Job Description
Schedule
M-F, 8:30am-4:30pm, 35 hours per week.
5-year contract.
Education Level Bachelor’s Degree in a related field of study.
Career Level Requires 3 years of relevant experience.
Job Description
Unit/Project Description:
The Black Student Success centre supports and champions the holistic (academic, personal and professional) success and overall wellbeing of Black/African descent students and fosters a positive Black student and student-athlete experience. Through the centre Black students are connected to programs, people and resources to help nurture their academic and personal growth. The department is made of a dynamic team of Black student affairs professionals who work with campus and community partners to support student success. The new role will be a key member of the Black Student Success Centre team.
Candidates must be Black and are invited to share information in their cover letter about their Black/African ancestry and relevant experience working with Black communities.
Job Summary:
The role is focused on increasing the number of Black students enrolling at McMaster through a number of pre-enrollment outreach activities and initiatives. The role also supports the transition of incoming students to university by ensuring they are connected at the outset to relevant programs and services to ensure their success and wellbeing. The role coordinates recruitment focused programs, initiatives and delivers information to students at events and through digital media platforms as a means to promote the various faculties and specific programs. Develops strategies that serve to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the University’s strategic recruitment and admissions initiatives.
Purpose and Key Functions:
- Develop creative methods for raising the profile of the University's graduate and undergraduate programs in equity deserving communities.
- Research and conduct analysis of best practices domestically and internationally targeted at equity deserving groups students.
- Advise on strategies to make the Unversity more attractive to potential equity deserving groups students.
- Develop and deliver presentations to potential applicants, families and guidance counsellors.
- Visit Black student communities across the province, and occasionally other provinces, to recruit students.
- Provide program information to graduate and undergraduate applicants.
- Network and remain current on national and international practices, issues, policies, application procedures, etc.
- Conduct surveys of newly admitted students and analyze data to evaluate the effectiveness of various activities and processes associated with the transition to campus.
- Develop a marketing plan including, brochures, pamphlets, posters, and event flyers that provide information on available Faculty programs, scholarships and awards and student services.
- Develop, and support the implementation of long-term and short-term targeted recruitment and admission strategies for Black students.
- Plan and coordinate an orientation program for students and transition to campus activities.
- Coordinate the completion and submission of student applications for a variety of internal and external scholarship opportunities.
- Provide information to students regarding items such as registration, course selection, timetables, orientation, housing, and available community services.
- Monitor Black student admissions data and liaise internally with faculty advisors, and admissions officers.
- Provide administrative support to scholarships and awards committees.
- Write a variety of documents such as correspondence and reports.
- Update and maintain information on websites and social networks.
- Handle sensitive material in accordance with established policies.
- Assemble, copy, collate, and disseminate a variety of documents and materials.
- Develop and deliver presentations to potential applicants, families, and guidance counsellors about McMaster entrance requirements and admissions processes.
- Meet with and respond to inquiries from prospective students.
- Provide personalized support throughout the application cycle.
- Travel to visit high schools and complete student outreach and engagement activities.
- Coordinate tutoring of high school students by undergraduate students.
- Identify and coordinate opportunities for high school students to access mentoring from campus and community partners.
- Coordinate a leadership development program targeting highschool students.
- Coordinate information sessions for highschool students on entrance scholarships and awards and support students with program and scholarship applications.
- Develop and implement a comprehensive campus visit program for prospective Black students.
- Plan and deliver an annual weeklong residential experience on campus for incoming Black students.
- Attend and represent the deaprtment at recruitment events.
- Ensure student staff and volunteers are well trained to support recruitment initiatives.
- Track and monitor student engagement and outcomes for reporting purposes.
- Remain current with frequent changes in all academic areas, programs, admission policies and procedures, electronic media and social networking.
Supervision:
- Ongoing responsibility for supervising of 1-9 casual staff (at any one time).
- Occasionally provides orientation and shows procedures to others.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field of study.
- Requires 3 years of relevant experience.
Assets:
- Passionate about the health and success of young Black adults and committed to contributing to a positive student experience
- Knowledge of, and sensitivity to, the intersectional life experiences and needs of Black identified undergraduate, graduate and international students
- Experience working collaboratively with Black communities
- Ability to collaborate and liaise with, Black student, staff, faculty as well as campus and community partners
- Experience coordinating events drawing on Black/African diasporic cultures
How To Apply
To apply for this job, please submit your application online.
Employment Equity Statement
McMaster University is located on the traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee and Mississauga Nations and within the lands protected by the “Dish With One Spoon” wampum agreement.
The diversity of our workforce is at the core of our innovation and creativity and strengthens our research and teaching excellence. In keeping with its Statement on Building an Inclusive Community with a Shared Purpose, McMaster University strives to embody the values of respect, collaboration and diversity, and has a strong commitment to employment equity.
The University seeks qualified candidates who share our commitment to equity and inclusion, who will contribute to the diversification of ideas and perspectives, and especially welcomes applications from indigenous (First Nations, Métis or Inuit) peoples, members of racialized communities, persons with disabilities, women, and persons who identify as 2SLGBTQ+.
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- Faculty of Health Sciences HR Office at ext. 22207, or
- School of Graduate Studies at ext. 23679
to communicate accommodation needs.
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