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The Opportunity
Under the supervision of the Director, Opportunity and Belonging (O&B) and in close collaboration with the Office of Recruitment and Admissions, the Coordinator, Opportunity and Belonging is tasked with helping to create a safe and welcoming environment to promote success for NSCAD's student population with a focus on students experiencing barriers to success ("student/s"). The Coordinator works to provide a collaborative environment with campus partners to provide easy access to resources which support students' access, success, retention, and graduation. The Coordinator provides programming to support the institutional aim of building a strong, cohesive and supportive community.
What you'll do
Responsibilities
- With the guidance of the Director O&B, identifies and implements services that provide student support, advice and referrals related to various issues and challenges unique to International students.
- Creates and conducts assessments of student services with the goals of assisting students, enriching their campus experience and enhancing their academic success.
- Collaborates with various campus units to improve outcomes related to the inclusion, retention, and graduation of students.
- Assists in the creation and organization of services in support of the academic success, persistence, and graduation of students and particularly those students who come from underserved backgrounds.
- Establishes a community among students by offering an ongoing program of activities to increase student contact, involvement, achievement and overall satisfaction.
- Collaborates with campus partners to coordinate accessible academic advising for students.
- Collects information and provides data on academic needs of students.
- Fulfill other duties as assigned.
What you'll need
Qualifications
Minimum Bachelor's Degree along with experience in serving international students, equity and inclusion and/or related fields, (or an equivalent combination of training and experience) is required. Experience and ability to work with a diverse student and campus population is required. Ability to work independently and represent the department at designated university functions is required. Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Ability to interpret federal, provincial, and university policies and procedures is required. Bilingual- Mandarin speaking candidate is preferred.
A little bit about us
NSCAD University
NSCAD University and Halifax are in Mi'kma'ki, on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq Nation. NSCAD University is committed to reconciliation and to building respectful relationships with Indigenous peoples and with the African Nova Scotian communities that have been enriching this region for 400 years. As a small school with three urban campuses, and programs across a range of fine arts, craft, design, and media arts, NSCAD University is an incubator for talent and an active contributor to the arts scene in Canada's fastest-growing city. Since 1887, NSCAD has been a leader in visual arts education in Canada, with distinguished alumni building careers all over the world. This is an exciting time to join us, as we have recently welcomed a cohort of 10 BIPOC faculty members who bring valuable perspectives, ways of thinking, and lived experience to all of our work, and as we look forward to a consolidated waterfront campus in 2030.
Are you interested?
Work With Us
The University will begin considering applicants on November 4th, 2021 and continue until the position is filled. We appreciate all applicants, however only those selected to move forward in the competition will be contacted. This position is being advertised internally and externally concurrently. Bargaining unit employees for NSGEU Local 82 are given first consideration.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority in this search. NSCAD university encourages applications from Indigenous persons, racially visible persons, persons with a disability, women, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community.