Community Engagement and Outreach Coordinator

**Classification & Regular Hours**: Hours per Week: 35 Salary Grade: 14 - Please note: This is a temporay role with a contract end date of May 8, 2026._ **Secondments are Welcome**: Click here for more details on secondment opportunities. **About Western**: Since 1878, Western University has been committed to serving our communities through the pursuit of academic excellence and by providing students, faculty, and community members with life-long opportunities for intellectual, social, and cultural growth. We seek excellent students, faculty, and staff to join us in what has become known as the "Western Experience" - an opportunity to contribute to a better world through the development of new knowledge, new abilities, new connections, and new ways to make a difference. **About Us**: The mission of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities is to deliver a comprehensive liberal-arts education and to teach our students to become global citizens who think critically and communicate effectively. The Faculty is dedicated to maintaining its international reputation for research excellence and innovative academic programming. The mission of the School for Advanced Studies in the Arts and Humanities (SASAH) in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities is to educate citizens who can thrive and lead in a time of transformative change. Offering an interdisciplinary, experiential, issues-based education, SASAH prepares graduates with new competencies for the jobs, the leadership roles, and the studies that the future requires. **Responsibilities**: The Community Engagement and Outreach Coordinator works collaboratively with the SASAH Director, SASAH staff, faculty, students, as well as other university partners, city departments, community organizations and participants to develop and coordinate curricula-focused programs and engagement initiatives, both on and off campus, with the goal of supporting the development and implementation of collaborative projects that create positive social and cultural impacts. This role develops and facilitates a suite of academic and civically connected public and pedagogical programs, including courses, peer groups, workshops, networking events, conferences, speakers, and tours, igniting students’ curiosity, imagination, and public engagement through critical thinking, dialogue, and hands-on learning and attracting off-campus stakeholders to participate in SASAH activities. The role acts as a first point of contact for all internal and external inquiries related to the programs, coordinates the evaluation of programs, and supports the day-to-day administrative, human resources, financial and logístical functions of the various programs. The Coordinator participates in the development of marketing materials, identifies and acts on opportunities to increase awareness of programs and seeks out sponsorship for programming. The Community Engagement and Outreach Coordinator is a member of a team that values collaboration, inclusivity, and empowerment with the role lending valuable perspective and support the planning of SASAH’s recruitment strategy and events, activating existing programs with accompanying workshops, and contributing to public outreach and development initiatives. **Qualifications**: **Education**: - Master of Arts Degree in Arts Education, History, or related discipline - PhD preferred **Experience**: - 3 years of experience developing public programming and designing programs to serve multiple audiences in University and other public settings - Experience developing and maintaining fiscal reports, delivering programming and conducting internship evaluations - Experience developing relationships and working with community partners, and supervising volunteers and interns with the ability to work well with adults and youth - Demonstrated experience preparing and writing public, private and institutional grant proposals - Experience providing education and/or managing public programs preferred - Previous experience working with an undergraduate student population in a post-secondary educational setting preferred - Previous teaching experience in a post-secondary setting would be an asset Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: - Knowledge of courses, programs, and policies related to SASAH would be an asset - Passionate about the potential for scholarly learning to foster communities and in the transformative power of learning, history, collaboration, culture and art - A strong network of professional local contacts would be an asset - Knowledge of, and interest in, historical and current critical issues in contemporary arts and humanities disciplines - Knowledge of, and ability to, manage social media platforms, communication and engagement strategies for student populations - Knowledge of financial principles and budgeting with the ability to design budgets and provide financial administration of programs - Familiarity with Human Resources principles and practices, Employment St