Manager - Experiential Learning & Career Education

Ready to start your next chapter with NAIT?

At NAIT, we’re passionate about building a team of talented, dedicated professionals who share our commitment to excellence and innovation. Your skills and experience can shape the future of education and make a real impact in our community.

If this opportunity feels like the right fit for you, we encourage you to apply and join us in creating a brighter future – together.

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Internal NAIT Employees

Current NAIT employees are welcome to apply for this opportunity. To be considered, please submit your application through the NAIT Jobs Hub rather than the external career site.

About the Opportunity

NAIT is building a stronger, more connected experiential learning ecosystem that better supports students, employers, academic programs, and the institution. As part of the institution's Academic Portfolio Development work, Career Education, Employer Relations, and Work-Integrated Learning are being brought together into a more coordinated and learner-centered model designed to improve consistency, strengthen outcomes, and create greater impact across NAIT.

Reporting to the Associate Director, Academic Partnerships & Experiential Learning, the Manager, Experiential Learning & Career Education plays a key leadership role in transitioning this vision from design and implementation to sustainable operations. The role provides leadership for Career Education, Employer Relations, and Work-Integrated Learning Operations, ensuring these functions operate as an integrated system that supports learner success, workforce responsiveness, and institutional objectives.

We are looking for a builder. Someone who is highly organized, collaborative, and energized by developing people, improving processes, and creating systems that work. Working through a team of supervisors, the Manager develops leaders, strengthens the integrated service model, and aligns people, processes, and technology to support consistent, scalable, and sustainable operations.

If this opportunity excites you, we'd like to hear why. As part of your application, please include a cover letter describing what interests you about this opportunity and how your experience has prepared you to develop leaders, strengthen operations, and help shape the future of experiential learning at NAIT.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership and Team Development (30%)

• Provide leadership, coaching, and mentorship to a team of supervisors responsible for Career Education, Employer Relations, and Work-Integrated Learning Operations.
• Build capability across the leadership team through coaching, development planning, performance management, and succession planning.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and service excellence.
• Support organizational readiness and change management initiatives as NAIT continues to strengthen its experiential learning ecosystem.

Operational Strategy and Integrated Service Delivery (30%)

• Lead the integration of Career Education, Employer Relations, and Work-Integrated Learning Operations into a coordinated service model.
• Establish and oversee the frameworks, processes, standards, and service models that guide operational delivery.
• Define priorities, performance expectations, and operating practices that support consistent, scalable, and sustainable service delivery.
• Monitor system performance and identify opportunities to improve effectiveness, efficiency, and learner outcomes.

Stakeholder Alignment and Service Excellence (25%)

• Partner with Academic Schools, academic leaders, employers, and institutional stakeholders to support experiential learning objectives.
• Ensure services remain responsive to learner, employer, and program needs while maintaining consistency across the institution.
• Support the implementation of institutional priorities through practical operating approaches and clear service expectations.
• Foster strong relationships that support collaboration, problem-solving, and continuous improvement.

Planning, Resources, and Continuous Improvement (15%)

• Support workforce planning, resource allocation, budget management, and operational planning activities.
• Monitor key performance indicators and service outcomes.
• Identify operational risks and opportunities and recommend improvements.
• Contribute to strategic initiatives that strengthen learner experiences, employer engagement, and institutional effectiveness.

Who You Are

You are a builder.

You are highly organized and thoughtful, with a talent for bringing structure, clarity, and consistency to complex environments. You enjoy creating systems that work, strengthening processes, and helping teams succeed.

You lead through others. You develop leaders, build capability, and create the conditions that allow people to do their best work.  You establish the frameworks, priorities, and expectations that help teams achieve results.

You are comfortable moving between strategy and operations. You can take a vision, align people, processes, and technology around that vision, and translate it into practical, sustainable ways of working.

Most importantly, you are excited by the opportunity to help advance NAIT's experiential learning ecosystem by developing people, strengthening operations, and creating lasting organizational capability.

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in Business, Education, Leadership, Public Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field. An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
• Minimum five (5) years of progressive leadership experience, including experience leading leaders and developing high-performing teams.
• Demonstrated success building and improving teams, processes, frameworks, operating models, or service delivery approaches in a complex environment.
• Strong organizational, planning, and change leadership skills, with the ability to translate vision and strategy into practical and sustainable operations.
• Experience in experiential learning, career education, student services, workforce development, employer engagement, post-secondary education, or a related field

Why Join AQOE's Leadership Team?

AQOE is a people-centered leadership team focused on developing leaders, strengthening teams, and building systems that create success for students, Schools, and the institution. We believe sustainable results come from investing in people, creating clarity, and fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.

This is an opportunity to join a leadership team that is building a more connected experiential learning ecosystem at NAIT. You'll play a key role in developing leaders, strengthening an integrated service model, and helping transition a transformational vision into sustainable operations that create value for learners, academic programs, employers, and the institution.

If you're a builder who enjoys developing people, bringing structure to complexity, and turning vision into practical results, we'd love to hear from you.

The compensation range for this job posting is : $104,678.38 - $138,682.55

NAIT is committed to a transparent, fair, and human-centered hiring experience. All candidates are assessed directly by our recruitment and hiring teams.

About NAIT

We are known as one of Alberta’s top employers. Being part of a community that makes a difference in the lives of students, staff, industry clients and partners, NAIT’s culture reflects our shared values of respect, collaboration, celebration, creativity, and accountability.

People are what make NAIT great, and we prioritize the employee experience. For eligible positions, we offer benefits and unique perks focusing on health and wellness, work-life balance, recognition, and professional and personal growth. In addition to excellent vacation time, eligible employees receive paid time off between Christmas and New Year’s.

NAIT supports a flexible work environment, enabling staff to request approval for on-campus, off-site, or hybrid work arrangements based on the nature of the role. Please note that remote positions require employees to reside within Canada.

NAIT is committed to fostering a safe environment that supports equity and cultivates inclusion through our Centre for Community and Belonging (CCB) and our Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Strategy. We are a proud partner of the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion. While we encourage all qualified applicants to apply, only those being considered will be contacted. If you require any assistance or accommodations, please connect with us at [email protected].

Please submit a resume and cover letter to be considered for this opportunity.