Associate Vice President, Indigenous Engagement and - Oakville, Canada - Sheridan College

Sheridan College

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Oakville, Canada

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About Us

Founded in 1967, Sheridan has grown from a local college of 400 students to one of Ontario's leading postsecondary institutions, educating approximately 23,116 full-time and 1,741 part-time students every year on three campuses in three Ontario cities — Oakville, Brampton, and Mississauga.

An award-winning institution, Sheridan attracts students from across Canada and around the world.

Sheridan's 215,000+ alumni play a critical role in shaping the future of our society in the fields of arts, business, community service, health, technology, and the skilled trades.

Sheridan's Vision

Sheridan is the epicentre for groundbreaking, standard-setting higher education that unleashes everyone's full potential and empowers people to flourish in and shape an ever-changing world.

Sheridan's Mission

Cultivate resourceful, highly skilled, and creative people and communities through cross-pollinated, active learning and the relentless incubation of new ideas.

About the Role

Reporting to the Vice President (VP), Inclusive Communities, the Associate Vice President (AVP), Indigenous engagement and Education will influence and lead with others within the senior leadership team across Sheridan to achieve the outcomes identified in Sheridan's Indigenous three-year Engagement and Education Plan and beyond by working closely with the Indigenous Education Council.

The AVP will engage with strategic and transformational leadership while collaborating broadly to expand professional development opportunities.

The AVP will help ensure that Sheridan respectfully and ethically incorporates Nation-specific Indigenous ways of knowing, meaningful Indigenizing and decolonizing pedagogies, policies, processes, and procedures.

The incumbent will also work closely to establish and strengthen Sheridan's relationships with Indigenous communities with the aim to build long-term reciprocal partnerships.

The AVP works cross-collaboratively to engage our internal and external communities in decolonization and indigenization with respect and reciprocity.

The incumbent fosters an environment where Indigenous students, faculty, staff, collaborators, and visitors can thrive in a safe and culturally competent campus.

Responsibilities

Provides strategic, policy, and leadership on Indigenous initiatives to the college to meet outcomes and goals of Sheridan's Strategic Plan and Indigenous Engagement and Education Plan
Maintains a system to collect, track, and measure Sheridan's progress in implementing the Indigenous Engagement and Education Plan
Operates at a strategic level, not only developing and executing longrange plans and initiatives but also articulating strategies and identifying the external conditions that should be addressed
Builds, guides, and empowers Sheridan's diverse and capable leadership team through recruitment, selection, coaching, workflow/project planning, and employee development
Fosters a safe, respectful, supportive, and inclusive workplace
Demonstrates leadership and collaborates with administrative and academic departments and faculties to address and implement Indigenous initiatives into strategic and operational plans that support decolonization, truth, and reconciliation, and Indigenous education
Provides advice and direction in the development of strategy, including stakeholder and community engagement activities to build relationships with local, provincial, and national Indigenous communities
Share knowledge about Indigenous education with senior leaders across Sheridan to build their understanding and to find ways to align college initiatives.
Champions continual learning about Indigenous cultural awareness and relationship building with all leaders at Sheridan; ensures continually growing involvement, confidence, and proficiency among key leaders
Enhancing relationships with Indigenous communities, organizations, and peoples through outreach, partnership development, and communitybased initiatives
In collaboration with the Indigenous Education Council (IEC), advises the Sheridan community on Indigenous protocol and appropriate strategies for developing relations with Indigenous communities
Chairs the Indigenous Education Council and represents Sheridan College at other local, provincial, and national tables to ensure collaboration and representation on Indigenous education initiatives
Supports Sheridan's approach to relationship building that is rooted in reciprocity and respect
Maintains current knowledge in the field of Indigenous education; continually learns to ensure adoption of emerging innovations and best practices
Acts as a Sheridan representative at both functional and social events
Participates in other projects and initiatives as required

You have a highly
collaborative spirit and
interpersonal skills with the ability to work with others to support establishing and achieving collective goals

You are a **self-direc