expertise in quality assurance frameworks, compliance requirements, and best practices in higher education, ensuring the College maintains its commitment to excellence, student success, and accountability.
Duties and Responsibilities The QA Manager's key responsibilities include:
- Lead and manage the College's quality assurance processes, ensuring compliance with provincial, national, and institutional policies, practices, directives, and accreditation requirements.
- Develop, implement, and maintain institutional quality assurance policies, procedures, templates, and frameworks in alignment with provincial and ministry guidelines.
- Lead program development, review, and management processes, including curriculum mapping, cyclical program reviews, new program applications, consent renewals, and quality assurance audits.
- Prepare documentation and compile evidence for internal and external audits, quality assurance processes, validations, and ministry submissions.
- Evaluate existing programs for quality, relevance, and alignment with labour market needs, and provide data-driven recommendations to improve program performance, student outcomes, and operational efficiency.
- Provide guidance and support to faculty, management, and staff on quality assurance principles, processes, tools, and ministry directives.
- Serve on internal and provincial committees to enhance quality assurance processes and represent the College at sector-wide forums.
- Promote best practices and foster a culture of continuous improvement across the institution.
Qualifications - Must have a minimum of a Master's degree in Education, Curriculum Design/Development, or a related field.(A copy of educational documents must be submitted with the application *** education completed outside of Canada, applicants are required to submit a WES or ICAS with their application).
- Minimum of five years of experience in Post-Secondary Education (public or private).
- Experience managing quality assurance processes (e.g., program reviews, curriculum mapping, compliance with provincial and national standards).
- Demonstrated success in developing and maintaining institutional policies, procedures, frameworks, and templates aligned with ministry and provincial requirements.
- Track record of preparing comprehensive documentation and evidence for audits, validations, and regulatory submissions.
- Knowledge of outcomes-based curriculum and new program development in the Ontario college system.
- Strong project management experience, including the ability to initiate, prioritize, track multiple projects, and meet deadlines.
- Self-directed and resourceful with demonstrated problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently with minimal direction or structure.
- Demonstrated strong oral and written communication skills, including the ability to produce high-quality reports, briefing notes, and presentations.
- Collaborative with the ability to build strategic partnerships.
- High level of professionalism, discretion, diplomacy, and tact.
Additional Assets/Preferred:- Experience leading process improvement initiatives that enhance operational efficiency, quality, and effectiveness.
- Knowledge of or experience with the Ontario Qualifications Framework (OQF).
- Experience with ensuring compliance and adherence to provincial or national higher education regulatory bodies and standards (e.g., Ontario College Quality Assurance Service (OCQAS), Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Board (PEQAB))
- Strong analytical skills with experience using data to inform decision-making.
Required Information To be considered, candidates must provide the following as an attachment:- Educational documents
- WES/ICAS Equivalence if degrees/diplomas are from a Non-Canadian University
Cambrian College offers the following benefits to full-time Administrators:
Vacation: - 22 Vacation Days (after one year of continuous service)
Mandatory Benefits - Basic Life Insurance
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment
- Short Term Disability
- Long Term Disability
- Extended Health Care
- Dental Care
- Vision Care
- Hearing Care
- Pension Plan
Optional Health Care BenefitsCollege employees can purchase the following benefit plans:
- Supplementary Life Insurance
- Employee Paid Optional Life Insurance
- Dependent Life Insurance
- Critical Illness
CAAT Pension PlanOur employee benefit plan package includes a defined benefit pension to help you create a secure future. The CAAT Penion Plan provides you with a predictable lifetime retirement income, survivor benefits, early retirement options, and more without the stress of making investment decisions.
CAAT makes it easy for you to build stable, secure retirement income while you work.
Explore a career choice with a pension at
http://www.caatpension.ca/dbprime-pensions-for-talentEmployee Perks - Education and Technology Loan Plan
- Tuition Subsidy Program
- Higher Education Funding
- Technology Loan Plan
- Family Tuition Bursary Program
- Discounted Access to Fitness Facility/Fitness Classes
We also offer have a variety of employee discounts available at retailers01
Do you have a minimum of a master's degree in education, Curriculum Design/Development, or a related field?
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In what field is your Master's degree?
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Do you have five years of experience in Post-Secondary Education (public or private)?
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I have experience with (please check off each box that applies)
- Managing quality assurance processes (e.g., program reviews, curriculum mapping, compliance with provincialand national standards)
- Developing and maintaining institutional policies, procedures, frameworks, and templates aligned with ministryand provincial requirements
- Preparing comprehensive documentation and evidence for audits, validations, and regulatory submissions
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I have knowledge of (please check off each box that applies)
- Outcomes-based curriculum
- New program development in the Ontario college system
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I have experience with (please check off each box that applies):
- Project Management
- Problem Solving
- Oral and written communication, and ability to produce high-quality reports
- Collaboration with the ability to build strategic partnerships
- Professionalism, discretion, diplomacy, and tact
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Do you have experience leading process management initiatives?
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Do you have knowledge of or experience with the Ontario Qualifications Framework?
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Do you have experience with ensuring compliance and adherence to provincial or national higher education regulatory bodies and standards (e.g., Ontario College Quality Assurance Service (OCQAS), Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Board (PEQAB))
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Do you have experience using data to inform decision-making?
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