Job Opportunities > Student Experience Coordinator - Renison University College
Position: Student Experience Coordinator
Deadline: November 24, 2024
Job Description / Duties
Provides day-to-day operational guidance to a team of student staff to oversee the execution of programs and initiatives that support in the transitional adjustment, educational success, cultural adjustment, language skill development, and leadership growth of both international and domestic students studying at Renison University College. Ensures all programming and support initiatives are executed to support the student success and wellbeing of students. Performs a variety of accounting and administrative duties under supervision.
Additionally, the incumbent will represent Renison in a manner consistent with the values, goals, and strategic directions of the University College.
A full job description is available here: https://uwaterloo.ca/renison/sites/default/files/uploads/documents/2024-11-08-jd_student-experience-coordinator_sept-23.pdf
Qualifications / Required Skills
Education:
• Three year diploma or degree in Leadership, Community Development, Education, Student Development, Recreation, Social Work, Social Development, Sociology or related field
Experience:
• Knowledgeable about the first-year student experience (both domestic and international students) and has an awareness of the needs of first-year students and English Language Learners.
• Related experience in Student Affairs considered an asset.
• Experience using software and programs such as Microsoft Office Suite (specifically Microsoft Word, Excel, Publisher and PowerPoint).
• Demonstrates strong organizational skills and an ability to manage multiple demands simultaneously while remaining detail-orientated and professional.
• Displays excellent problem-solving skills, strong judgement, professionalism, adaptability, and diplomacy.
• Experience participating in international or cross-cultural living and learning opportunities; approaches cross-cultural communication and inter-group dynamics with sensitivity and respect.
• Strong customer-service orientation, and adaptable to work in busy environments.
Additional Information
Upload your application package (including, at minimum, a resume and three references) to Interfolio. The review of applications will begin on November 25, 2024 and will continue until the position is filled.
Renison University College respects, appreciates, and actively encourages diversity, equity and inclusion. As part of Renison’s commitment to equity within the College, we welcome and encourage applications from all qualified individuals who embrace our values and with diverse experiences based on race, ethnic origin, religion, age, colour, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, ability or disability, including women, 2SLGBTQ, Indigenous Peoples, and other visible minorities. Renison is committed to accessibility for persons with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates participating in all parts of the hiring process. Please contact a member of Renison’s Human Resources department with accommodation requests. Please note that only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
Positions are open to qualified candidates who are legally entitled to work in Canada.
References will be solicited at a later stage in the process as needed. The successful candidate will be asked their consent to complete an educational and criminal records verification. The criminal records verification provides an indication of the existence of adult criminal convictions, for which a record suspension has not been granted, within the RCMP National Repository of Criminal Records.
Salary: Grade 13 (https://uwaterloo.ca/renison/about-us/careers-renison/staff-salary-structure)
Contact Information
renhr@uwaterloo.ca
Employer Profile
Renison University College, affiliated with the University of Waterloo, acknowledges that we live and work on the traditional territory of the of the Anishinaabeg, Hodinohsyó:ni, and Attawandaran (Neutral) Peoples. Renison is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes ten kilometres on either side of the Grand River from mouth to source.
Renison invites applications for the full-time, ongoing position of Student Experience Coordinator in the Student Experience and Housing department (35 hours per week; grade 13, salary range: $49,120 - $61,400).
Respected as an inclusive community that values the diversity of its faculty, staff, and students, Renison is committed to engaged education for the well-being of the world, offering degree programs reflecting social engagement through the School of Social Work, and the Social Development Studies Department; global engagement through our Culture and Language Studies Department and community engagement in our non- degree programs, including the English Language Institute, through the Centre for Continuing and Professional Education. More information about the College is available at uwaterloo.ca/renison.