School of Leadership Studies

Job summary

Guide students through cross-cultural placements of at least 10 weeks with organizations working to improve local communities. Facilitate preparation, reflection assignments, and a concluding presentation while helping students learn from local communities and examine leadership across cultures.

Job details

This is a cross-cultural educational experience where students travel in small teams to countries where the culture differs from theirs. For a minimum of 10 weeks, they immerse themselves and complete long-term placements with organizations that work to improve their local communities. Students contribute to efforts to: observe and learn with and from local people and communities; appreciate multiple perspectives on issues; understand how others experience situations and decisions; and evaluate how leadership functions in other cultures and societies. A rigorous preparation and re-entry process as well as a set of assignments facilitated by a UNB faculty member help students go through a structured process of inquiry and reflection to build knowledge through experience. A presentation during the subsequent fall term concludes the internship. (Students cannot receive credit for both RCLP3046 and LEAD3046). Master’s degree in social sciences or humanities or equivalent combination of education and experience.Experience teaching and mentoring students at the university level, experience working with community organizations in Canada and abroad. Experience working or living abroad would be an important asset.Other skills:Outstanding inter-cultural communication skills (another language is an asset); High level of tolerance to change, risks and uncertainties; Ability to work and make decisions under pressure;

What you’ll do

Guide students through cross-cultural placements of at least 10 weeks with organizations working to improve local communities. Facilitate preparation, reflection assignments, and a concluding presentation while helping students learn from local communities and examine leadership across cultures.

Requirements

A master's degree in social sciences or humanities, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, is required. The role calls for university-level teaching and mentoring experience, experience with community organizations in Canada and abroad, strong intercultural communication, and the ability to work under pressure; overseas work or living experience and another language are assets.

Listed skills

• adaptability · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Intercultural Communication
• Teaching
• Student Mentoring
• Community Engagement
• Cross-Cultural Learning
• Leadership Studies
• Critical Reflection
• Decision-Making Under Pressure
• Adaptability
• Risk Tolerance
• Working Abroad
• Cross-Cultural Collaboration

Job areas

• Education
• Management & Leadership
• Social Services

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