This Primary Care Alberta (PCA) Administrative Support V position within the Dept of Family Medicine (DFM) Postgraduate Program is based in Calgary at the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre (SMCHC). The Curriculum Coordinator is a key administrative role and is vital in developing successful working relationships with all our Residents in the Family Medicine (FM) Program, Domain Leads, Curriculum Director and Evaluation & CQI Lead, and over 400 community-based Family Physician teachers. This Coordinator is the “face” of FM to key partners and learners. This Coordinator is responsible for planning and delivering core activities that include academic & curricular planning, coordinating, scheduling, document management, and procedure development. This position is complex, guided by multiple intricate guidelines of the FM Residency Program. The incumbent must balance significant competing demands, frequently shifting priorities and extremely important deadlines. The incumbent must exercise excellent judgment and superior resourcefulness in the performance of daily activities and in the escalation of issues appropriately. In-depth knowledge and expertise are required regarding the policies, procedures, and educational standards of the Calgary Residency Program, University of Calgary Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME), the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), the Professional Association of Residents of Alberta (PARA) and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA).
As an Administrative Support V, you will require advanced administrative or specialized skills and knowledge to support complex procedures, practices and initiatives within a department or program.
- Classification: Administrative Support V
- Union: AUPE GSS
- Unit and Program: Academic Family Medicine Clinic
- Primary Location: Sheldon M Chumir Health Centre
- Location Details: Eligible to work hybrid (on/off site) within Alberta
- Multi-Site: Multisite
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 14-AUG-2026
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- Date Available: 24-AUG-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $31.09
- Maximum Salary: $37.81
- Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required
Required Qualifications:
Completion of post-secondary education (e.g. certificate in office or business administration).
Additional Required Qualifications:
Strong critical thinking, critical analysis, audience-appropriate communication & advanced writing skills required. Facilitation skills with experience in undertaking liaison and consultations with multiple and diverse stakeholders. Strong demonstrated ability & comfort with decision making responsibilities. Exceptional listening, interpersonal skills and ability to successfully interact with people from a wide variety of backgrounds, along with demonstrated competence in time management, strong planning and organizational skills, and ability to work independently with minimal supervision and an aptitude for problem solving, along with proven accuracy and attention to detail, creativity and resourcefulness. This role involves various complex activities required for organizing, coordinating & providing support to curriculum review & planning, credentialing, onboarding & orientation, rotation management, program operations, resident assessment, program completion & offboarding of Residents, rotation & preceptor evaluations, faculty development activities, event budget proposals, residency program committees, competence committees & other subcommittee meeting management, administrative orientation of incoming Domain Leads as needed, and maintenance of various databases/platforms. You will require advanced administrative or specialized skills and knowledge to support complex procedures, practices and initiatives within our department/program.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in Medical Residency Program administration or related experience in a highly responsible administrator role, preferably in an academic or clinical environment. Demonstrated competence in time management, strong planning and organizational skills, including events management and ability to work independently with minimal supervision. Proven accuracy and attention to detail, creativity, and resourcefulness.
