Date Posted: 06/04/2025
Req ID: 43208
Faculty/Division: UofT Scarborough
Department: UTSC:Health & Wellness Centre
Campus: University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC)
Position Number: 00058083
Description:
About us:
The University of Toronto Scarborough is a place of energy, enthusiasm and passion. Our commitment to inclusive excellence attracts the brightest learners, scholars and employees from around the globe. Our success has been made possible by the opportunity given to us by our Indigenous hosts to operate on their territory, and we cherish our continuing partnerships with these communities. The University of Toronto Scarborough is an exciting campus with unlimited potential. Join us on our journey.
The UTSC Health & Wellness Centre provides health promotion, primary care and counselling services in an interprofessional shared care model. The team delivers student-focused care and support that is compassionate, culturally responsive and evidence-based and supports students in achieving their goals and potential by inspiring hope, promoting healthy choices and supporting the healing process. The team strives to enhance services to students through collaborative partnerships across campus and in the community. Our goal is wellness for EVERY student and our vision is Transformative Inclusive Care. Thriving Community. We are guided by our values including compassion, empowerment, empathy, support, and inclusion.
This search aligns with the University’s commitment to strategically and proactively promote diversity among our community members (Statement on Equity, Diversity & Excellence). Recognizing that Black, Indigenous, and other Racialized communities have experienced inequities that have developed historically and are ongoing, we strongly welcome and encourage candidates from those communities to apply.
Your opportunity:
Health Promotion collaborates with campus and community partners to implement programming that builds community and institutional capacity to enhance student health and wellbeing. Under the general direction of the Assistant Director, Health & Wellness and day-to-day supervision provided by the Health Promotion Officer, the Health Promotion Program Coordinator is responsible for implementing and evaluating health promotion programming to improve student health and wellbeing. The Health Promotion Program Coordinator assesses the impact of health promotion programming and the peer health education and outreach programs through the development and implementation of assessment tools, satisfaction surveys, program utilization analysis and others.
The peer health education team is made up of a dedicated group of students who work closely with health promotion staff to promote overall health and wellness and to cultivate a community that enhances student wellbeing by developing and delivering a variety of health promotion and outreach initiatives to the undergraduate and graduate student community.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Determining logistical details and activities for events and/or programming
- Analyzing and recommending enhancements to student success programs
- Liaising with internal and external contacts to coordinate execution of seminars and workshops
- Overseeing day-to-day operational needs and service delivery requirements of programs.
- Delivering presentations to promote programs, opportunities and/or initiatives
- Fostering cooperative working relationships with a wide variety of internal and external contacts
- Researching and recommending appropriate resources and materials
- Responding to enquiries within the defined scope of the role and redirecting as appropriate
Essential Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in a relevant area of study or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
- Minimum two years' experience in the health programming, preferably within a peer health education model in a university environment.
- Experience with program and workshop implementation and evaluation.
- Experience coordinating small and large-scale events
- Proficient experience using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Ability to work effectively as a member of a team comprised of multi-disciplinary individuals with varying responsibilities
- Demonstrated creativity, flexibility and interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written)
- Strong presentation skills
- Ability to work some evenings and weekends
- Applicants are expected to show evidence of a commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and the promotion of a respectful and collegial learning and working environment.
Assets (Nonessential):
- Knowledge of health education theories and experience working within a harm-reduction framework
To be successful in this role you will be:
- Communicator
- Cooperative
- Organized
- Possess a positive attitude
- Problem solver
- Team player
Note:
- This is a TERM position for 18-months.
- Hours of Work: 8:45 AM to 5:00 PM for 3-4 days a week and 11:45 AM to 8:00 PM for 1-2 days a week
- A full job description is available upon request from the UTSC HR Office.
- This role is currently eligible for a hybrid work arrangement, pursuant to University policies and guidelines, including but not limited to the University of Toronto's Alternative Work Arrangements Guideline.
Closing Date: 06/12/2025, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Budget - Term
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 09 -- $66,715. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $85,319. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Administrative / Managerial
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.
