Director, Education

6 months ago

Waterloo, Canada University of Waterloo Full time

Overview:
**Term: 8 months**

This senior level position will provide strategic leadership and will work with internal and external university communities to lead, articulate and effect change in equity and anti-racism through competency and capacity building and stakeholder engagement. The overall purpose is to challenge existing structures to facilitate culture change through transformative justice.

**Responsibilities**:
Leads the strategic direction of Education and Outreach portfolio within the EDI-RO for the University of Waterloo community (main campus, satellite campuses).
- Develops, leads, and provides strategic direction and project management oversight of the Education & Outreach Unit (EOU) to deliver on key policies and strategic initiatives (in consultation with the AVP, EDI-R)
- Leads and represents the EDI-RO’s EOU in any discussions on competency and capacity building, or education related to equity and anti-racism and transformative change on campus and beyond
- Identifies new and significant opportunities for leadership, including educating the research community and pursuing potential new collaborations

Leads, manages, motivates, and coaches staff
- Hires, manages, and deploys staff to meet and exceed EDI-R competency and capacity goals and objectives
- Coaches, mentors, and manages a team of experienced professional equity and anti-racism educators/adult facilitators
- Conducts and reviews Annual Performance Plans and individual work plans with direct reports, and ensures adherence to annual performance planning and review processes within the EDI-RO

Facilitates the creation, development, and review of equity and anti-racism educational content through anti-oppressive pedagogies
- Conducts research of a superior quality on improving equity and anti-racism at the University of Waterloo
- Evaluates current policies, practices and programs to make recommendations about best or promising practices
- Develops educational programs and practical training on equity for the university community

Oversees the monitoring, analysis, and research trends and complex issues in equity and antiracism
- Oversees the development of educational content for the EDI-RO
- Provides academic and professional resources (e.g. Briefing Notes) that support the policy directions and strategic priorities of the EDI-RO
- Shares and delivers equity and anti-racism competency and capacity building sessions to senior leaders (e.g. Exec Council, Board Of Governors, Senate, Deans Council, etc.)

Supports the implementation of the University’s Cross Insitutional Prorities (CIP)
- Leads and maintains quality assurance of the institution’s Program Area Leads (PALs) CIP
- Develops and directs critical relationships with internal and external community members to increase the University’s equity and anti-racism impact domestically and internationally
- Develops and directs critical relationships with faculty to advance equity and anti-racism competency and capacity building strategic goals

Qualifications:

- PhD in a relevant discipline preferred
- Significant knowledge of building and leading complex teams of intersecting identities within oppressive institutional environments
- Expert knowledge in teaching, adult facilitation, and competency and capacity building in an institutional context
- Demonstrated research portfolio in equity and anti-racism (or a related discipline)
- Demonstrated experience of community engagement and working with racialized and marginalized communities
- Demonstrated ability to code-switch, code-mesh, and engage with hierarchal and lateral systems of oppression
- Demonstrated ability to engage with internal and external community competing interests
- Demonstrated understanding of the historical, social, economic, legal, and political context underlying race, racism, and systemic anti-racism movements in Ontario
- Significant experience working with stakeholders with competing interest and limited knowledge/expertise in anti-racism
- Significant knowledge of, and demonstrated commitment to anti-racism, decolonization, critical race theory (CRT), Black feminist thought/theory, anti-oppression and a track record of demonstrably confronting racism at a large, decentralized, and complex university or institution
- Experience developing and implementing strategic plans and institutional-wide programs
- Experience in managing institutional risks through corporate risk registers
- Experience effecting organizational change, including policy, procedural, practical, and behavioural change
- Experience implementing and enforcing corporate anti-racism policies
- Proven ability in project management and leading teams/employees
- Experience working on organization-wide committees and working collaboratively with multiple stakeholders
- Proven ability to advance policies, programs, and practices with the framework of anti-racism
- Experience, and demonstrated ability to build partnerships, collaborate

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