Job Description

Date Posted: 07/31/2024
Req ID: 39036
Faculty/Division: VP & Provost
Department: Centre for International Experience
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: 00049377Description:About us:The University is a global leader in research and teaching. We provide diverse and extensive areas of study organized around intimate learning communities. That is what creates an exceptional learning environment for our students. The University is committed to providing an enriching student experience to all its students.Student Life strives to provide all students to actively participate in learning; effectively manage their experience and wellbeing, find connections, community, and friendship; encounter new ways of thinking, learning, and being in the world; and experience leadership, independence, and success.Your opportunity:The Centre for International Experience (CIE), within the Division of Student Life and the Office of Vice President International, provides students opportunities so they can expand their learning into the global arena. CIE enables students to expand their world to gain aglobal advantage. We work with students, academic units, local and global community to create sustainable and diverse learning abroad experiences that incorporate study, research and professional opportunities. We work in partnership with faculties and services to enable students new to Canada to maximize their time at U of T to meet their goals and aspirations on graduation. Finally, we work to build global learning opportunities on campus - curricular, co-curricular and experiential.The Learning Abroad Coordinator will focus on advising and supporting outbound students from U of T. The Coordinator will also provide support to Safety Abroad Advisor and Manager specifically and the entire Learning and Safety Abroad Team generally.Your responsibilities will include:

• Implementing plans and process improvements for program and service activities
• Facilitating educational workshops and seminars
• Determining logistical details and activities for events and/or programming
• Providing detailed pre-arrival information to students regarding international program logistics
• Fostering cooperative working relationships with a wide variety of internal and external contacts
• Disseminating program and/or service information
• Generating reports
• Screening and making referrals to appropriate resources and services

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor\'s Degree in a relevant discipline or an acceptable equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum three years of related experience in international education and student advising.
• Experience working with a diversity of international stakeholders and coordinating student mobility programs and awards.
• Proven experience in working in flexible environments and in dealing with uncertainty.
• Experience in partnership implementation.
• Experience working with faculty, staff andstudents in a university setting, including high-level officials.
• Experience in project development and management.
• Computer software including Word, advanced Excel and use of web-based interfaces and databases.

Assets (Nonessential):

• Knowledge of the portfolio in international higher education landscape.
• Knowledge of an additional language.

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Communicator
• Diplomatic
• Multi-tasker
• Problem solver
• Tactful
• Team player

Closing Date: 08/12/2024, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Budget - Continuing
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 10 -- $70,844. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $90,595. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Administrative / Managerial
Recruiter: Fiona ChanLived 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.All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.Diversity StatementThe University of Toronto embraces Diversity and is building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized persons, women, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities. We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise are essential to strengthening our academic mission.As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see .Accessibility StatementThe University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact .

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