Unit Description
This position of Educational Developer, Community Engaged Teaching and Learning will be shared between the Office of Community Engagement and the MacPherson Institute.

The incumbent in this position will be responsible for building institutional capacity for community-engaged teaching and learning, while also building and supporting community-campus partnerships in teaching and learning. While this position is focused on community-engaged education, the incumbent will also contribute to university-wide discussions and committees shaping the evolving university approach to experiential education more broadly.

The mission of the Office of Community Engagement (OCE) is to support and expand principled, respectful, and reciprocal relationships between McMaster researchers, instructors, students and staff, and the communities which surround us. The OCE builds institutional capacity in community engaged teaching and research, and strives to develop new campus-community partnerships. In this work, the OCE upholds a set of core principles in community-campus partnerships: relationships build community, equity, reciprocity, continuity, openness to learning, and commitment to act. The OCE administers the Interdisciplinary Minor in Community Engagement and supports community-engaged instructors as they build community relationships and develop skills in community-engaged teaching and learning. The OCE promotes opportunities for students to engage with community through curricular and co-curricular programmes. The OCE participates in regional, national, and international conversations around community-engaged teaching and research.

The mission of the MacPherson Institute is to collaborate to explore, enhance, support, and recognize teaching and learning experiences at McMaster. Specifically, the Institute partners with, supports, and connects diverse groups of educators by: 1) creating and delivering professional development that engages educators throughout their careers in teaching and learning in order to enhance the student learning experience; 2) facilitating curriculum development and revision that fosters continuous enhancement and engagement in learning; 3) supporting, conducting and recognizing teaching and learning scholarship that has the capacity to develop, inform, and enhance educational initiatives and student learning; and 4) encouraging and elevating the pedagogical use of educational technologies and creative solutions to enhance teaching and learning.

The Office of Community Engagement and the MacPherson Institute are committed to core values of collaboration, respecting and valuing diverse perspectives and approaches, trust and transparency, scholarly and creative exploration, principled and sustained relationships, and a commitment to equity.

McMaster University, the MacPherson Institute and the Office of Community Engagement are committed to building an inclusive community dedicated to teaching and learning within a diverse environment. The MacPherson Institute and the Office of Community Engagement seek to attract and welcomes applications from qualified candidates with skills and abilities that will contribute to the values of equity, diversity and inclusion.

Job Summary
Responsible for supporting teaching & learning programs. Responsible for designing, developing, supporting and delivering campus-wide educational development activities in community-engaged teaching and learning. Promotes a scholarly and principled approach to enhance teaching and learning initiatives within the University for staff, students, and faculty.

Purpose and Key Functions

• Identify, build, cultivate and maintain relationships with campus partners and with various stakeholders across the University and the greater community.
• Work with and advise faculty regarding the development, coordination and enhancement of academic course and program design and development projects that meet the academic learning goals.
• Stay current with institutional and provincial policies, frameworks, and standards related to university teaching, curriculum, and quality assurance.
• Provide program and policy information to others and advise on matters related to implementation, process, timelines and deadlines.
• Work with department chairs, associate chairs, and faculty to identify teaching support needs and gain cooperation to develop and implement action plans on teaching related matters.
• Develop curriculum and establish guidelines or plans for consultations, workshops, training sessions, retreats, institutes, courses, and other elements within the teaching and learning program areas.
• Facilitate and instruct faculty, staff, and students, through consultations, workshops, training sessions, courses, retreats, institutes, and teaching and learning programs on effective teaching strategies, academic course and program design, research, and other teaching related matters.
• Develop, deliver, and evaluate training programs designed to assist faculty, staff, and students in developing teaching skills and designing (or redesigning) academic courses and programs.
• Provide advice and recommendations to faculty, staff, and students regarding best practices in teaching and learning, teaching dossiers, modes of delivery, academic course and program design, accessibility, learning technologies, learning portfolios, and other teaching practices and innovations.
• Conduct in-depth interviews and focus groups with faculty, staff, or students to collect, gather, and summarize findings used to assist in identifying areas in academic courses and programs that require modifications.
• Facilitate curriculum mapping for new program development and for existing academic programs
• Organize and facilitate retreats and meetings for other units, departments or schools.
• Review existing academic course and program designs, provide faculty with evidence-based recommendations for enhancement.
• Develop relevant and quality resource information for the website and social networks.
• Write and deliver instructional and training materials, as well as other pertinent information for students, faculty and community partners for presentation in print and on-line formats.
• Develop a variety of documents including, but not limited to, guidebooks and rubrics.
• Engage and advise faculty, staff, and students in research involving teaching and learning models.
• Complete research ethics board applications and other related proposals for review by senior staff.
• Conduct primary and secondary research for new program and project concepts to determine potential fit, and viability.
• Research best practices in service delivery and resources available by conducting regular scans of literature, attending conferences, and reviewing other institutional websites.
• Contribute to educational research projects using qualitative and quantitative methodologies.
• Author educational and research-based abstracts, proposals, journal articles, chapters.
• Review, edit, and revise peer-reviewed journal articles and papers.
• Present research and teaching ideas at local, provincial, and national conferences.
• Plan and coordinate a variety of events and activities.
• Schedule staff and volunteers during conferences and events, and specify tasks and objectives.
• Propose, implement, and maintain a teaching event budget and schedule for review and approval.
• Make recommendations on issues related to the overall operation of events and programs.
• Using databases and project management software, record, update, verify and report activities, service provisions, program participation, impact measures, and accomplishments for the purpose of quality assurance and research.
• Obtain further training or certification, as necessary to stay current in the teaching & learning field.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Education or related field
• Requires 3 years of relevant experience.

Assets

• Expertise within the broader field of experiential teaching and learning, as complement to more specific expertise in community-engaged teaching and learning.
• Deep familiarity with the City of Hamilton, including community organizations and/or educational institutions.

Additional Information
The purposes and key functions listed above represent an exhaustive list of potential duties and responsibilities within the job category of Educational Developer at McMaster. Applicants for this job should speak to connections between their qualifications and experience across multiple elements of this list, but are not expected to demonstrate experience in all areas. Candidates applying for this job should note our particular focus on:

• Experience in community engaged teaching and/or partnership support and development
• Project management experience with a clear history of delivering on projects and deadlines
• Track record of creatively facilitating the development of programs informed by multiple stakeholders
• Track record of facilitating the development and implementation of academic courses and/or programs, including working with instructors on course and programme design and evaluation
• Experience of planning, delivering and evaluation of educational workshops or programming to a variety of audiences
• Currency with best practises in community engaged education
• Strong writing and communication skills, especially as related to developing relevant resource material for multiple audiences and in a variety of formats.
• Extensive knowledge of how to navigate an academic institution
• A demonstrated awareness of, and commitment to, equity and inclusion
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• A collaborative approach to capacity building

To apply for this job, please submit your application online.

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+.

As part of McMaster’s commitment, all applicants are invited to complete a confidential Applicant Diversity Survey through the online application submission process. The Survey questionnaire requests voluntary self-identification in relation to equity-seeking groups that have historically faced and continue to face barriers in employment. Please refer to the Applicant Diversity Survey - Statement of Collection for additional information.

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• Human Resources Service Centre at 905-525-9140 ext. 222-HR (22247), or
• Faculty of Health Sciences HR Office at ext. 22207, or
• School of Graduate Studies at ext. 23679

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