Date Posted: 04/14/2025

Req ID:42509

Faculty/Division: Vice-Provost, Students

Department: Sexual Violence Prevention & Support Centre

Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description:

Position Summary:

The Sexual Violence Prevention and Support Centre (Centre) is a tri-campus service, with a location and full-time staff working on each of the University of Toronto’s three campuses. The Centre is working to create a campus environment where all members of our community can study, work, and live free from sexual violence. The Centre supports all members of the University of Toronto community (students, staff, faculty, and librarians) who have been affected by sexual violence and works to promote, respect, and uphold a culture of consent, care, and accountability across the University’s three campuses.

The Centre is a first point of contact for members of the University community who have experienced sexual violence to receive support, information, and accommodations. The Centre is deeply invested in education, which is crucial for long lasting change. An integral mandate of the Centre is to make available programs and resources to educate its community on the prevention of and response to sexual violence.

The Centre’s curriculum is derived from theory, supported by evidence, and informed by the knowledge and experiences of various stakeholders across the University, including Indigenous ways of knowing. As Curriculum Development and Training Coordinator, the incumbent will support the development of the University’s sexual violence prevention education curriculum (synchronous and asynchronous) by conducting research in order to determine what materials, resources and innovations should be added, revised, or adapted to meet new learning models and identifying existing evidence-based and/or best practice curricula and materials in the areas of the sexual violence prevention education. In addition to education research, development, and delivery, the incumbent will conduct needs and learning assessments and develop and implement a robust evaluation framework for Centre’s education portfolio. The incumbent will also manage major education and programming projects that align with the Centre’s goal of building a culture of consent at the University of Toronto.

Additionally, the incumbent will facilitate training & workshops across the University for students, staff, faculty and Librarians and lead the coordination of the Centre’s trainings & workshops to ensure all curricula, associated training materials, and actual trainings (synchronous and asynchronous) are developed and delivered in multi-modality, accessible formats focused on identified target audiences.

The incumbent will be required to commute within tri-campus worksites and the greater community to provide support, administer training and programming and transport materials and supplies.

Qualifications Required:

Education:

• Master's degree required, PhD Preferred.
• Relevant disciplines include education, anthropology, sociology, women and gender studies, sexual diversity studies, social justice, social work or related field of study; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Experience:

• Four years’ relevant experience preferably with a combination of curriculum design & delivery, public education, and project management.
• Experience working on a team and taking a collaborative approach to problem solving.
• Extensive experience researching, developing, and evaluating evidence-based approaches to sexual violence prevention and education.
• Extensive knowledge of curriculum design, adult learning principles, group facilitation, systems thinking, project management, assessment and evaluation techniques, universal design, trauma-informed practice, and community resources related to sexual and gender-based violence.
• Experience teaching adult learners required.
• Experience working, teaching, and/or facilitating within a post-secondary environment supporting students, faculty and staff is an asset.
• Knowledge of respondent education protocols and experience working with respondents an asset.
• Knowledge of trauma-informed and survivor-centred education and support service provision is an asset.
• Demonstrated understanding of the impact of sexual violence on diverse populations when providing trauma-informed education and support.
• Experience serving a diverse population; understanding the needs of equity deserving communities, including Black, Indigenous and racialized women, LGBTQ2S+ people, people with disabilities and international students.

Skills:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Proven public speaking, presentation, facilitation and classroom management skills for both large and small groups.
• Demonstrated ability to research, write and create new training materials (including electronic learning methods), a demonstrated ability to work with individuals who have experienced sexual and/or gender-based violence.
• Skill with standard office computer and web-based applications (ex. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word Press and various Social Media platforms).
• Excellent computer skills necessary to set up document formats in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Outlook and any other software programs required by this position.
• Experience organizing and using online meeting and teaching platforms, including Microsoft Teams and Zoom.
• Experience using online education development software, such as Articulate Rise 360, is an asset.

Other:

• Excellent interpersonal, consultation, collaboration and organizational skills;
• Ability to exercise patience, tact, diplomacy and discretion.
• Ability to interact in a friendly, cooperative, and appropriate manner with administration, faculty, staff, students and external stakeholders.
• Good judgment and sensitivity, flexibility, creativity, patience, resiliency, tenacity and resourcefulness.
• Ability to communicate effectively with staff and senior academic administrators about issues facing students, staff or faculty in crisis and make recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to relate to students, staff, and faculty in ways that build confidence and trust.
• Able to work in a highly diverse community with student, staff and faculty from different social locations, identities and a variety of age groups, presenting with a range of difficulties and personal issues.
• Along with an abundance of common sense and good judgment; innovative and enthusiastic while modelling a positive attitude.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to set project timelines and prioritize effectively within a team environment.
• Ability to organize workflow, take appropriate initiative, and balance multiple projects.
• Excellent ability to organize and prioritize workload in order to meet necessary deadlines.
• Able to work in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment.
• Ability to handle detail-oriented assignments and be flexible with job assignments.
• Creative problem-solving and ability to see issues from multiple perspectives.

NOTE:

• Occasional evening and weekend work and travel to another campus is required.
• This is a 1-year term position, approximately from June 1, 2025, to May 31, 2026, with possibilities of extension.

Closing Date: 05/02/2025, 11:59PM ET

Employee Group: Salaried

Appointment Type: Budget - Term; This is a 1-year term position with possibilities of extension.

Schedule: Full-Time

Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone: PM 2 -- Hiring Zone: $82,083 - $95,762 -- Broadband Salary Range: $82,083 - $136,802

Job Category: Student Services

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

Diversity Statement

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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.

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