Regional Lead, International Strategic Partnerships

1 day ago

Toronto, Canada University of Toronto Full time

**Date Posted**:01/08/2025
**Req ID**: 41145
**Faculty/Division**: VP - International
**Department**: Office of the Vice President International
**Campus**: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
**Position Number**: 00050862

**Description**:
**About us**:
Strengthening and deepening key international partnerships is a significant priority for the University of Toronto as part of our overall academic mission. The Office of the Vice-President, International (OVPI) engages with institutions in regions, countries and cities of strategic priority and leverages international opportunities for research, scholarship, learning and mobility. By providing leadership on international initiatives, OVPI develops and maintains key international partnerships.

**Your opportunity**:
Under the general direction of the Director, International Relations, the Regional Lead, International Strategic Partnerships acts as the key point of contact for regional partnerships, focusing on the University of Toronto’s international profile and international linkages, providing strategic research, analysis and advice on possible or existing country and institutional-specific partnerships in support of the University’s decision making and strategic approach to regional engagement. The incumbent is responsible for providing logístical support for planning and execution of incoming and outgoing delegations, with an understanding of protocols, and greets and accompanies members of incoming delegations. The incumbent also provides support including but not limited to drafting of briefing materials, correspondence, presentations, setting up and organizing the agenda for meetings, supporting institutional travel for activities with U of T leadership and principal investigators with regards to implementation of the International Strategic Plan. The Regional Lead conducts thorough reviews and analyses of international partnerships as they relate to the University’s priorities, with reference to Federal and country specific international government priorities in support of the development and implementation of the University of Toronto’s international strategy and partnerships.

The incumbent is expected to develop and maintain a written record of a specialized and detailed understanding in regional higher education trends, funding opportunities for international collaboration and mobility schemes, in order to support the University of Toronto’s international profile. The incumbent independently liaises with counterparts and divisional representatives/faculty across three campuses, as well as all relevant international offices, to understand and consolidate international activities related to the University. The Regional Lead must exercise considerable interpersonal sensitivity and diplomacy in building and maintaining relationships across the institution and beyond. The incumbent will assist with projects on a wide variety of issues and topics related to the international priorities and needs to have excellent written skills and be able to successfully multitask and time manage competing priorities in a busy environment.

The incumbent is responsible for five main areas:
1. Compiling and assessing for relevance information on University of Toronto’s links with key countries and regions in order to assess requests, provide advice, make judgments, write and put together content and recommendations regarding potential and existing engagement and for material for outreach, briefing materials, presentations, identify funding opportunities, develop country profiles, communications and news items for internal and external audiences, including senior leadership;
2. Monitor, research, provide analysis and make recommendations on developments in the international arena related to higher education, strategic partners and countries and research support of international dignitaries and delegations;
3. Support the development of region-specific strategies in collaboration with the Office of the Vice President International’s executive team, university faculty, colleagues, regional advisory councils within the university;
4. Contributing to strong partnership development in region, collaboration with academic partners including through development and management of joint-funding competitions, joint workshops and joint programs; support for corporate, NGO and government partnerships;
5. Assisting with special projects on a wide range of topics. In addition, the incumbent will assist in the development of international institutional agreements and divisional agreements as needed.

**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Providing support for activities with partners in the Americas and other geographies as needed, including drafting of briefing materials, correspondence for Executive team or to send directly, presentations, setting up and proposing the agenda for meetings.
- Providing support for activities with U of T principal investigators and Senior leaders with r

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