Placement Coordinator, Career Education and - Red Deer, Canada - Red Deer College

Red Deer College

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Position Information

Position Title

Placement Coordinator, Career Education and Experience Development
Position Summary
Are you passionate about helping students and playing a role in student success? We welcome you to join the Career Education & Experience Development team as our Placement Coordinator.
The Placement Coordinatorwill work with all aspects of placement for the assigned courses, programs and schools. You will collaborate with other areas where the role's expertise is required. This includes acquisition of student clinical and practicum placements, as well as maintaining communication and relationship with facility mangers and stakeholder placement management.
Position Responsibilities
Collaborating and consulting with Faculty and Associate Deans to determine the educational requirements for practicum experiences for practicum courses and students; developing and revising of systems to accomplish the planning and communications
Evaluate new clinical/practicum sites for suitability and supports contract and documentation required for the acquisition of new clinical and placement sites, in collaboration with the Work-Integrating Learning team
Promoting positive working relationships with practicum agencies, and all parties involved in the placement processes and cycles.
Coordinating communications and monitoring regarding student completion of Practicum Agency health and safety requirements
Provide leadership by disseminating information, providing feedback, advising, coaching, supporting institutional projects, and encouraging development for colleagues and staff related to workintegrated learning
Development of new processes that facilitate compliance with placement agency planning timelines
Provide reports and analysis annually and as needed by program leads, senior administration, and the Polytechnic

Required Qualifications

23 years of relevant experience
Four (4) year undergraduate degree
Knowledge of the practicum placement process within the workintegrated learning framework
Broad familiarity with postsecondary programming
Experience in establishing effective process
High accountability practice and mindset for self and role
Digital Fluency including MS Office and webbased software
Strong Communication skills, written, and spoken, active listening, proactive problem solving and conflict resolution skills

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in a postsecondary environment
Working knowledge of HSPnet and/or other placement/practicum software

Salary or Hourly?

Salary
Salary
Starting at $34.08 per hour
Benefits and Compensation Information
An additional 15% of the hourly rate in lieu of vacation, statutory holidays and benefits.
About Red Deer Polytechnic
Focused on advancing the economic and social priorities of Alberta,

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Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) provides more than 80 industry-relevant programs within a breadth of credentials to approximately 6,300 credit and apprenticeship students and 3,400+ learners with Extended Education programming. With modern teaching and learning spaces, and state-of-the-art research and innovation centres in advanced manufacturing and energy innovation, the Polytechnic provides applied research opportunities, leadership in the social, economic, and cultural development of Alberta, and myriad lifelong learning opportunities.

Red Deer Polytechnic's main campus is located on Treaty 7, Treaty 6 and Métis ancestral lands. This is where we will strive to honour and transform our relationships with one another.
Whatever brings you to Red Deer Polytechnic, we are glad you are here. And we look forward to having you as a valued member of our

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polytechnic community.Posting Detail Information

Competition Number

2023A070
Employment Type
Term-Certain Full-Time
Number of Vacancies
1
Desired Start Date
07/17/2023
Position End Date (if termcertain)
12/22/2023
FTE
1.0 FTE
Hours of Work
8:30am4:30pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week
Open Date
06/05/2023
Close Date
06/09/2023
Open Until Filled
No
Note to Applicant

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persons with disabilities, persons with any sexual orientation, and persons of any gender identity or gender expression.

Red Deer Polytechnic will provide job applicants with accommodations in accordance with the Alberta Human Rights Code. To request an accommodation, please contact
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