Competition #20-22-AU:
Acadia seeks an experienced and compassionate professional to fill the position of Coordinator, Sexualized Violence Response and Education. This person will lead Acadia's response to sexualized violence, and the education and training associated with the prevention of sexualized violence.

Reporting to the Director, Health, Counselling, and Accessibility, the Coordinator receives confidential disclosures of sexualized violence and responds to the needs of the students reporting in a timely manner from a survivor centered, empathetic, and trauma informed approach.

Applicants must be able to work a flexible schedule which could include evenings, weekends, and holidays.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• The ideal candidate will have a degree (master's preferred) in sexual health promotion, social work, or law.
• Work experience with Sexual Assault response, gender violence, intersectionality, and a commitment to trauma informed care.
• Must have the ability to engage stakeholders in initiatives in order to generate participation and have the ability to communicate with and understand the needs of a diverse student population.
• Experience in the development, facilitation and delivery of workshops and presentations is highly desirable.
• The role will require someone who has superior communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills, who is effective in their work, flexible to changing demands and works collaboratively, fostering teamwork.
• Demonstrated skill in the areas of effective decision making, innovative thinking and interpersonal relationships.

THE REWARDS: Be part of the transformational educational experience at one of Canada's leading undergraduate universities. Acadia University, located in Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaq nation, is one of Canada's leading primarily undergraduate institutions. For over 180 years, Acadia has been providing students with a learning environment that ensures they have every opportunity to succeed in life. Our graduates emerge with the tools required to be global citizens and community leaders. Acadia's faculty and staff are key to our institutional success and share a commitment to provide our students with a high quality post-secondary education. Located only one hour from Halifax in Nova Scotia's beautiful Annapolis Valley, Wolfville offers residents an affordable lifestyle, outstanding recreational opportunities, internationally acclaimed restaurants, a healthy economy, and the best weather in the Atlantic provinces. With an enrollment of over 4,000, Acadia attracts students from every province and territory and more than 60 countries to take advantage of exceptional academic programs, a curriculum that encourages personal development, and collaborative learning experiences led by award-winning professors.

Acadia offers a comprehensive benefit package in addition to a starting salary to commensurate with qualifications and experience in the range of $58,244 - $61,072 per annum (AUPAT Level 6). To see more information on why Acadia is an employer of choice, please visit our website at: https://hr.acadiau.ca.

TO APPLY: To apply for this opportunity, click on the "Apply Now" button and upload your cover letter, resume, and professional references. For further information or to request a detailed job description, please contact Jennifer Veinot at [email protected]. Consideration of applications will begin on December 4, 2020.

Please be advised that only those invited for an interview will be contacted. The University reserves the right not to fill this position. A six-month eligibility list may be established from this competition to fill future vacancies for identical positions.

The University invites applications from all qualified individuals; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Acadia University is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from Aboriginal people, African Nova Scotians, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women, and persons of any minority sexual orientation or gender identity. Consistent with the principles of employment equity, the primary criterion for appointment to a position is qualifications and professional excellence. Candidates who identify as a member of one of the afore-mentioned groups, and who wish to have the application considered as such, are invited to submit the online Employment Equity Voluntary Self-Identification Form as part of their application package.

The university will provide support in its recruitment processes to applicants with disabilities, including accommodation that takes into account an applicant's accessibility needs. If you require accommodation because of a disability or for any other reason during the interview process, please contact [email protected].