Leadership Education Specialist (18 Months Term)
Date Posted: 09/05/2024
Req ID: 39585
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
Department: Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: 00049247
About us:
Troost ILead offers leadership education to engineering students so that they can develop their own intrinsic leadership potential. Through innovative and immersive programming (both curricular and co-curricular), we empower students to grow in their leadership confidence and skill. Our courses and programs are designed to meet students where they are in their leadership journey.
Your opportunity:
Our leadership team provides a professional, collaborative, and close-knit team environment built on respect, trust, self-motivation, and accountability. We strive to always provide our students and partners with an engaging and welcoming learning environment. Our mission is to inspire engineering students to see themselves as leaders, to equip students for life-long learning, and to inform students of the evolving nature of leadership in the engineering profession. We seek a dynamic and committed educator to build and deliver engineering leadership programs.
Under the general direction of the Managing Director, Troost ILead, the incumbent will expand programming for engaged students and alumni. The incumbent will lead programs such as Clubs Suite, Summer Fellowship, and Leadership Legacy, and play a significant role in all our student-facing activities.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Planning and implementing components of curricular and/or co-curricular programs and activities
- Facilitating educational workshops and seminars
- Planning and overseeing the implementation of an evaluation framework for programs and initiatives
- Fostering cooperative working relationships with a wide variety of internal and external contacts
- Training and coaching student life staff and student leaders
- Developing strategies that maximize outreach to students, alumni, and other strategic partners
- Conducting detailed analysis on program efficiency and student learning outcomes to inform program planning
- Interpreting and applying policies and procedures when making independent decisions
Essential Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Education, Psychology, or Organizational Development, or related field
- Minimum 4 years of experience in curriculum and program design and delivery, with an emphasis on leadership development education
- Demonstrated group facilitation skills
- Excellent communication skills (listening, speaking, presenting, writing)
- Demonstrated ability to design experiential curriculum that prioritizes capacity building among students
- Ability to manage a diverse, challenging and varying workload with multiple projects and deadlines
- Skill and sensitivity in working with diverse groups of people
- Enthusiastic self-starter with demonstrated ability to work independently, showing initiative and good judgment
- Ability to work collaboratively and thrive in a team environment
Assets (Nonessential):
- Experience working with engineers or other professional groups
To be successful in this role you will be:
- Accountable
- Organized
- Possess a positive attitude
- Team player
Notes:
- This is an eighteen (18) months term opportunity
Closing Date: 09/18/2024, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Budget - Term
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone: USW Pay Band 12 -- $79,874. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $102,147.
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.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
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