Director, Experiential Learning

6 months ago

Oshawa, Canada Durham College Full time

**About Durham College**:
Durham College (DC) is leading the way as a post-secondary institution, offering an innovative and transformative student experience and hands-on learning opportunities. With this focus top of mind for our students and our employees, DC is proud to be one of the fastest-growing colleges in the province and annually ranked as one of the GTA’s Top 100 employers.

The college offers a wide range of market-driven programs across multiple disciplines, including culinary management, farming and horticulture, business, IT, construction and trades, science and technology, health care, engineering, social and community services, justice, media, art and design.

With a focus on experiential learning, DC graduates are known for having the skills and knowledge employers need. More than 104,000 alumni represent the college, both locally and around the world.

Serving the Durham Region and Northumberland County communities for over 50 years, with campuses in Oshawa and Whitby, the college offers over 12,500 full-time post-secondary and apprenticeship students access to more than 145 full-time post-secondary programs - including four honours bachelor degrees and nine apprenticeship programs. Led by over 1,860 full
- and part-time staff, DC has an estimated annual economic impact of more than $913 million on Durham Region.

**DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:
The Director, Experiential Learning is responsible for leading the coordination and expansion of a broad range of experiential learning opportunities across Durham College, with a focus on work integrated learning. This position has three major areas of responsibility: leading a strategic outreach initiative to develop and enhance relationships with experiential learning hosts; streamlining internal practices across academic Faculties to improve consistency and achieve efficiencies; and directing the co-operative education team. The position will partner and collaborate closely with members of the Academic Leadership Team, faculty, field placement coordinators, members of the Work Integrated Learning committee, Centre for Teaching and Learning, Career Services, and external stakeholders to achieve deliverables that improve student satisfaction with, and access to, impactful experiential learning.

The Director, Experiential Learning, will lead Durham College’s efforts to become a provincial leader in experiential learning, and will advise college leadership regarding matters and considerations related to experiential learning. The position will co-chair the Work Integrated Learning Committee to develop best practices and enhance engagement and commitment for experiential learning across schools. This position will also explore and support externally funded opportunities to enhance experiential learning opportunities. This complex and pivotal role is essential for preparing future ready graduates that can effectively contribute to employer success.

**1.** **Experiential Learning Planning and Execution**:

- Collaborate with the Executive Deans and the rest of the Academic Leadership Team, working groups and other stakeholders internally and externally to define a common vision and framework across academic Faculties for experiential learning that advances DC’s efforts to be a college of choice for employers and students in offering experiential learning opportunities.
- Co-chair the Work Integrated Learning committee, along with an Executive Dean. Identify priority actions, and develop and execute a work plan for which experiential learning opportunities can be developed, expanded, and/or improved.

**2.** **Internal Process Improvement**:

- Collaborating with members of the Work Integrated Learning Committee, identify areas of inconsistency in processes that require attention.
- Leverage connections with other institutions and organizations to learn about best practices.
- Recommend process improvements that will address stakeholder feedback and improve the experience for students, placement hosts, and employees.
- Develop common tools and processes that create efficiencies, improve satisfaction, and ensure repeat business from placement hosts.

**3.** **External Partnership Development**:

- Plan and initiate a strategic outreach initiative to develop and enhance relationships with experiential learning hosts. Work with colleagues to develop assets including social media content, videos, virtual tours, and “new and notables” to increase the profile of experiential learning and its benefits to students and employers.
- Arrange and co-host industry tours to increase awareness of program fit to industry needs.
- Act as a key conduit and central contact point with respect to experiential learning, and identify, initiate, evolve and sustain partnerships with government, employers, community, education, non-governmental organizations, and sector councils to advance experiential and work integrated learning.
- Maintain strong linkages by c

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