International Experience Special Projects Coordinator

Date Posted: 04/17/2024
Req ID: 36994
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: UTM: International Education Centre
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)
Position Number: 00049206

Description:

About us:

U of T Mississauga—the second largest campus of Canada’s top-ranked university and the only research university in Ontario’s booming Peel Region—is one of the world’s great catalysts of human potential.

Our employee community hums with the energy of 3,400 faculty, librarians and staff, who power our campus with curiosity, connection and care. We work together to spark life-changing research and innovation, make an indelible mark on the world by building equitable cities and societies, enable healthy lives, create a sustainable future and ignite entrepreneurship. Above all, we prioritize student success, and seek to give our 16,500 students the lift of a lifetime through learning and discovery. We love to open opportunities available nowhere else for our community to achieve their ambitions and make their unique contributions to Canada and the world.

This work all comes together on a spectacularly green campus, alongside the Missinihe-ziibi (Trusting Creek or Credit River), where we seek to honour truth, reciprocity and reconciliation on the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We’re thrilled to welcome those who want to learn more about us and to be part of what we do.

Your opportunity:

Reporting to the Director, International Education Centre, the International Experience Special Projects Coordinator will advance the International Education Centre’s (IEC) mission, as an innovative, collaborative and globally significant leader in the internationalization of the student experience.

The International Experience Special Projects Coordinator will take primary responsibly for the development and implementation of key initiatives that support the internationalization of the student experience at UTM. The Special Projects Coordinator will achieve this by working collaboratively with various stakeholders implementing plans and process improvements for key projects including global learning initiatives as well as innovative supports that enhance the international student experience.

The Coordinator will play a critical role in supporting and advancing the work of the IEC, inorder to provide coordinated and meaningful support to international and globally-minded students at UTM.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Determining logistical details and activities for events and/or programming
• Liaising with internal contacts to ensure consistent administration of embedded student support services
• Fostering cooperative working relationships with a wide variety of internal and external contacts
• Advising students on co-curricular, academic and personal matters by providing options and consequences incorporating personal circumstances impacting academic success and an understanding of an individual's background
• Handling expenses for events
• Directing the activities of casual staff
• Tracking and monitoring information that affects the safety and security of others travelling abroad
• Implementing plans and process improvements for project activities

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Humanities, Social Sciences, Science or related discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Training in Project Management is required.
• Minimum three (3) years related experience, with demonstrated experience working with diverse communities implementing project plans.
• Experience working directly with a variety of local and international stakeholders including not-for-profit agencies, non-governmental organizations, and international partners, is required.
• Experience advising students on academic related travel at the post secondary level.
• Proven leadership and supervisory skills directing and supporting student staff or equivalent groups.
• Exceptional intercultural competency awareness.
• Proven relationship management skills with multiple stakeholder groups including student, staff and faculty.
• Demonstrated experience implementing plans and process improvements for project activities.
• Proven abilities in financial management and budgeting.
• Strong assessment (quantitative and qualitative) skills, including program evaluation and performance assessments.
• Thorough knowledge of the University’s procedures as they relate to the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act (FIPPA) and management of confidential student information.

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Adaptable
• Communicator
• Cooperative
• Multi-tasker
• Problem solver
• Team player

This role is currently eligible for a hybrid work arrangement, pursuant to University policies and guidelines, including but not limited to the University of Toronto’s Alternative Work Arrangements Guideline .

Closing Date: 04/25/2024, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Budget - Continuing
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 10 -- $69,455 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $88,819. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Student Services
Recruiter: Jessica Halteh

Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.