Job Description / Duties

Responsible for the implementation of student development programs for the undergraduate student population. Utilize a diverse range of experiential learning strategies to promote engagement, resilience, skills development, and future employability of students. Create a culture of collaboration and partnership in ensuring student success by cultivating and maintaining relationships with faculty, staff, student groups, student governments, and the greater community.

Purpose and Key Functions:

• Maintain a large volunteer leadership program by coordinating a central recruitment, application, selection, training, communication and program
  design strategy.
• Assist in the delivery of programs that address the situational and developmental needs, priorities, activities, and stakeholder involvement for the undergraduate student population, by communicating with students and supporting the planning of conferences and community-engaged learning experiences.
• Facilitate workshops and presentations in response to staff, faculty, and student requests.
• Update and maintain workshop and presentation resources and materials.
• Gather, update, verify, and run reports from database for purposes of program reviews, maintenance of education and development programs and services, marketing, promotions etc.
• Communicate with participants via email to provide updates on campaigns and development opportunities.
• Support the planning of leadership development and community-engaged events, within established deadlines and models of delivery, by organizing workshop presenters and monitoring registration.
• Facilitate meetings with groups of student volunteers to provide functional support in leading leadership development, self-reflection, and civic
  engagement workshops.
• Assist with the distribution of evaluation materials such as surveys and rubrics used to measure program outcomes and effectiveness.
• Assist with the creation and distribution of needs assessment materials used to measure emerging student needs in the area of student leadership development.
• Regularly update and maintain appropriate information on the departmental website and social media channels.
• Cultivate and maintain partnerships with campus stakeholders and the greater community, as part of a shared approach to fostering student success.
• Participate on committees and working groups to promote the work and provide information regarding of the Student Success Centre.
• Promote connectivity and help-seeking behaviours in students by maintaining an awareness of resources, information, and services offered across the University.
• Supervision: Ongoing responsibility for supervising up to 9 casual employees at any one time.

Qualifications / Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of study.
• 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Knowledge of University Research programming, USRA, NSERC, Dean's Excellence
• Experience working with student clubs/student staff/student volunteers within a post-secondary environment
• Experienced on OscarPlus System, Events and Developing OscarPlus Experiential Platform
• Social Media skills in Instagram, LinkedIn
• Event planning and organizing experience virtually and in-perso
• Knowledge of full student co-op and career recruitment cycles
• Candidate must be available to work evening and weekends throughout the year

Additional Information

McMaster University is located on the traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee and Mississauga Nations and within the lands protected by the “Dish With One Spoon” wampum agreement.

The diversity of our workforce is at the core of our innovation and creativity and strengthens our research and teaching excellence. In keeping with its Statement on Building an Inclusive Community with a Shared Purpose, McMaster University strives to embody the values of respect, collaboration and diversity, and has a strong commitment to employment equity.

The University seeks qualified candidates who share our commitment to equity and inclusion, who will contribute to the diversification of ideas and perspectives, and especially welcomes applications from indigenous (First Nations, Métis or Inuit) peoples, members of racialized communities, persons with disabilities, women, and persons who identify as 2SLGBTQ+.

As part of McMaster’s commitment, all applicants are invited to complete a confidential Applicant Diversity Survey through the online application submission process. The Survey questionnaire requests voluntary self-identification in relation to equity-seeking groups that have historically faced and continue to face barriers in employment. Please refer to the Applicant Diversity Survey - Statement of Collection for additional information.

Job applicants requiring accommodation to participate in the hiring process should contact:

Human Resources Service Centre at 905-525-9140 ext. 222-HR (22247) to communicate accommodation needs.

Contact Information

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Employer Profile

The Engineering Career & Co-operative Education office supports all students in the Faculty of Engineering with experiential learning and work-integrated learning. Ranked among the top engineering schools in Canada and worldwide, the Faculty of Engineering has a reputation for innovative programs, cutting-edge research, leading faculty, and aspiring students. The faculty has earned a strong reputation as a centre for academic excellence and innovation. The faculty has approximately 180 faculty members, along with over 6,000 undergraduate and about 1000 graduate students. The faculty attracts roughly $30 million in annual research funding. Engineering faculty, staff and students at McMaster pursue research and learning in more than 22 research centres, institutes and networks whose interdisciplinary pursuits cross-departmental and faculty boundaries. Outside the University, we regularly collaborate on research projects with partners in universities, the government and more than 100 companies in Canada and abroad.