Join us on our mission to increase the quality and reach of scholarly publishing as PKP’s Associate Director of Publishing Services.
DESCRIPTION
The Associate Director, Publishing Services provides operational direction for PKP’s Publishing Services (PKP|PS) activities, including leading a team of professional and support staff and supporting the development and growth of programs and services to position PKP|PS as a trusted service provider and leader in the field of scholarly publishing.
The role manages an annual operating budget and is responsible for establishing and ensuring that revenue and expense targets are met. As part of PKP’s strategic leadership team, the Associate Director is responsible for planning the long-term sustainability of PKP, including developing and implementing strategies to advance PKP priorities and opportunities, improve operations, and launch initiatives, products, and services. The role establishes processes for client engagement, business development, and service delivery, and reporting on PKP|PS activities.
QUALIFICATIONS
Master’s degree in Business Administration or a related field and five years of progressive experience in areas such as client support, client service innovation, business/organizational management or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
- Excellent knowledge of organizational and personnel management.
- Excellent knowledge of effective communications and marketing strategies.
- Excellent knowledge of business development and innovation processes.
- Excellent knowledge of scholarly publishing, research and academic environments.
- Good knowledge of scholarly publishing tools, techniques, and technologies.
- Excellent leadership, supervisory, mentorship and delegation skills.
- Excellent project management, prioritization, multitasking and organizational skills.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication (oral, written, presentation), and relationships management skills.
- Excellent decision-making, strategic planning, and change management skills.
- Excellent problem-solving and conflict resolution skills.
- Excellent budgeting and financial administration skills.
- Strong ability to independently research, analyze, interpret, and respond in complex and sensitive situations.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality, exercise initiative, diplomacy, and discretionary judgment.
- Ability to simultaneously work on multiple projects with various stakeholder groups.
Full details are available here.
WORKING ARRANGEMENTS
This is a full-time, continuing position with Simon Fraser University. The successful candidate must be legally able to work in Canada. This is a remote position and the candidate can reside anywhere within Canada.
All new employees are welcomed to the team with a detailed onboarding program and are assigned a peer mentor to provide additional support through this important first phase of getting to know us.
COMPENSATION
This is an APSA grade 12 position, with a salary range of CDN $87,505 – $104,439 depending on experience. It includes a generous benefits package.
APPLICATION PROCESS
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply, however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. SFU is committed to employment equity and encourages applications from qualified candidates of all genders, visible minorities, persons of First Nations, Inuit, or Métis heritage, persons with disabilities, and LGBTQ2SIA+ identified persons.
Please apply with a resume and cover letter as a single document. The cover letter should address your interest in the position and how your unique skills and experience will contribute to the continued success of PKP’s mission and our ongoing improvement as an organization.
The search committee recognizes that we have unconscious biases, and as part of our commitment to challenging these, we will be following a fair and transparent process:
- The search committee will review all applications shortly after the posting closes, create a short-list of the most qualified applicants, and send invitations for Zoom-based interviews. No on-site visit will be required for this competition.
- Only the search committee will see the applications and names of the applicants. We are committed to maintaining your confidentiality.
- Shortlisting and interview assessment will use a rubric based on the requirements of the position.
- All interviewees will be asked the same questions and assessed using the same rubric.
- You will be asked to provide a brief presentation (15 minutes) to the search committee on a topic sent to you in advance.
- We will do our best to meet any specific needs you might have, such as giving extra time for your responses to our interview questions, providing a written copy of the questions during the interview, etc. We want to help you be successful!
- References will only be requested of the first ranked candidate after the interview process has concluded.
- Constructive feedback is available to all unsuccessful candidates upon request. We also welcome the generosity of your feedback to us if you wish.
The search committee recognizes that alternative career paths and/or career interruptions (e.g. parental leave, leave due to illness) can impact career trajectory and commits to ensuring that leaves are taken into careful consideration. Candidates are encouraged to highlight in their application how alternative paths and/or interruptions may have impacted them. The committee also recognizes the value of mentoring, outreach, and professional service.
Similarly, candidates are encouraged to apply even if they don’t feel their background is a 100% match with the position description. Research shows that some groups self-select out of positions at higher rates than others and, while applications will be evaluated based on the criteria above, the successful candidate will not necessarily excel in all areas.
ABOUT PKP
PKP is a core research facility at Simon Fraser University, developing free and open source software (FOSS), and conducting research to improve the quality, reach, and diversity of scholarly publishing. PKP’s various website platforms, including Open Journal Systems (OJS), Open Preprint Systems (OPS), and Open Monograph Press (OMP), guide users through the editorial workflow of scholarly publishing, including submission, review, editing, publishing, and indexing. Thousands of people around the world are now using our software to publish independent journals on a peer-reviewed and open access basis, greatly increasing the public and global contribution of research and scholarship.
PKP works within an international community, including members, funders, and development partners who provide financial support; software developers and programmers who contribute to the ongoing development of open source software; and strategic partners who consult with PKP on strategic goals.
In addition to supporting FOSS, PKP offers journal hosting and publishing services to organizations from around the world, including university libraries, scholarly and scientific societies and associations, commercial publishers, non-profit organizations, and independent scholar-publishers.
PKP is a virtual team with employees and independent contractors from locations across Canada and around the world — including Bangladesh, Brazil, Germany, Greece, India, Mexico, South Africa, the UK, and the USA.
PKP is committed to creating a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and flexible working environment. We believe an open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We seek to contribute to efforts and goals to develop and support the decolonization of scholarly publishing, to collaborate in postcolonial publishing initiatives, and to provide the means for a diversity of academic inquiry and voices to readily engage in scholarly publishing.
CONTACT
We hope this invitation sounds as exciting to you as it does to us! If you’d like to discuss the position or the application process further, please get in touch.
Kevin Stranack, Director of Operations
Public Knowledge Project
Office of the Vice-President, Research, and International
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC
Simon Fraser University respectfully acknowledges the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), q̓íc̓əy̓ (Katzie), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), Qayqayt, Kwantlen, Semiahmoo and Tsawwassen peoples on whose unceded traditional territories our three campuses reside.
