Support Services within the School

Angie has two primary roles:

1. Providing executive assistant support to the ACFD project for .5 of her time and can be reached using admin@acfd.ca

2. Providing support for the chair through various activities like:

• Dept Council support

• Scheduling meetings and calendar management

• Taking minutes when needed

• Assembling documents (printing, photocopying, expense claims, etc.)

• Drafting correspondence (letters and/or emails)

Angie will also be responsible for things like filing/records management, building maintenance, access management, etc.

If you need to book a meeting with the chair, she can be reached using dentea@ualberta.ca

Reports to Tracy Zork.

Tracy is responsible for managing the executive team meetings and participates in annual strategic and operational planning activities. 

Tracy’s main responsibilities include:

• Faculty recruitment

• Annual reports – promotion letters, managing the process

• Human Resources – onboarding/offboarding, records management, etc.

• Operations – manages departmental governance which includes committee TORs, memberships, academic administrative position descriptions and accreditation

Reports to Suzanne Roy.

Raj's Human Resources responsibilities include: 

• Appointment letters for support and part-time instructors

• Part-time contract database:

  • Terms of appointment 

  • Run reports

• HR questions:

  • Benefits

  • Payroll

  • Timesheet entries

  • Appointments

• Running reports

  • Monthly end dates 

  • Probationary & performance

  • Position numbers

• Communicating with Staff Services

Reports to Tracy Zork.

Teena's key responsibilities include: 

• Facilitates internal and external grant/award submissions for faculty, postdocs and graduate Principal Investigators 

• Serves as the primary contact for the Grant Life Cycle, managing VPRI communications and resolving over-expenditure issues

• Coordinates departmental research competitions and the administration of endowment grants

• Support Research Committee operations, the Undergraduate Research Initiative, and research seminars/events

• Streamlines research-related financial processes, including payments, reimbursements, and travel authorizations

• Provides administrative support to the Associate Chair (Research), Research Unit Directors, and Student Research Group

• Promotes research achievements via school newsletters and websites

• Maintains comprehensive research and publication databases to generate key performance metrics

• Provides strategic support to new faculty, graduate students, and postdocs to enhance their research portfolios

Reports to Tracy Zork.