Indigenous Student Centre Coordinator Casual

**Competition Number**
- P16008**Posting Title**
- Indigenous Student Centre Coordinator Casual**Classification**
- Instructor**Location**
- Saskatchewan Polytechnic Prince Albert Campus**Other Location(s)**
- Saskatchewan Polytechnic Prince Albert Campus**Building**
- Prince Albert Campus, Technical Building**Other Building**
- Prince Albert Campus, Academic Building**Date Posted**
- 10/28/2024**Closing Date**
- 11/06/2024**JIQ #**

**Start Date**
- 10/16/2024**End Date**
- 12/20/2024**Open Until Filled**
- No**Ongoing**
- No**Category of work**
- Casual**Bargaining Unit**
- Faculty Association**Hours of Work**
- 1442.75 hours**Salary Range**
- As per instructional grid**Temporary Market Stipend**

**Incumbent**

**Total Assigned days (AC) / Total Hours per biweekly pay**
- as assigned**Posting Status**
- Open- Saskatchewan Polytechnic considers the diversity of our workforce to be one our leading strengths and greatest assets. Our employee diversity enhances our ability to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student population. Currently, approximately 20% of our students are Indigenous. A continued emphasis on the development of a representative workforce is one of Sask Polytech’s strategic priorities and, as an organization, we are making significant efforts to attract and retain Indigenous employees.

**This position has been designated for Indigenous person under the Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s employment equity program.**

**Job Duties/Qualifications, Skills and Abilities(QSA)**:

- Job Duties**Job Duties**
- Provides leadership for Indigenous Student Centre based on an outreach model that supports innovative practices to increase student engagement and success.
- Supervises Centre staff, including facilitating Elder support services. Implements and maintains a teamwork and collaborative approach to providing services for Indigenous students.
- Promotes the Indigenous Student Centre as a positive learning, social and cultural environment directed at the retention and well-being of Indigenous students.
- Plans, develops and delivers outcomes based cultural curriculum and instruction in response to individual and group needs.
- Plans, develops and delivers outcome based curriculum and instruction for learning activities that are relevant to the needs of Indigenous students.
- Liaises with the community and Indigenous agencies/services to facilitate access to community resources for the well-being of our students.
- Proactively develops and maintains collaborative relationships with resident faculty, staff, and campus associations, with SaskPolytech colleagues on other campus, and with external agencies to optimize student success.
- Communicates consistently and effectively with said stakeholders.
- Engages in the wider Saskatchewan Polytechnic community on committees and projects; helps to raise awareness of, and actively promotes, the Indigenous Student Centre, Indigenization, and the Indigenous Student Success Strategy Plan.
- Works closely with other Indigenous services, such as Indigenous counsellors and the Indigenous advisors, to facilitate the support and success of Indigenous students.
- Proactively reaches out to faculty and staff to advise on Indigenous culture and learning.
- Maintains program statistics and documentation: takes the lead in ongoing program development, evaluation and reporting
- Ensures the assessment of activities and services of the Centre to support a continuous improvement model.
- Submits monthly reports and a year-end summary report to program head and director.
- QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND EXPERIENCE**Specific Accountabilities**

**Duties**

**Required Qualifications, Skills and Abilities (QSA)**
- 1.Bachelor of education or closely related field, or equivalent combination of a relevant post-secondary education and experience.
2.A minimum of two years recent and relevant work experience in developing and/or delivering learning and support activities for Indigenous people.
3.Supervisory training or experience.
4.Effective interpersonal and communication skills both verbal and written.
5.Effective project management, organization and planning skills.
6.Demonstrated ability to work independently and/or in a group setting.
7.Demonstrated ability to lead a diverse group of people.
8.Demonstrated ability to research funding sources, develop partnerships and write proposals.
9.Training and/or experience in the use of common software packages
10.Demonstrates valuing diversity.**Desired QSA