Director, PowerED™

Guided by Like No Other, Athabasca University’s (AU) strategic plan, AU’s approach to accessible yet transformative education and research is truly distinctive. Our academic mission is to remove barriers to post-secondary education for learners, regardless of their age, location, career, or educational background. 

Based in the beautiful region of Athabasca, Alberta, AU is one of four Comprehensive Academic and Research Universities (CARUs) in the province. We are a public, board-governed, open, and online university serving more than 35,000 students across Alberta, Canada, and around the world. 

AU seeks to be an agile and inclusive workplace in which all team members can grow, make their highest contribution, and each make a difference to our academic vision and mission.

Led by President Dr. Alex Clark, AU is embarking on an exciting new chapter. Drawing from five decades of growth in distance and online education, we aim to grow our position as Canada’s foremost innovator in flexible, online and accessible learning. With an inclusive Senior Leadership Team dedicated to empowering every team member to contribute, learn and thrive, AU stands poised for an exciting and ambitious next stage of development. 

Athabasca University's Office of the Vice President, University Relations is currently recruiting for the position of Director, PowerED™. 

The Director, PowerED™ is a senior strategic leader, providing direction and oversight on the execution of projects to align with goals and objectives identified in Like No Other. The Director, PowerED™ is responsible for leading a team of talented individuals, for seizing opportunities to develop partnerships of value, and pursuing thought-leadership opportunities – positioning PowerED™ and Athabasca University as a leader in innovative online education.

The award-winning PowerED™ by Athabasca University unit offers online, on-demand micro-learning products for individuals seeking to upskill and reskill, corporate training for organizations who want to lift up their team members and their results and provides digital learning consulting services including instructional design services and agile online course development responding to client organizational needs.

A detailed Position Profile can be viewed at:Director, PowerED™

For further information regarding this position, please contact Jennifer Pascoe, Vice President University Relations, at [email protected].