Global Mobility Coordinator

Date Posted: 04/19/2024
Req ID: 37020
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: UTM: International Education Centre
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)
Position Number: 00051390

Description:

About us:

U of T Mississauga—the second largest campus of Canada’s top-ranked university and the only research university in Ontario’s booming Peel Region—is one of the world’s great catalysts of human potential.

Our employee community hums with the energy of 3,400 faculty, librarians and staff, who power our campus with curiosity, connection and care. We work together to spark life-changing research and innovation, make an indelible mark on the world by building equitable cities and societies, enable healthy lives, create a sustainable future and ignite entrepreneurship. Above all, we prioritize student success, and seek to give our 16,500 students the lift of a lifetime through learning and discovery. We love to open opportunities available nowhere else for our community to achieve their ambitions and make their unique contributions to Canada and the world.

This work all comes together on a spectacularly green campus, alongside the Missinihe-ziibi (Trusting Creek or Credit River), where we seek to honour truth, reciprocity and reconciliation on the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We’re thrilled to welcome those who want to learn more about us and to be part of what we do.

Your opportunity:

Reporting to the Assistant Director, Intercultural and Global Initiatives, the Global Mobility Coordinator will advance the International Education Centre’s (IEC) mission, as an innovative, collaborative, and globally significant leader in the internationalization of the student experience. The Global Mobility Coordinator will assume primary responsibility for the development, administration, and supportof both curricular and co-curricular global experiences for UTM students.

The Global Mobility Coordinator will serve as a project manager for international learning initiatives and will act as the main point of contact for all UTM students interested in global learning. The incumbent will oversee key student mobility programs at UTM including but not limited to UTM Abroad, exchange, and Global Classrooms. In addition, they will serve as a resource for new programs ensuring a successful integration of programming with existing programming structures.

The incumbent will manage relationships with key stakeholders (e.g. academic departments, faculty, staff, student leaders, campus groups, not-for-profit agencies, vendors, non-governmental organizations, etc.) and identify areas of growth that contribute to the larger strategic international goals of the University. The role will work closely with the mobility teams internal and external to the University. The Global Mobility Coordinator's responsibilities will sometimes necessitate work during evening and weekend hours.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Planning and implementing components of curricular and/or co-curricular programs and activities.
• Advising students on co-curricular, academic and personal matters by providing options and consequences incorporating personal circumstances impacting academic success and an understanding of an individual's background.
• Fostering cooperative working relationships with a wide variety of internal and external contacts.
• Preparing detailed analysis of risk factors to inform planning decisions for international travel.
• Scheduling travel plans and requesting appropriate accommodations.
• Facilitating educational workshops and seminars.
• Monitoring and reconciling accounts for a project and/or program.
• Directing the activities of casual staff.

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum four years of related experience in student development/affairs, international education, partnerships, and student advising.
• Exceptional intercultural competency, experience working with diverse communities & cultures and an understanding of anti-oppression and equity practices.
• Demonstrated relationship management skills with multiple stakeholder groups internal and external to the University including faculty, staff, and international partners.
• Experience developing and leading large components of projects.
• Financial management & budget experience.
• Proven leadership and supervisory skills.
• Strong computer software skills, including advanced Excel, Word, as well as use of web-based interfaces and databases.

Assets (Nonessential):

• International experience.
• Formal Excel training would be an asset.
• Project Management certification would be an asset.
• Demonstrated knowledge of customer service and information communication standards of practice in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians withDisabilities Act (AODA).
• Extensive knowledge of the University’s academic and administrative structures and policies, procedures and governance processes.
• Ability to organize, motivate, and work constructively with a variety of partners and comfort in speaking with students, staff and faculty at all levels of the University.

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Communicator
• Diplomatic
• Multi-tasker
• Problem solver
• Self-directed
• Team player

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: 05/08/2024, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW 
Appointment Type: Budget - Continuing 
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:  
USW Pay Band 12 -- $78,308 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $100,144. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol. 
Job Category: Student Services
Recruiter: Jessica Halteh

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.