Supervisor, Intercultural Fluency and International Student Development (Term)

Date Posted: 04/04/2025
Req ID:41938
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: UTM: International Education Centre
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)

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:

In collaboration wtih the Assistant Director, Intercultural and Global Initiatives, the Supervisor, Intercultural Fluency and International Student Development, will advance the International Education Centre’s (IEC) mission, as an innovative, collaborative and globally significant leader in the internationalization of the student experience, including fostering intercultural fluency for the UTM community. The Supervisor will assume primary responsibility for the oversight of international and intercultural programming within the IEC and ensuring initiatives reflect the programmatic cornerstones of peer mentorship, engagement, student learning & development.

The Supervisor will achieve this through the conception, implementation, and delivery of multi-modal programs that support University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) students, utilizing student development theory, intercultural frameworks, and the learning domains and competencies of the University of Toronto Co-Curricular Record (CCR). Apart from programmatic responsibilities, the Supervisor will be responsible for the hiring and training of casual and student staff within the IEC and providing further professional development opportunities. The Supervisor will play a critical role in developing, 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:

• Planning and implementing components of curricular and/or co-curricular programs and activities
• Fostering cooperative working relationships with a wide variety of internal and external contacts
• Facilitating educational workshops and seminars
• Developing student assessment plans to support student learning outcomes and competencies
• Keeping well-informed on theories related to intercultural fluency, equity, diversity, and inclusion
• Providing intercultural training opportunities and resources to staff and faculty who support students
• Directing the activities of appointed and casual staff
• Training and coaching student life staff and student leaders

Essential Qualifications:

• University degree in Education, Humanities, Social Sciences, Science or related discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum four (4) years related professional experience with post-secondary student aged populations.
• Demonstrated experience utilizing equity theory, and/or critical race theory.
• Exceptional intercultural competency awareness; experience working with diverse communities & cultures and an understanding of anti-oppression and equity practices, are required.
• Exceptional supervisory skills including coaching and developing unionized staff.
• Experience developing programs and initiatives within a team environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading large components of projects.
• Financial management & budget experience.
• Exceptional relationship management skills with multiple stakeholder groups.
• Interpersonal and intercultural communications skills are essential.
• Proven leadership and supervisory skills are required.
• Strong written and public speaking skills necessary.
• Excellent administrative skills, including word processing, data analysis, desktop publishing and experience with databases.
• Proficiency in developing assessment tools, analyzing and interpreting data.
• Strong assessment (quantitative and qualitative) skills, including program evaluation and performance assessments.
• Demonstrated knowledge of customer service and information communication standards of practice in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Thorough knowledge of the University’s procedures as they relate to the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act (FIPPA) and management of confidential student information.

Assets (Nonessential):

• Training in Project Management would be anasset.
• Qualified Administrator for the Intercultural Development Inventory would be an asset.
• Advanced Excel and Power Automate skills preferred.

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Communicator
• Organized
• Problem solver
• Self-directed
• Team player

Closing Date: 04/25/2025,11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW 
Appointment Type: Budget - Term 
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone: USW Pay Band 13 -- $84,813. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $108,463. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Student Services

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.

This is a term position ending August 24, 2026