Manager, Strategic Initiatives - Toronto, Canada - University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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Toronto, Canada

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Date Posted:03/08/2023

Req ID: 30152

Faculty/Division:
Vice-Provost, Students

Department:
Student Success

Campus:
St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Position Number:

Description:

About us:

Student Life connects life to learning.

We believe every student should have the opportunity to participate in university life actively and find connection and community while discovering new ways of thinking and being in the world.

We provide resources, support and engagement opportunities that are inclusive and accessible, ensuring every student can build experiences that set them up for a lifetime of success.

Within the Division of Student Life, the cluster of Student Life Programs and Services, supports students as they achieve personal, academic, career and civic goals.

We engage students throughout their learning and development with the following units:

Academic Success, Accessibility Services, Career Exploration & Education, Centre for Community Partnerships, Clubs & Leadership Development, Housing, Indigenous Student Services, Mentorship & Peer Programs, Multi-faith Centre, Orientation, Student Success, Transition & Engagement and TCard Services.

Together with staff, faculty, students, alumni, employers and community partners, we provide an integrated and coherent path to success that reflects our students' diversity.

In support of U of T's vision, Student Life Programs and Services is committed to creating diverse, accessible, inclusive and welcoming spaces of opportunity that foster deepened engagement, learning, personal growth, and identity development for all students.

We are committed to embedding these principles into all the work we do, reducing barriers so that students from all backgrounds and lived experiences can feel a sense of belonging in the communities they find here.

To align with our strategic priorities, we encourage individuals from Black, Indigenous, and racialized communities to apply.

Your opportunity:

Working under general direction, the Manager, Strategic Projects will lead, facilitate and foster academic advising training, development, and community across U of T's tri-campus first-entry divisions, so that advisors have the knowledge, skills, and connections to effectively support students.

The Manager, Strategic Projects works directly under the scope of multiple Vice-Provostial portfolios and closely with other senior university administrators (e.g. Academic Advising Training Program Steering Committee Co-Chairs).

The Manager, Strategic Projects is responsible for project management and implementation to ensure the work of the Academic Advising Training Program (AATP) can be carried out efficiently and effectively.

Such project management and implementation includes: a) offer academic advising training (e.g.

offer a revised version of Level 1:

Foundations of Advising based on pilot assessment and evaluation), identifying and negotiation compensation with potential module facilitators b) continued assessment and evaluation of content and structure c) develop and launch an Advising Community of Practice, offering additionaltraining and collaborative opportunities (e.g.

lunch and learns, training sessions); d) develop training assets and resources (e.g.

comprehensive Quercus online space with resources; e) socialization and consultation of future of Academic Advising Training Program, including a consultation process, building partnerships, scoping out needs for training and content, being a visible face for AATP, and presenting and reporting; f) develop areas of connection and collaboration with enterprise academic advising systems (e.g.

training on system).

The Manager, Strategic Projects will coordinate, assist with and advance projects, initiatives and daily activities associated with academic advising training that require knowledge of complimentary Divisional resources, priorities, new academic advising directions at the undergraduate level, and other strategic institutional initiatives.

The role will continue to evolve and the individual must be willing to respond to the given priorities of the day and be willing to work cooperatively in a challenging and dynamic environment.

Your responsibilities will include:

Developing overall project design
Developing charter, scope, resources and schedule for project(s)
Planning and implementing project phases
Building and strengthening relationships with stakeholders and partners of strategic importance
Reviewing and assessing requirements needed to meet project timelines
Informing project leaders of issues and roadblocks
Monitoring project accounts
Directing a small group in a limited area, including responsibility for scheduling and/or workflow

Essential Qualifications: