Student Leadership and Skill Development Coordinator

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Job Summary

A Brief Overview

Reporting to the Manager, Career Education and Coaching, the Student Leadership and Skill Development Coordinator has a primary focus on facilitating the learning, development, and engagement of students and student leaders at Queen's University. The incumbent provides expertise as part of a team of professional and student staff in the Student Experience and Career Development portfolio to design, deliver, and evaluate a broad range of educational interventions, leadership and community engagement initiatives, and specialized services that facilitate the personal, social, academic, and professional success of students and student leaders.

Using current research and best practices, the Coordinator is responsible for advising on and taking an active role in the creation, development, implementation, and evaluation of programs and services related to student leadership, involvement, and community-engaged learning, as well as programs and opportunities to support student learning and development in areas of critical thinking, self-awareness, civic engagement, health and wellness, career readiness, and transferrable skill development that contribute to students' future academic and professional pathways.

The Coordinator leads a campus-wide student leadership curriculum, including the Leadership Skills Workshop Series, a co-curricular certificate program, and the semi-annual Leadership Summits. The role also provides centralized peer training coordination across multiple departments, supports the integration of skill-building into student employment and academic settings, and collaborates with campus partners on inclusive leadership initiatives. The Coordinator supervises student staff, supports outcome-based assessment, and manages event planning and resource development aligned with institutional goals related to student success, equity, and career readiness.

This position designs, develops, oversees, delivers, and evaluates academic resources including programs, workshops, training, and services for students and stakeholders. This position oversees projects related to the development of experiential learning programs and professional development. This position evaluates and researches comparators and best practices in student development and experiential learning. This position also directs, allocates, and supervises the work of other staff.

The schedule for this position requires the incumbent to work evenings and weekends.

Job Description
What you will do Designs, develops, oversees, delivers, and evaluates programs, workshops, training, and services for students and stakeholders.

Oversees projects related to the development of experiential learning programs and professional development.

Evaluates and researches comparators and best practices in student development and experiential learning.

Builds partnerships and collaborates with departments across the university and with community partners to promote and implement programs and initiatives that support student success.

Develops resources to support students' academic skill development.

Develops program content for websites.

Directs, allocates, and supervises the work of other staff.

• Other duties as required in support of the department and/or unit.

Required Education

• Four-Year Bachelor Degree or equivalent. In addition, requires trade certification, qualification, or on-going learning to remain ahead of changes in technology or emerging fields.

Required Experience

• More than 3 years and up to and including 5 years of experience.

• • Experience developing, coordinating, and implementing student development and/or student experience programs considered an asset.

  • Experience working at a post-secondary education institution considered an asset.

Required Licenses and Certifications Satisfactory Criminal Records Check required.

• Vulnerable Sector Screening required.

Consideration may be given to an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Job Knowledge and Requirements

• Knowledge and principles in a specialist field that is typically acquired through a combination of advanced professional or academic qualifications and/or substantial work experience.

• Provide effective consultation and advice on non-straightforward and/or complex issues.

• Interaction with others requires interpersonal skills and the ability to understand and influence.

• Adapt messages to meet the different needs of different audiences.

• Builds relationships, trust and credibility.

• Manage own work, train and review the work of the team to see commitments through to completion.

• Set work priorities and direction, supporting the unit in achieving goals and objectives.

• Identify in advance when the intended results may not be achieved and develop a plan to address the gaps.

• Actively participate in project team meetings and develop team and unit project plans.

Lead procedural or technological change within a unit.

• Identify opportunities to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of work processes.

• Seek information and input to fully understand the cause of problems.

• Appropriately assesses risks before making a decision.

• Contribute to the creation and evaluation of possible solutions.

• Take action to remove obstacles and address problems before the impact performance and results.

• Apply equity, diversity, accessibility, inclusion and Indigenization considerations to decision making and planning.

• Promote a work environment that is free from sexual violence, harassment and discrimination, and the ability to show empathy for those who have experienced trauma.

• Assess the suitability of job candidates and recommend the most appropriate person for hire.

• Monitor and assess output and the quality of work from team members and recommend need for formal training or development plans to management and identify possible performance and/or disciplinary issues.

Employment Equity and Accessibility Statement

The University invites applications from all qualified individuals. Queen's is strongly committed to employment equity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace and encourages applications from Black, racialized persons, Indigenous people, women, persons with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQI+ persons. In accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements, priority will be given to those who are legally eligible to work in Canada.

The University provides support in its recruitment processes to all applicants who require accommodation due to a protected ground under the Ontario Human Rights Code, including those with disabilities. Candidates requiring accommodation during the recruitment process are asked to contact Human Resources at hradmin@queensu.ca.

Skills

• Collaboration

• Communications

• Presentation Delivery

• Relationship Building

• Stakeholder Engagement

• Time Management

• Workshop Facilitation

Reference

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