Description: Position Summary: Qualifications Required: Education:
- Master's degree required, PhD Preferred.
- Relevant disciplines include education, anthropology, sociology, women and gender studies, sexual diversity studies, social justice, social work or related field of study; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Experience:
- Four years' relevant experience preferably with a combination of curriculum design \& delivery, public education, and project management.
- Experience working on a team and taking a collaborative approach to problem solving.
- Extensive experience researching, developing, and evaluating evidence-based approaches to sexual violence prevention and education.
- Extensive knowledge of curriculum design, adult learning principles, group facilitation, systems thinking, project management, assessment and evaluation techniques, universal design, trauma-informed practice, and community resources related to sexual and gender-based violence.
- Experience teaching adult learners required.
- Experience working, teaching, and/or facilitating within a post- secondary environment supporting students, faculty and staff is an asset.
- Knowledge of respondent education protocols and experience working with respondents an asset.
- Knowledge of trauma-informed and survivor-centred education and support service provision is an asset.
- Demonstrated understanding of the impact of sexual violence on diverse populations when providing trauma-informed education and support.
- Experience serving a diverse population; understanding the needs of equity deserving communities, including Black, Indigenous and racialized women, LGBTQ2S people, people with disabilities and international students.
Skills:
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Proven public speaking, presentation, facilitation and classroom management skills for both large and small groups.
- Demonstrated ability to research, write and create new training materials (including electronic learning methods), a demonstrated ability to work with individuals who have experienced sexual and/or gender-based violence.
- Skill with standard office computer and web-based applications (ex. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word Press and various Social Media platforms).
- Excellent computer skills necessary to set up document formats in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Outlook and any other software programs required by this position.
- Experience organizing and using online meeting and teaching platforms, including Microsoft Teams and Zoom.
- Experience using online education development software, such as Articulate Rise 360, is an asset.
Other:
- Excellent interpersonal, consultation, collaboration and organizational skills;
- Ability to exercise patience, tact, diplomacy and discretion.
- Ability to interact in a friendly, cooperative, and appropriate manner with administration, faculty, staff, students and external stakeholders.
- Good judgment and sensitivity, flexibility, creativity, patience, resiliency, tenacity and resourcefulness.
- Ability to communicate effectively with staff and senior academic administrators about issues facing students, staff or faculty in crisis and make recommendations.
- Demonstrated ability to relate to students, staff, and faculty in ways that build confidence and trust.
- Able to work in a highly diverse community with student, staff and faculty from different social locations, identities and a variety of age groups, presenting with a range of difficulties and personal issues.
- Along with an abundance of common sense and good judgment; innovative and enthusiastic while modelling a positive attitude.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Ability to set project timelines and prioritize effectively within a team environment.
- Ability to organize workflow, take appropriate initiative, and balance multiple projects.
- Excellent ability to organize and prioritize workload in order to meet necessary deadlines.
- Able to work in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment.
- Ability to handle detail-oriented assignments and be flexible with job assignments.
- Creative problem-solving and ability to see issues from multiple perspectives.
NOTE:
- Occasional evening and weekend work and travel to another campus is required.
- This is a 1-year term position, approximately from June 1, 2025, to May 31, 2026, with possibilities of extension.
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