Experiential Learning Manager

About this

Opportunity

The University of Victoria is one of Victoria's largest employers and one of Canada’s best diversity employers. Together we are more than 5,000 dedicated faculty, librarians and staff supporting the University of Victoria’s diverse academic programs, world-class research and commitment to civic engagement.

About Our Team

The Experiential Learning Team (ELT) at Gustavson helps students build the skills, mindsets, and confidence needed to navigate and contribute to an increasingly complex world. Using a coach-approach, we design and facilitate activities and experiential programs that foster socially responsible leadership.

Our work is deeply connected to the community, including businesses, not-for-profit and social impact partners who help create meaningful learning opportunities. We value coaching, curiosity, community engagement, and communicating with kindness, and we’re looking for individuals who build trusted relationships, and bring a spirit of collaboration and growth.

Why Work With Our Team

We believe in people - their creativity, intentions, and capacity to grow. Our team is supportive, collaborative, and grounded in care for students and each other.

We offer :

• A trust-based, collaborative culture
• Flexibility, including hybrid work options
• A coaching-rich environment, including our Growing Gustos peer coaching program

If you’re energized by experiential learning, student and community engagement, we’d love to hear from you!

The salary range for this position is :

Job Summary

Mandate :

Reporting to the Experiential Learning Associate Director, the Manager of Experiential Learning will lead the design and delivery of experiential learning priorities across undergraduate and graduate programs. The role focuses on developing, implementing and evaluating curriculum-based experiential learning initiatives to enhance students’ personal and professional growth and development of leadership skills. These initiatives include and are not limited to the delivery of academic content, workshops, simulations and Community-Engaged learning activities (such as our Community Volunteer Income Tax program) etc. Other major responsibilities include supervising staff within the unit, contributing to services to support conditions for student success, being a holistic resource for students and providing key support to the Associate Director of EL.

Objectives :

Flexibility to work on weekends and evenings as required to match academic program delivery and scheduled and emergent needs of student and community partners (e.g. not-for-profit organizations). Must be adaptable to program and priority changes.

Job Requirements

This position requires a level of education, training, and experience equivalent to an undergraduate degree in Administration, Education, leadership or other appropriate discipline plus minimum 5 years of relevant experience in :

An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Knowledge requirements include :

Assets or Preferences :

Territory Acknowledgement : We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Xʷsepsəm / Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the university stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and WSÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

Equity Statement : UVic is committed to upholding the values of equity, diversity, inclusion and human rights in our living, learning and work environments. In pursuit of our values, we seek members who are eager to actively participate in that shared responsibility. We actively encourage applications from members of historically and systemically marginalized groups.

Accessibility Statement : If you anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application and hiring process contact : uviccareers@uvic.ca Any personal information provided will be maintained in confidence.

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