Opening Date For Accepting Applications: Monday, April 22, 2024
Resume Review: Monday, May 6, 2024
Position Start Date: as soon as suitable candidate is available
Salary: $68,485.13 - $80,446.37
Contact: Human Resources
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 250-378-3308
Address: NVIT
4155 Belshaw St.
Merritt, BC, V1K 1R1
NVIT is BC's Indigenous Public Post-Secondary Institute. As a leader in Indigenous post-secondary education and a fully accredited member of BC's post-secondary education system,we provide a comprehensive range of programs up to the degree level at our campuses in Merritt and Burnaby. NVIT also delivers programs online and in Indigenous communitiesthroughout British Columbia. Join a growing and innovative institution committed to making a difference in Indigenous education and communities. With an institutional mission to empower learners by strengthening voice and identity through education, NVIT employees honour an atmosphere embedded in Indigenous culture and traditions while cultivating an environmentfounded on learner centred principles that promote student recruitment, engagement and achievement.
Job Description:
NVIT anticipates a requirement for a full-time, ongoing Success Planner based at the Burnaby campus and invites applications from qualified individuals.
Job Summary:
The Success Centre Planner must be able to work independently and will report directly to the Success Centre Manager (Merritt) while also working closely with other Success Centre staff and Elders on both campuses. As a member of the Enrolment Services team, this position will engage students and support learner advancement by utilizing relevant academic tools and supports in various subjects. The Success Centre Planner will work collaboratively to ensure that faculty, staff, and prospective and current learners receive consistent, timely, and accurate information related to accommodation and accessibility services and processes. The Success Centre Planner will work closely with the Learning Commons team to ensure learners access internal and external services that aid and support learners at any NVIT campus. As a member of the Enrolment Services team, the Success Centre Planner is connected to the whole learner cycle from prospect to graduate.
Practicing from a 'learner centered' approach, the Success Planner focuses on:
- Building and maintaining relationships with students
- Providing services and supports that honour and reflect an Indigenous experience
- Support learner’s overall health and wellness
- Academic tutoring/coaching and skill development
- Technological skill development
- Overseeing the Success Centre breakfast program
- Building and maintaining relationships with Elders, Faculty and Staff
- Creating and delivering workshops both in person and virtually
- Resources and opportunities for learners and their goals
- Co-lead relevant workshops and events
- Accommodation Planning, implementation, and ongoing support
This position requires extensive use of NVIT's technological systems, including Microsoft Office, Teams, Moodle, word processing, spreadsheets, email, web applications and the learner information system Colleague and SharePoint.
Requirements/Qualifications:
- Minimum of a Bachelor's degree with relevant experience for working with people with diverse abilities.
- Practices from a culturally safe and appropriate, trauma-informed lens.
- Knowledge of and appreciation for Indigenous languages and cultures, preferably Indigenous lived experiences.
- Promotes diversity, equity and inclusion.
- Comprehensive understanding of the learner cycle and its connection to the breadth of functions carried out by the Enrolment Services division.
- Demonstrated experience of inclusive learning and training facilitation with diverse learner groups.
- Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to consistent, high-quality, learner-centered service.
- Proven critical thinking, time management, problem-solving and organizational skills.
- Advanced competencies in oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to have a flexible work schedule, work independently and under pressure.
- Demonstrates excellent ethics, integrity, and interpersonal skills.
- Knowledge of Federal and Provincial legislation related to accommodation and accessibility policies, procedures, systems, and trends with accommodation services at a Provincial and National level.
As an Indigenous centre for excellence, NVIT inspires learners to strengthen community.
NVIT gives high priority to Aboriginal candidates. All applicants should be experienced inworking with Aboriginal people.
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