International Programs Administrator (Term)

Date Posted: 10/31/2024
Req ID: 40484
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: UTM: International Education Centre
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)
Position Number: 00057380

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 anddiscovery. 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 theMissinihe-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 Director, International Education Centre, the International Programs Administrator 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 International Programs Administrator provides administrative and logistical supportto the Centre’s programs, services and initiatives. The International Programs Administrator will achieve this by taking a holistic approach to student success acting as a knowledgeable point of contact for students, supporting the implementation of on and off campus programs, and supporting the administration of global initiatives.

The International Program Administrator will play a critical role in supporting and advancing the work of the IEC, in order to provide coordinated and meaningful support to international and globally-minded students at UTM.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Determining logistical details and activities for events and/or programming
• Implementing plans andprocess improvements for program and service activities
• Coordinating tasks for projects and other strategic initiatives with stakeholders
• Probing for information from students with personal and/or academic difficulties and making appropriate referrals
• Fostering cooperative working relationships with a wide variety of internal and external contacts
• Handling expenses for events
• Training and coaching casual staff

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Business Administration or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum two years of experience working with diverse communities implementing meaningful and culturally aware programming, para-professional experience may be considered.
• Strong experiential background in student transition; particularly, experience working with diverse communities and understanding international student transition issues.
• Ability tointeract effectively with a wide variety of people at different levels of the University (students, staff and faculty) and with external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience implementing plans and process improvements for project activities.
• Excellent administrative skills, including word processing, data analysis, desktop publishing and experience with databases and systems (ROSI, CLNx, eRez, etc.).
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a busy office environment with interruptions.
• Proven abilities in financial management & budgeting.

Assets (Nonessential):

• Training in Project Management would be an asset

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Accountable
• Adaptable
• Cooperative
• Multi-tasker
• Organized
• Problem solver

Closing Date: 11/11/2024, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW 
Appointment Type: Budget - Term 
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:  
USW Pay Band 09 -- $66,715. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $85,319. 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.

This is a term position till May 2025.

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.