St. Thomas University

Provide leadership to develop, articulate, and enact a comprehensive long-term strategy to promote work-integrated learning, career development, co-curricular/student engagement opportunities, course-based internships, and peer-supported learning for students, while enhancing community engagement.

Administrative and Reporting:

• Support the University's strategic goals articulated in the Strategic Plan, and the Department's operating mandate.
• Oversee the Office's data collection, including the experiential learning management platform to catalogue and track student experiences, and maintain communication to ensure the platform is adapting its features as needs evolve.
• Continually monitor programs and processes to identify opportunities for improvement, ensure adherence with university policies, procedures, and relevant regulations, and ensure effective reporting to internal and external bodies.
• Provide financial oversight of all resources, with responsibility for strategic and appropriate use of the overall budget in accordance with university policies and procedures.
• Identify, evaluate, and secure potential funding opportunities, including through researching and developing grant proposals for federal, provincial, and private funding programs.
• Ensure a departmental culture characterized by enthusiasm, teamwork, positive communication, respect, transparent fairness, trust, collective confidence, acknowledgement, recognition, and empowerment.

Student Career Development:

• Manage a multi-disciplinary team to develop innovative outcomes-based and research-informed services and programs that anticipate and address student success and transition to careers using a variety of tools and approaches.
• Provide leadership and guidance on employer relations, student employment, career options and events, job-search strategies, best practices advising, and on-campus hiring.
• Develop and maintain coordinated, integrated, and high-impact programs and services by ensuring constant evaluation and redevelopment of practices to optimize the student and community experience.
• Support students in all aspects of career development from first year to graduation.
• Set guiding goals and values for the Office to contribute to student experiential learning, career development, and student retention.

Community Engagement:

• Develop and leverage relationships with students, academic and academic support areas/personnel on campus, provincial governing bodies, alumni, First Nations and Indigenous peoples, local non-profit organizations, community-based organizations, and employers.
• Work with wage subsidy and internship program providers to increase the number of opportunities available to students.
• Engage members of Administration, Faculty, and appropriate committees to help design, grow, and facilitate opportunities for student career development, work-integrated learning, and international service-learning experiences.

Entrepreneurship Education:

• Establish external partnerships to provide opportunities for social entrepreneurship development.
• Organize events that contribute to the social entrepreneurship ecosystem at the University.

International Education:

• Act as a bridge between the University and international partners, spanning internships, entrepreneurship, group trips, and international initiatives.
• Familiarize staff with policies and procedures for outbound mobility.
• Provide administrative leadership and management for curricular experiential learning initiatives, including support for experiential travel-study courses.
• Make evidence-informed decisions through ongoing assessment of local, regional, national, and global environments as they relate to enhancing student opportunities for work-integrated learning and ensures a long-term sustainable plan for programs.

• A master's degree;
• Minimum of 5 years' experience working in a post-secondary institution in a leadership capacity;
• Proven record of leadership and experience managing staff in a post-secondary environment and working in collaboration with campus and community partners;
• Demonstrated experience in program development and expansion including strategic planning and leadership related to change management, marketing, communication, and community engagement;
• Current knowledge and experience with innovative programming and technology related to experiential education, student engagement, e-portfolio capstone projects, career education, employment access, marketing, and social media;
• Excellent leadership, management, and interpersonal skills including highly effective written and verbal communication skills and exemplary capacity to foster collaboration;
• Demonstrated understanding of, and capacity to address, the diverse needs of all students;
• Commitment to equity and inclusivity in community and organizational development;
• Experience planning and managing a budget; and
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office suite of applications, university CRM systems, and information technology.
• Grant-writing experience, with demonstrable success rate, would be an asset.

Working Conditions:

• Periodic requirement to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Occasional local travel. Must have a valid Canadian driver's license.
• Occasional international travel. Must have a valid passport.
• Occasional need to resolve conflicts between students and community partners.
• Occasional need to work evenings and weekends.
• Working with stakeholders with competing priorities may create stressful working environments.

The closing date for receipt of applications is June 25, 2024. All applications are to be received by 4:30 p.m. on the closing date. Candidates are responsible for clearly demonstrating in their cover letters how they meet the requirements of the position. Please forward your cover letter and resume, by clicking the Apply Now button.

An equal opportunity employer, St. Thomas University is committed to employment equity for women, Aboriginal peoples, members of visible minority groups, and persons with disabilities. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Candidates must have proof they are legally entitled to work in Canada.

St. Thomas University is situated on the traditional territory of the Wolastoqiyik, Wəlastəkewiyik / Maliseet whose ancestors along with the Mi'Kmaq / Mi'kmaw and Passamaquoddy / Peskotomuhkati Tribes / Nations signed Peace and Friendship Treaties with the British Crown in the 1700s.

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St. Thomas University

Founded in 1910, St. Thomas is a primarily undergraduate university located in Fredericton, NB. With an enrolment of 1,700 students, STU offers Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Social Work degrees for undergraduates, in addition to distinctive program opportunities like the Bachelor of Arts (Aviation Stream), the Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqey Bachelor of Social Work, and the Bachelor of Applied Arts. For those interested in post-degree or graduate studies, St. Thomas offers a Bachelor of Education and a Master of Social Work.

Professors are distinguished scholars, authors, and commentators, and provide an outstanding education to their students. STU outperforms the Canadian university average for effective teaching, a supportive environment, student-faculty interactions, and higher order learning (National Survey of Student Engagement). Students report greater gains in critical thinking, writing, and problem solving when compared to the national average (CUSC Survey of First-Year Students). The university holds Canada Research Chairs in global and transnational studies and in physical culture and social life, as well as a health research chair in community health and aging.

Mission

St. Thomas University prioritizes teaching and learning so that each student is prepared for personal and career fulfillment. Through leading programs informed by our humanistic approach and opportunities for experiential education, we offer a robust and inclusive learning community that fosters connections across academic disciplines and emerging scholarly areas. On our beautiful campus, supportive faculty and staff create the ideal place for discovery and possibility. Each St. Thomas student is empowered to think independently, communicate effectively, and act responsibly. Meaningful contributions to the communities we serve locally, nationally, and globally are made today, through our teaching and research, and tomorrow, through the success of our alumni.

Vision

St. Thomas University commits to become the leading choice for students seeking a holistic university student experience.