Equity and Transformational Change Advisor - London, Canada - Fanshawe College

Fanshawe College
Fanshawe College
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London, Canada

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Sophia Lee

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Posting Number

  • 41334
    Requisition Title
  • Equity and Transformational Change Advisor
    Internal Posting Closing Date

External Closing Date

  • 05/01/2024
    Open Until Filled
  • No
    Campus Location
  • London
    Department
  • Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI)
    Employment Group
  • Support
    Pay Details
- $41.12 per hour
Hours of Work per Week

  • 3 Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  • Hours of work may vary with occasional evening and weekend commitments.
    Summary

Working at Fanshawe CollegeNote**:
This is a full-time Support position (35 hours per week).
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Duties: To support Fanshawe's commitment to address and dismantle systems of oppression experienced by equity-deserving/denied communities - including racialized persons; First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities; persons with disabilities; members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community; and women-identified individuals - the Equity and Transformational Change Advisor will be instrumental in driving and supporting the College's anti-racism, anti-oppression, equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) strategy and operational planning.

As the College works to implement "A College Where We Belong:

Fanshawe's EDI Framework" and forthcoming multi-year EDI Action Plan, the Equity and Transformational Change Advisor will be an integral resource for the College's staff and leaders in providing strategic research and guidance grounded in lived experience, theoretical frameworks, academic and professional theory, diverse knowledges, and practical knowledge gleaned from community experiences and relationships.


  • As a core member of the College's EDI team, the Advisor will report to the Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and will have a dedicated focus on identifying pathways to transformational, sustainable, and justiceinformed systemic change. The Advisor will serve as a core advisor and support to the Director in planning and executing strategic and operational plans in core performance areas relating to EDI, antiracism, and antioppression. They will also serve as a resource to EDIrelated committees and working groups at the College, provide support to College leaders in researching, assessing, and implementing equityinformed changes to policy and procedure, and provide support to the EDI team in delivering training, education, and initiatives and projects.
  • The Equity and Transformational Change Advisor will blend change management processes with intersectional equity frameworks. In doing so, they will advise the Director on bringing together various antioppressive lenses and will thus bring rich experience in bridging equity efforts and decolonial efforts and an ability to forge authentic and sustainable relationships with equitydeserving communities with a range of perspectives on bringing about transformative change. The incumbent will work in a highly collaborative fashion with other members of the EDI team and other college project teams, while bringing to the role a high capacity for independent work and critical thought.
  • The Equity and Transformational Change Advisor will be passionate about the College's mission of advancing a sense of belonging for equitydeserving students, staff, and faculty. The Advisor will be a visible presence of the EDI team and will serve as a positive, inspiring, and motivating ambassador for EDI work at the College and a respected advisor on equitable change.
    Qualifications
  • Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., Social Sciences, EDI or other social justice program, Adult Education, Organizational Development, Human Resources, Business, or related field
  • Graduate Master's degree in a related field, broadly related to equity required
  • Minimum 5 years' experience in a relevant field related to equity, diversity, inclusion, antioppression, social work, decolonial or Indigenization work, antiracism, focused on supporting or advancing initiatives for underrepresented, equitydeserving, or marginalized communities
  • An equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered; preference will be given to applicants meeting the education requirements
  • Lived experience as a member of one or more equitydeserving groups, with the ability to acknowledge, understand, and speak to the impact of systemic oppression
  • Extensive knowledge of the intersection of equityrelated and justicefocused change management frameworks and approaches, including the bridging of antioppressive and decolonial frameworks to bring forth transformational change
  • Demonstrated experience building and sustaining authentic trustbased relationships with equitydeserving communities, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities; racialized persons; persons with disabilities; members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community
  • Demonstrated experience implementing successful equity initiatives, managing EDI and antioppression projects, and supporting the
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