Global Engagement Strategist - Saskatoon, Canada - Saskatchewan Polytechnic

Saskatchewan Polytechnic
Saskatchewan Polytechnic
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Saskatoon, Canada

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Description

Competition Number

  • P13072
    Posting Title
  • Global Engagement Strategist
    Classification
  • Band 6
    Location
  • Saskatchewan Polytechnic Saskatoon Campus
    Other Location(s)

Building

Other Building

Date Posted

  • 02/13/2023
    Closing Date

JIQ #

Start Date

  • 03/06/2023
    End Date

Open Until Filled

  • Yes
    Ongoing
  • Yes
    Category of work
  • Full Time
    Bargaining Unit
  • OOS
    Hours of Work
  • OOS (Typically M-F/core hours)
    Salary Range
- $2, $3,583.00 bi-weekly
Temporary Market Stipend

Incumbent

Total Assigned days (AC) / Total Hours per biweekly pay

  • 75 hours in a biweekly period
    Posting Status


  • Open

  • Saskatchewan Polytechnic considers the diversity of our workforce to be one our leading strengths and greatest assets. Our employee diversity enhances our ability to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student population. Currently, approximately 20% of our students are Indigenous. A continued emphasis on the development of a representative workforce is one of Sask Polytech's strategic priorities and, as an organization, we are making significant efforts to attract and retain Indigenous employees.

Job Duties/Qualifications, Skills and Abilities(QSA):


  • Job Duties
    Job Duties
  • The Global Engagement Strategist (GES) is accountable to the Associate Vice-President, International, to provide strategic, analytical, and entrepreneurial support to the International Education unit, including the Directors and managers. This position will routinely have access to and be required to analyze and synthesize highly strategic, sensitive, and confidential information, including information that could impact the economic employment of faculty and staff and the outcome for students.

The position will support senior management level decision-making through the research, collection, analysis, and synthesis of confidential financial and strategic information, with an emphasis on supporting the Global Engagement Plan, researching, and drafting business processes, liaising with government and international partners and project management.

The GES will have the responsibility of communicating, operationalizing, and tracking the Global Engagement Plan, including developing senior management briefing documents.

As well the GES will support strategic global entrepreneurial and continuous improvement initiatives and be required to provide analysis and escalate matters when appropriate.

This role requires familiarity with international student recruitment, business development, articulation pathways, risk management, budgetary considerations, project management, and continuous improvement methodologies.

This position is based in Saskatoon and will have a requirement for travel between campus locations for program and administrative responsibilities, as well as travel provincially, nationally, and occasionally internationally.

The Global Engagement Strategist reports to the Associate Vice-President, International. Daily, the GES supports the Associate Vice-President, International, the Director, and Managers.

This position will routinely interface with internal and external clients, including the president's office, vice-presidents, deans, associate vice-presidents, directors, associate deans, academic chairs, program heads, faculty, and staff.

External clients will include international partners, government officials, and community organizations.- QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND EXPERIENCE
Specific Accountabilities

Strategic Planning

  • Prepare reports and presentations pertaining to the Global Engagement Plan for the Saskatchewan Polytechnic Board of Directors, senior management council, and senior leadership team.
  • Support, through research, collection, analysis, and the synthesis of data, the development of briefing notes for the Senior Academic Leadership Team, Ministry of Advanced Education International Education Division, Senior Leadership Council, and special initiatives assigned by the President's Office.
  • Undertake projects and research to support the Associate Vice-President, International, in confidential financial and planning initiatives.
  • Prepare research and reports for appropriate provincial government ministries.
  • Support special projects as required.
  • Support the budgetary and strategic development, planning, policies, and practices that govern the overall Global Engagement Plan. Plans are institutional, divisional, or projectfocused and may be short, mid, or longrange in execution terms.
  • Demonstrate commitment to institutional and strategic objectives for risk management while maintaining operational excellence and stewardship in the context of global engagement.
  • Support the development of information and reports that identify revenue generation opportunities and evaluate and develop conceptual frameworks.
  • Act as a resource to Saskatchewan Polytechnic in effective risk management pertaining to study abr