Equity Advisor

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Administration, Level C

Job Title

Equity Advisor

Department

EDI Leadership | Dean's Office | Faculty of Medicine

Compensation Range

$7,622.83 - $11,886.67 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date

October 22, 2024

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

Oct 31, 2025

This position is expected to be filled by promotion/reassignment and is included here to inform you of its vacancy at the University.

Job Summary

A just, respectful, inclusive and equitable learning and work environment that is free from all forms of discrimination is foundational to meeting the goals of the Faculty of Medicine’s Strategic Plan.)

The Equity Advisor reports to the Vice Dean Academic Affairs and will work collaboratively with the REDI team and partnering units to develop, promote and support a culture of respect, inclusion, anti-racism and decolonization through educational and capacity-building initiatives across the Faculty. The Equity Advisor will participate in the development and delivery of the REDI education programming and will provide advice on projects, initiatives and practices that will help to embed an intersectional, anti-oppressive, anti-racist and decolonial approach to the work that is done in academic and administrative units across the Faculty.

In addition to the Faculty of Medicine’s Strategic Plan, the advisor will engage with and support the implementation of university-wide initiatives related to equity and inclusion, such as the Indigenous Strategic Plan and the Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence Taskforce recommendations, to units within the FoM.

Organizational Status
The University of British Columbia is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the top 20 public universities in the world. Since 1915, UBC’s entrepreneurial spirit has embraced innovation and challenged the status quo. UBC encourages its students, staff and faculty to challenge convention, lead discovery and explore new ways of learning. At UBC, bold thinking is given a place to develop into ideas that can change the world.

Our Vision: To Transform Health for Everyone

Ranked among the world’s top medical schools with the fifth-largest MD enrollment in North America, the UBC Faculty of Medicine is a leader in both the science and the practice of medicine. Across British Columbia, more than 12,000 faculty and staff are training the next generation of doctors and health care professionals, making remarkable discoveries, and helping to create the pathways to better health for our communities at home and around the world.

The Faculty—comprised of approximately 2,200 administrative support, technical/research and management and professional staff, as well approximately 650 full-time academic and over 10,000 clinical faculty members—is composed of 19 academic basic science and/or clinical departments, 3 schools, and 25 research centres and institutes. Together with its University and Health Authority partners, the Faculty delivers innovative programs and conducts research in the areas of health and life sciences. Faculty, staff and trainees are located at university campuses, clinical academic campuses in hospital settings and other regionally based centres across the province.

The UBC Vancouver Campus is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people. The City of Vancouver is located on Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations territory.

Work Performed
- Works collaboratively as a member of a team of professionals to promote culture change across the Faculty by identifying trends, patterns and development needs related to anti-oppression, anti-racism, Indigenous specific racism, ableism and all forms of discrimination to promote respectful and inclusive learning and work environments and systems change.
- Collaborates with the Associate Director and other REDI team members to determine training and skill-building requirements to empower members of the Faculty community to support transformation of our culture and to contribute to the creation of respectful and inclusive environments that promote equity in the Faculty.
- Maintains records related to delivery of education/training service and unit consultation to facilitate the preparation of statistical summary reports and the development of metrics and evaluation process to measure progress.
- Participates in a wide range of projects to