Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Administrator

Job title: Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Administrator

Job description: Date Posted: 10/10/2023

Req ID: 34351

Faculty/Division: VP & Provost

Department: Centre for International Experience

Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Position Number: 00055308

Description:

About us:

The University is a global leader in research and teaching. We provide diverse and extensive areas of study organized around intimate learning communities. That is what creates an exceptional learning environment for our students. The University is committed to providing an enriching student experience to all its students.

Student Life strives to provide all students to actively participate in learning; effectively manage their experience and wellbeing, find connections, community, and friendship; encounter new ways of thinking, learning, and being in the world; and experience leadership, independence, and success.

The Centre for International Experience (CIE), within the Division of Student Life and the Office of Vice President International, provides students opportunities so they can expand their learning into the global arena. CIE enables students to expand their world to gain a global advantage. We work with students, academic units, local and global community to create sustainable and diverse learning abroad experiences that incorporate study, research and professional opportunities. We work in partnership with faculties and services to enable students new to Canada to maximize their time at U of T to meet their goals and aspirations on graduation. Finally, we work to build global learning opportunities on campus curricular, co-curricular and experiential.

Your opportunity:

Reporting tothe Program Manager, Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program, the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Administrator is responsible for assisting with frontline and administrative tasks for the MFC Scholars Program, as well as coordinating communicationand event needs. The communications responsibilities include maintaining and updating social media platforms, as well as writing, gathering and editing content for the MFC Program newsletter and other publications.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Responding to enquiries within the defined scope of the role and redirecting as appropriate
• Resolving issues within the scope of the role and escalating problems as required
• Coordinating tasks for projects and other strategic initiatives with stakeholders
• Creating and updating records
• Maintaining information on digital platforms
• Coordinating the preparation and distribution of promotional/outreach materials
• Determining logistical details and activities for events and/or programming
• Providing detailed information to students on program logistics

Essential Qualifications:

• Advanced College Diploma (3 years) or an acceptable equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum five (5) years of recent and related administrative experience, preferably in a post-secondary or research-intensive institution.
• Experience providing senior level administrative support including administering a busy and complex calendar; preparing and monitoring schedules and keeping participants up to date with upcoming projects, events and deadlines.
• Experience drafting, editing and preparing a variety of written documentation and communications, including the ability to concisely summarize information and prepare original correspondence.
• Experience with event logistics, including the use of scheduling software and online platforms to assist in the logistics of organizing meetings and events.
• Demonstrated experience in taking initiative to conceptualize and organize event activities.
• Demonstrated advanced skills in MS Office (e.g. Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneDrive) and Sharepoint.
• Advanced skills with online video/audio conferencing applications (e.g. Zoom, Microsoft Teams).
• Effective and professional interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to adapt to new and changing priorities.
• Demonstrated strong client service orientation and experience fostering equity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
• Demonstrated experience and understanding of social and multimedia platforms, channels, trends, and capabilities.

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Articulate
• Communicator
• Efficient
• Multi-tasker
• Organized
• Team player

Closing Date: 10/19/2023, 11:59PM ET

Employee Group: USW

Appointment Type: Grant – Term. This is a 10-month Term role (December 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024).

Schedule: Full-Time

Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:

USW Pay Band 10 — $69,455 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $88,819. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.

Job Category: Student Services

Recruiter: Anita Chooraman

Lived Experience Statement

Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Diversity Statement

The University of Toronto embraces Diversity and is building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized persons, women, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities. We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise are essential to strengthening our academic mission.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see .

Accessibility Statement

The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.

The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.

If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact .

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