Job Descriptions for Unifor, Local 5555 (Unit 1) have been developed in accordance with the Job Evaluation System 2009 (JE 2009). A Job Description defines the ongoing job responsibilities, identifies the required knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the Job, and is used to determine the appropriate classification for the job and therefore the appropriate level of pay. Generic job descriptions have been developed to assist managers in identifying the appropriate duties, responsibilities and qualifications for their recruitment needs. See below for a list to view a list of generic job descriptions and accompanying job posting documents. Job descriptions are categorized by Job Families.
Posting a Vacancy
When posting a position that is in Unifor, Local 5555, Unit 1, the hiring manager or designate, must initially determine the appropriate job description to utilize. If an existing job description does not meet the recruitment need, please contact Total Rewards to review. Once a job description is selected, the hiring manager or designate is required to use the job posting document for posting. There are three (3) fillable fields on the job posting document for completion prior to posting:
I. Unit/Project Description – opportunity to provide a description of the department, unit or project.
II. Assets – these are valuable attributes that are beneficial to carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the position. However, they are not requirements in order to be considered for the position.
III. Additional Information – this section allows the manager to address specific knowledge, skills, and attributes which are required to be considered qualified for the position such as specific software or hardware knowledge or the use of specific equipment used in a laboratory.
Positions that provide general or specialized support for financial processes, transactions, standard or advanced accounting report generation, tracking and oversight of a large number and variety of accounts, expenses and troubleshooting anomalies, including specific responsibilities such as payroll, advanced spreadsheet functions, or accountant level positions.
Positions that provide general or specialized administrative, clerical or secretarial coordination and support within an academic or administrative unit, that include general tasks including but not limited to reception, word processing, general spreadsheet functions, basic office procedures, organizing meetings, travel, scheduling appointments, and taking minutes.
Job Family Progression – This document is meant to support Hiring Managers in identifying and outlining key differences in job duties, responsibilities and requirements as the jobs progress in the Administrative job family to easily identify and select the appropriate JD for their area.
Positions that provide general or specialized skills in relation to AV, print and media productions including customer service, technical audio visual classroom support, equipment maintenance, management of audio visual collections, production scheduling and coordination, digital media, and graphic design.
Positions that provide general or specialized technical skills in relation to building construction, renovations, repair, preventative maintenance and inspection, including project management, electrical, HVAC, mechanical, architectural, concept design drawings, cataloguing and code interpretation, tender documents, RFPs, and responsibility for ensuring compliance with University standards and codes, and regulatory standards, policies and directives.
Positions that provide general or specialized data management including data entry and database accuracy, dealing with confidential data, file tracking, validation and reporting of data, preparing statistical reports, identifying discrepancies, development of quality controls and procedure modification, data research and analysis, system development and maintenance, data design and statistical analysis, statistical guidance in implementation of leading edge statistical analytical methods.
Job Family Progression – This document is meant to support Hiring Managers in identifying and outlining key differences in job duties, responsibilities and requirements as the jobs progress in the Data Management job family to easily identify and select the appropriate JD for their area.
Positions that provide general or more specialized technical expertise and engineering support within academic and/or research labs including maintenance, purchase and instruction on the proper use of equipment, chemicals, and operation of machinery of varying complexity, fabrication and testing, develops multi-axis machining software and code for specialized application to assist research, professional engineering services to design, develop and coordinate research projects, presents briefings to industry on progress of work, and develops technical scientific procedures.
Job Family Progression – This document is meant to support Hiring Managers in identifying and outlining key differences in job duties, responsibilities and requirements as the jobs progress in the Research Engineer job family to easily identify and select the appropriate JD for their area.
Positions that provide general support of healthcare including equipment, scheduling appointments, patient testing and billing, calculating drug orders, and triaging, assessing and arranging transfer of patients. More specialized positions provide support for managing medical clinics including supervision, budgets, policy and procedure development, and staff training to performing development assessments of children including writing interpretive reports, providing on-field emergency care and drug-related information sessions for varsity athletes, crisis and non-crisis assessment, treatment and consultation, identifying high risk areas, developing diagnosis and treatment plans, provision of physiotherapy services in a clinic environment and coordinating research projects.
Positions that provide instructional support for students through assisting in the preparation, content and design of course materials, assignments and marking schemes, maintaining drop-in centres, updating web resources and equipment, developing TA schedules and delivering courses; develops, implements, coordinates and evaluates curriculum, assessment and instructional activities, provides advice to faculty and staff, ensures network connectivity and security of instructional computer equipment, systems administration and management of instructional assistants, and lab maintenance.
Job Family Progression – This document is meant to support Hiring Managers in identifying and outlining key differences in job duties, responsibilities and requirements as the jobs progress in the Instructional job family to easily identify and select the appropriate JD for their area.
Positions that provide general or specialized technical support within an academic, administrative, research or clinical setting including, but not limited to, help desk functions, programming, web administration, interfaces, database design, implementation and management, systems evaluation, testing and design, software engineering, network analysis, systems analysis, administration and project work.
Job Family Progression – This document is meant to support Hiring Managers in identifying and outlining key differences in job duties, responsibilities and requirements as the jobs progress in the Information Technology (IT) job family to easily identify and select the appropriate JD for their area.
Positions that provide general and specialized technical support for an academic lab, including managing and/or overseeing the day-to-day operation and maintenance of a lab facility, records, resources, monitoring experiments, calibrating and recommending the purchase of lab equipment and instruments, updating lab procedures and protocols, mixing chemical solutions, preparing lab manuals, safety measures for operating equipment or performing experiments, proper storage of materials and correct waste disposal; quality assurance procedures, develops policies and procedures for use of experimental facilities, recommends purchase of major equipment.
Job Family Progression – This document is meant to support Hiring Managers in identifying and outlining key differences in job duties, responsibilities and requirements as the jobs progress in the Lab Tech job family to easily identify and select the appropriate JD for their area.
Positions that provide general or specialized support in the library for circulation, specialized collections, interlibrary lending, classification procedures, cataloguing, library organization and procedures, research/search skills methodology and are familiar with a broad range of academic content and areas of research.
Positions that provide support for on-campus mail services, understanding Canada Post rates, regulations, restrictions, Admail, Publications mail, courier procedures, IUTS, internal university regulations, customs regulations and procedures, cost calculation based on weight and destination, appropriate account charges, information received in foreign languages.
Positions that provide general or specialized administrative, clerical or secretarial coordination and support within a medical/clinical environment, that include general tasks including, but not limited to, reception, word processing, general spreadsheet functions, basic office procedures, health insurance billing, organizing meetings, travel, scheduling medical appointments, taking minutes and medical transcription.
Job Family Progression – This document is meant to support Hiring Managers in identifying and outlining key differences in job duties, responsibilities and requirements as the jobs progress in the Medical Secretary job family to easily identify and select the appropriate JD for their area.
Positions that provide general or specialized support for technical and mechanical aspects of the museum including monitoring, education, exhibits and security of collections, preservation, equipment maintenance, promotion and public relations strategies, talks and tours, art studio management including preventative maintenance, grant applications for funding, detailed reporting and inventory.
Positions that provide general and specialized support of public relations activities for the University that include event planning and registration; development and distribution of brochures, press releases, articles, photo layout and publication design for communications materials for the University; alumni fundraising programs; policies and guidelines of Charitable Giving, University Advancement policies and procedures, develops program strategies; cultivates and writes proposals for promising donors; manages issues and inquiries of a sensitive nature, and conducts market research to determine the feasibility for new programs, modifications, develops business cases, annual reports, conducts focus groups and interviews.
Positions that develop or coordinate a variety of programs. Positions include Community Education Coordinator, Program Coordinators, Program Managers, MBA Co-Op and Career Services Coordinator, and Conference Planner.
Positions that provide support and expertise on administrative processes and procedures to support University purchasing including processing orders, appropriate signatures, monthly charges; ensures quotes and contracts follow University purchasing policies and procedures; sets specification and dollar value for the RFP/Q process; compares prices and orders maintenance, repair, and operations products required for running facilities; provides advice on suppliers, taxes, shipping; safeguards purchases and stock.
Positions that provide technical and analytical support for the McMaster Nuclear Reactor including day-to-day operation, scheduling and maintenance of facilities, ensuring safe practices, mitigating circumstances that could cause injury, loss to property or assets; reporting information to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission; handling radioactive material, disposal, hazards and international shipping, training of Reactor Operators; analyses and reactor simulation activities, results and conclusions for the licensing and safety regulatory body; stores irreplaceable samples.
Positions that provide administrative and specialized support for shipping and receiving such as coordinating shipments, returns and substitutions including investigating pricing errors, invoice discrepancies and tracing shipments; international customs issues, inventory, storage and safe handling of materials and dangerous goods; tax, conversion, discounts, volumetric calculations; monitors and reconciles the budget; completes destination, expense and inventory forms; operation of Ratex system and forklift.
Positions that provide support to registrarial functions including, but not limited to, admissions, examinations and scheduling, records administration.
Positions that provide specialized administrative or professional support for research activities within the University and consists of specialized jobs from Research Services and/or the Research Office for Administration, Development and Support.
Positions that provide specialized professional support for research activities within the University and consists of implementing, monitoring, refining, analyzing, coordinating, and reporting on several research projects. Acts as a resource for the development of protocols, study documents, operations of study management, and management techniques.
Job Family Progression – This document is meant to support Hiring Managers in identifying and outlining key differences in job duties, responsibilities and requirements as the jobs progress in the Research Coordinator job family to easily identify and select the appropriate JD for their area.
Positions that provide support for a variety of research labs and research projects and include basic scientific and lab knowledge to more advanced knowledge of environmental issues, quality control, sampling and monitoring, production and process control as well as techniques used in analytical, organic and physical chemistry, chemical engineering, process automation; performing standardized experiments, modifying, adapting or designing experiments, data analysis, literature searches and lab supervision.
Job Family Progression – This document is meant to support Hiring Managers in identifying and outlining key differences in job duties, responsibilities and requirements as the jobs progress in the Research Lab job family to easily identify and select the appropriate JD for their area.
Positions that provide general administrative and retail support to the Bookstore and Parking Services by assisting with book orders, calculating buybacks, mark-ups/mark downs; develops policy, procedures for computer system and on-line ordering; analyzes reports to track returns, sales trends, make reordering decisions and improve processes; develops business and marketing plans; understands copyright permission, licenses and payment contracts.
Positions that provide support to students in academic, personal and career pursuits, both face-to-face and behind the scenes including, but not limited to, skills development, disabilities, job placement, career and psychological counseling, interviewing and assessment.
Positions that provide general or specialized skills to support University labs and provide a range of basic scientific and lab knowledge to performing tests and analyses, standardized experiments, animal health care, sample collection, computer applications and basic lab fundamentals and equipment functions, to more advanced knowledge required to deal with environmental issues, chemical instrumentation and microbiology, industrial applications, quality control and research, and lab supervision. This family does NOT include wet-lab research technicians.