Mohawk College Looking for Experiential Learning Coordinator (Temporary Part Time: October 2023 – March 2024) at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Full Time

Hours: Up to 24 hours/week

Home Campus: Fennell

Rate of Pay: $26.06

Posting Date: October 4th, 2023

Closing Date: October 11th, 2023 at 7:00 pm EST

We support and encourage the contributions of our diverse employees. We are committed to nurturing an equitable, diverse and inclusive (EDI) environment for everyone who learns and works at Mohawk College. We believe the rich diversity among our students and the communities we serve should be reflected within our workforce. As educators we believe it is important to act and show leadership in advancing the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion in our community.

Mohawk College is currently recruiting for our next

Experiential Learning Coordinator

Reporting to the Director, Co-operative Education and Experiential Learning, the Experiential Learning (EL) Coordinator develops processes and systems to support institutional metrics and reporting measures related to experiential learning (i.e., Ministry of Colleges and Universities’ Strategic Mandate Agreement, Performance Based Funding metrics).

Through the collection, maintenance, and verification of experiential learning activities at Mohawk, the incumbent will identify gaps and promote the growth of experiential learning. Utilizing multiple campus systems, (i.e., COMMS, Banner, CareerReady) the role will support the migration of data into a single data source.

In collaboration with the Centre for Teaching and Learning Innovation, the Centre for Experiential Learning, the Academic Data Office, the Institutional Research and Reporting Office, and academic areas, the EL Coordinator monitors the consistency of EL application across the academic and corporate services units, in order to support data integrity.

This position requires sound judgement, exceptional attention to detail, adaptability, problem solving, and an ability to work in a complex environment under challenging time constraints and conditions.

Responsibilities

The duties of this position include, but are not limited to:

Data Reporting

• Collect, maintain, and build a campus-wide experiential learning inventory
• Identify required data points to meet the requirements for institutional, ministry, or other reports
• Conduct frequent data integrity reviews to create efficiency and clean data

Systems Support & Process Improvement

• Provide experiential learning data updates and recommendations regarding potential issues.
• Implement approved mitigation strategies, as required.
• Review current experiential learning data tracking systems and suggest methods to streamline data collection and storage.
• Reconcile discrepancies in experiential learning data from other sources against the campus-wide experiential learning inventory (i.e., EL webpages)

Internal Collaboration

• Collaborate with the Centre for Teaching and Learning Innovation, the Centre for Experiential Learning, the Academic Data Office, the Institutional Research and Reporting Office, and academic areas; monitor the consistency of EL application across the academic and corporate services units, in order to support data integrity
• Identify gaps and promote the growth and development of experiential learning activities in new and existing programs of study
• Lead meetings with internal stakeholders to provide updates and changes to experiential learning tracking and reporting methods
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to collect/collate data related to measuring and reporting experiential learning activity at College
• Support Mohawk staff and faculty with terminology alignment for internal consistency and compliance with Ministry and other external definitions and requirements (i.e., workshops and PD offerings).

Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will have:

• A four-year degree in Business, Education, Computer Science or a related field of studies.
• 3 years of experience in a similar role.
• Experience with databases, data processing/tracking, accountability systems, and reporting tools.
• Able to prioritize and execute tasks under tight deadlines.
• Experience working in a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
• Knowledge of experiential learning activities within post-secondary education.
• Experience with data collection, interpreting data, and data reporting.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• E x cel l en t ana l y t ic a l, concep t ua l, an d p r ob le m – so l v ing ab i l i t ie s.
• Strong inte r pe r sona l sk i l ls.
• Excellent organizational, monitoring, and assessment skills.
• Demonstrated project leadership skills with an ability to develop and track projects, facilitate team progress, implement initiatives to support objectives, and the ability to write reports/documents.
• Demonstrated commitment and understanding of human rights, equity, diversity and inclusion with the ability to communicate and work effectively with diverse groups of students, employees and the community.

Mohawk College prioritizes recruiting and retaining diverse employees. With this in mind, the College is committed to fostering inclusive and barrier-free recruitment and selection processes.

Should you require accommodation through any stage of the recruitment process, please contact the Human Resources Department at (905) 575 – 2047.

Mohawk College is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons, women, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

For more information concerning the Mohawk College strategic plan, please see: strategicplan.mohawkcollege.ca/