Job Title: Credit Transfer and Pathways Specialist
Location: Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Application Deadline: October 22, 2026
Job Number: J0726-0796
Pay Range: $73,509(salary)+$24,993(benefits)=$98,502
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Preference will be given to qualified employees, as defined in the Full-Time Support Staff Collective Agreement. Should a suitable candidate not be found, external candidates will be considered.
Reporting to the Manager, Academic Pathways and Partnerships, the Credit Transfer and Pathways Specialist, provides advising and operational support for Sheridan's credit transfer, academic pathways, and Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) services. The role fosters a strong service culture and serves as a key liaison between the Office of the Registrar (OTR) and academic departments to ensure consistent communication and smooth navigation of advanced standing and PLAr processes.
The incumbent supports students by facilitating advanced standing, credit transfer, and PLAR, ensuring clear guidance, timely decisions, and consistent support throughout their applications. The role leads the implementation, coordination, and monitoring of all related activities - including block transfer initiatives - maintains efficient workflows, and collaborates with faculty and staff to ensure consistent policy application and the development and updating of training and resource materials.
The incumbent evaluates technical and business needs within the OTR to ensure the PeopleSoft Student Information System (SIS) effectively supports advanced standing and PLAR workflows. The incumbent works with OTR teams and academic departments to assess project scope and recommend process improvements that enhance the student experience and strengthen operational efficiency.
What You'll Be Doing - Credit Transfer and PLAR Advising; facilitating and coordinating the Credit Transfer and the Prior Learning and Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) process that includes:
- Supporting the processes that enables students the ability to determine what previous learning and/or experiential learning credits may apply to their program of study, streamlining both the credit transfer and PLAR application process;
- Creating operational efficiencies in the recording and processing of credit transfer on student records ensuring accuracy consistency and timely updates within the Student Information System (SIS);
- Working with academic advisors, program coordinators, and subject matter experts to validate, update and maintain the credit transfer, pathway and PLAR database ensuring alignment with policy and curriculum standards;
- Preparing procedures, documents, tools, presentations and training sessions and materials to support the advanced standing, credit transfer and PLAR process;
- Analysis: reviewing and confirming business processes with key stakeholders;
- Researching and learning new functionality before applying it in the upgraded SIS;
- Analyzing the SIS scripts to determine the technical population definitions and to design testing scenarios;
- Verifying and validating all the related SIS requirements, including the system security;
- Testing, assessing and resolving the testing anomalies;
- Collaborating with IT and interacts with end users to determine root problems;
- Training and providing support to end users;
- Participating in Credit Transfer and Pathway projects and testing;
- Participating in feasibility studies to explore the suitability of a new business process and system functionality;
- Reviewing business analysis of stakeholder needs for proposed projects and evaluating feasibility studies to address identified business problems, assessing potential solutions and providing recommendations for manager approval;
- Researching, evaluating, planning and recommending Credit Transfer business solutions for manager approval;
- Supporting and advising on Ministry and Sheridan Initiatives;
- Performing related duties as assigned.
About YouYou have the skills and knowledge to work with an increasingly diverse student and staff population as well as a proven commitment to
anti-oppression, equity, and inclusion. You demonstrate excellent
judgement,
initiative and creative
problem-solving skills.
You enjoy
balancing many different tasks, staying
organized and like to develop processes or systems to keep things running smoothly.
You
collaborate effectively with students, faculty, support staff, school board partners and internal departments while also taking initiative and working independently.
The successful candidate will also meet the following requirements: - 3-year degree or diploma in Business, Office Administration or related field;
- Minimum of 3 years of proven experience managing and maintaining the integrity of data management systems;
- Sound knowledge of education structures and registration functions in a post-secondary institution;
- Proven ability to prepare and coordinate procedures /processes and training materials;
- Partner communication and client service/advising; excellent customer service, communication, teamwork and advising skills in a government or post-secondary setting;
- Strong PeopleSoft, registrarial functions and systems requirement/IT experience is required;
- Demonstrated presentation skills preferred.
Other DetailsFaculty/Department: Office of the Registrar
Primary Work/Campus Location: Trafalgar (may be assigned activities at any Sheridan campus)
Work Categorization: Hybrid Position | On-site at least 3 days/week
Reference #: J0726-0796
Employee Group: Full-Time Support - Permanent
Type of Vacancy: This is a new position
Payband: I
Hours: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm or 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Salary: $41.20 - $47.57
Hours/Week: 35
Application Deadline: October 22, 2026
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