Student Leadership Development and Engagement

Reporting to the Manager for Student Leadership Development and First Year Experience, the incumbent coordinates the activities of the Student Leadership Development and Engagement department, at all three campuses, with the purpose of contributing to a rich out-of-class learning experience for students and a campus life that is filled with leadership development and opportunities to get involved on campus. The incumbent coordinates programs of the department such as Peer Mentoring, Leadership Development, Volunteerism, and other engagement activities. The incumbent also builds relationships across the Sheridan community and collaborates with the academic Faculties, service partners and Student Union to support and foster exceptional student experiences on and off campus. The incumbent works with students to understand their needs and desires and advocate for programming and activities that are in their best interests.

What You’ll be Doing

Developing and delivering curriculum and programs to assist students in attaining their educational goals by providing opportunities for leadership development, including conferences, workshops, events, etc.;
Developing effective online (SLATE) leadership development training curriculum and modules for student leaders;
Coordinating in-person and virtual training for student leaders;
Creating, developing and maintaining updated information via the Student Leadership Development and Engagement virtual community on SLATE, and providing technical assistance to students and staff supervisors/managers;
Coordinating volunteering activities with other Sheridan departments and Student Union on a monthly basis;
Creating opportunities to get involved on campus with other internal and external community partners;
Overseeing the daily operations of the Peer Mentor Program at all campuses;
Screening applicants by accessing, interpreting and assessing grade requirements and expressions of interest;
Producing hiring guidelines, interview guides and scheduling interviews for the Peer Mentor Program and coordinating/participating in the hiring panel for 130+ peer mentor positions on an annual basis;
Selecting and overseeing the day-to-day activities of 100+ Peers annually;
Guiding and advising Student Leadership Peer Mentors (100+ students); Outlining and guiding activities including 1 to 1 and group mentoring, weekly outreach and awareness campaigns and communication and outreach strategies;
**Providing support to Student Leadership Offices by**: providing information regarding Student Leadership programs and events and promoting program offerings; maintaining websites for all Student Leadership areas and updating information as required; developing and maintaining promotional materials, both electronic and print, etc.;
Collecting data and identifying trends related to volunteering and mentoring activities on campus; making recommendations for improvement and identifying areas for development based on trends;
Performing other related duties, as assigned.

About You

Your solid understanding of theories of instructional design and delivery coupled with your exceptional presentation skills, will allow you to deliver expert level presentations and training to large groups using a variety of methods, including virtually.

You enjoy project management, balancing many different tasks, staying organized and planning and have an ability to integrate multiple streams of information and prioritize to meet a demanding workload.

You identify as a community builder with an aptitude to make connections, enabling you to effectively guide, advise and support a diverse population of post-secondary students. You have a keen passion for leadership development.

You have a highly collaborative spirit and thrive on supporting your team and taking initiative to establish and achieve collective goals.

Your respect for equity, diversity and inclusion, as it relates to the student academic experience, informs your way of knowing, practicing and supporting the Sheridan community.

You exercise sound judgement and your sharp problem solving and conflict resolution skills, along with your ability to invite new ways of thinking, allow you to solve challenges in a creative way to help advance organizational goals.

4-year degree in Business, Education, Social Science (or a related field) along with a minimum of 3 years of experience working with leadership, engagement and student mentoring programs (or an equivalent combination of experience and education);
Experience recruiting, training, guiding and mentoring large student groups;
Experience organizing, coordinating and developing grassroots programs in a post-secondary environment;
Extensive knowledge of Student Development Theory, Involvement Theory and Leadership theory.

**Who We Are**:
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Other Details

**Department**: Student Affairs

**Campus Location**: Trafalgar (May be assigned activities at any She