Manager, Student Life

5 months ago

Toronto, Canada George Brown College Full time

**CLOSING**:Open until filled.

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**Land**_ _**Acknowledgement**
- George Brown College is located on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and other Indigenous peoples who have lived here over time. We are grateful to share this land as treaty people who learn, work, and live in the community with each other._

**Equity Statement**_ _**

**GBC Vision**
- To be _a college renowned for its inclusion, excellence, relevance, impact, and leadership._ _

**Position Description**:
Reporting to the Director of Student Engagement and Career Success, the Manager is responsible for strategic direction and leadership of the Student Life department. In alignment with student engagement, student retention and student satisfaction strategies, the Manager is accountable for the planning, development, delivery, and ongoing review of a full range of student life and activities, programs, and services provided by the Student Life Department that meet the diverse needs of students and support their success through all phases of their college experience across all campuses.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Under the direction of the Director, provides leadership and facilitates collaborative dialogue to develop, articulate and enact a comprehensive long-term vision, strategy, and plan to develop and promote programs and services within the portfolio which also considers the strategic plans and directions of the college.
- Develops and implements a comprehensive plan towards spaces and programming to support student recruitment, satisfaction, and retention.
- Assumes a leadership role in the development and implementation of comprehensive and multi-dimensional programs and services in Student Life for the college.
- Continues to be knowledgeable of trends in student engagement/experience programming and student affairs best practices while leading the Student Life team to develop, enhance and maintain coordinated, high-impact programs and services by ensuring regular evaluation and redevelopment of practices to optimize the student and community experience.
- Ensures a safe and effective working environment that maintains a high level of performance through employee recruitment, hiring, retention, performance management, ongoing feedback, and supervision of unionized staff as well as non-unionized contract personnel.
- Demonstrates a high degree of skill in managing people, building teams, and ensuring a departmental culture characterized by a student centric approach through teamwork, enthusiasm, positive communication and collaboration, respect, fairness, transparency, trust, collective confidence, recognition, and empowerment.
- Responsible for the strategic and appropriate use of the overall Student Life budget in accordance with College policies and procedures.
- Provides prudent financial forecasting and oversight of all resources.
- Works in conjunction with key partners to develop departmental and institutional strategies for expanding student-facing equity and inclusion efforts.
- Works in conjunction with key partners to develop departmental and institutional strategies for advancing programming in support of facilitating successful student onboarding, transitions, and student progression to graduation.
- Other duties as assigned.

**Educational and Experience Requirements**:

- Four-year degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in related field.
- Minimum five (5) years' experience in a College or University in Student Life, Student Affairs, and/or Student Success.
- Proven record of leadership and experience managing staff in a unionized environment and working in collaboration with campus and community partners.
- Demonstrated experience in program development and expansion including strategic planning and leadership related to change management, marketing, communication, stakeholder engagement; proven ability to develop, monitor and evaluate strategic priorities and plans.
- Experience planning and managing budget.

**Skills and Attributes**:

- Extensive knowledge of post-secondary systems, policies, initiatives, and current issues.
- Current knowledge and experience with innovative programming and technology related programs, services, and activities within the Student Life portfolio.
- Solid leadership, management and interpersonal skills including highly effective written and verbal communication skills and exemplary capacity to foster collaboration.
- Demonstrated understanding of, respect for, and advancement of principles of equity, diversity and inclusion and the complex, intersectional identities of both students and employees.
- Demonstrated knowledge of orientation planning and student leadership development.
- Proven ability to lead the development and implementation of innovative and concrete solutions to complex institutional challenges.
- Ability to understand synchronous and asynchronous delivery models and related virtual platforms.
- Advanced knowledg

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