Jared R. Barber
Department team leadership professional with over 10 years of experience in operations direction, oversight and strategic team management, 5 years expertise in academic administration and fostering a diverse, innovative and equitable workplace environment.
Leading Teams to Success
Leading Teams to Success
About Me
With over a decade of experience in professional administration leadership roles, I galvanized a strong, positive reputation in fostering diverse, innovative and equitable workplace environments. I excel in meticulously managing teams, projects, budgets, client schedules, and resources, leveraging comprehensive organizational methodologies, risk management strategies, and effective stakeholder communication to drive projects to success.
Having grown up in central Canada, I began my professional career in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and followed that career out west, where I worked within leadership positions in Vancouver, British Columbia, and recently decided to utilize some career downtime to travel, which included moving to beautiful Vancouver Island, in the city of Victoria.
As I am a fan of continuous learning, I ensured that during my worldwide excursions and return back to British Columbia, that I would challenge myself in building upon my growing career skill sets, which I am excited to bring to my next career adventure, to the delight and successful partnership of my near future employer and enthusiastic team.
Career Experience
Professional Journey Highlights
Personal Development
National Department Director
Department Supervisor
World Travel & Skills Enhancements
Visual College of Art and Design
Kickstart
Have taken the past year to travel within Canada and abroad, to expand knowledge in planning, adaptability, communication, and cultural perspectives.
Dedicated time to exploring various educational avenues, and expanding my professional career skill sets.
Directed on-campus and remote administrative program operations for 3 cross-provincial campuses.
This role encompassed all administrative avenues, from hiring, to budgeting, adherence to policies and procedures, scheduling, allocation of academic department resources, as well as innovating and expanding on
all academic materials.
Supervised a large, diverse, multidisciplinary overseas team of professionals, fostering an innovative, equitable work environment, where I managed team scheduling, daily task operations direction, provided comprehensive feedback, and coordinated cross-departmentally to proactively streamline procedures, which measurably improved project pipeline efficiencies.
Department Director
Department Manager
Department Lead
Archiact
Directed and coordinated strategic operations, for on-site, overseas and 3rd party vendor teams, relating to content production surrounding user engagement and interactivity projects. Oversaw formation and implementation of department budgets, team task recruiting, schedules, creative and technical designs, project testing, as well as post-launch project direction and collaborative client communication.
ICON
Oversaw and mentored a high-budget project team, communicating daily feedback and task scheduling to a team of 7 on-site staff.
Utilized Agile project management administrative software to ensure team productivity synergy with required production milestones.
Prime Focus
Formulated and delegated daily team task scheduling, providing comprehensive feedback relating to project content submissions for 8 department staff members, across multiple simultaneous projects.
Certifications
Continuous Self-Driven Career Education
Agile Scrum Master Training (PSMI)
Skills to lead and coach Agile teams by applying the Scrum framework, Agile mindset and facilitating collaborative project workflows.
JIRA Agile Project Management
Training covers planning, tracking, and managing projects with Scrum and Kanban. Includes JIRA board setup, issue management, Agile workflows, and using reporting tools to enhance team efficiency and project delivery.
Practical Project Management for Managers
Training techniques to ensure delivery of projects on time, on budget, and to requirements, from planning, creation, to completion, and implementation.
Professional Office Administration Management
Training in workplace operations, including managing resources, staff, and using hard and soft skills for strategic operations coordination to ensure optimal office organization.
Artificial Intelligence for Leaders
Training to understand and leverage A.I. trends, promote and manage its ethical use, improve administrative efficiency and create an innovative environment for a competitive advantage with this rapidly evolving field.
Standard First Aid, CPR & AED Training
Knowledge and skills to recognize medical emergencies and provide care until professional medical assistance arrives.
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System - (WHMIS)
Knowledge and skills to recognize medical emergencies and provide care until professional medical assistance arrives.
Administrative Skills
Leadership
Strategic Planning
Multitasking
Adaptability
Scheduling
Recruitment
Budgeting
Communication