Manager

Description:

Reporting to the Senior Manager – Program Planning & Development and working closely with both Indigenous Initiatives and the Office of Anti-Racism, Equity and Human Rights Services (OAREHRS), this role will play a critical role in integrating Indigenous curriculum using Indigenous pedagogy frameworks and practices. The Manager will support the vision, mission, values, and strategic direction of the College, and contribute to positive, inclusive, supportive, and student-focused team environments of high performance, respect, trust, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with staff and faculty to support the objectives of the college-wide Indigenous strategy and Anti-racism Action Plan as they relate to academic quality assurance, program design, and curriculum development.
• Prepare and execute deliverables related to implementing Indigenous curriculum and equity initiatives. Ensure alignment of these deliverables to academic quality resources and tools based on relevant legislation, and best and emerging practices.
• Identify relevant Indigenous educational frameworks, philosophies, ways of knowing and other indigenous philosophies, and support the college in embedding curriculum related to traditional knowledge (including oral traditional, ecological, traditional medicine, celestial navigation, and/or other relevant sets of knowledge, etc.).
• Provide updates to assess ongoing curriculum development needs.
• Facilitate program quality assurance processes, program reviews, and program development and renewal processes using established standards and Indigenous education frameworks and strategies.
• Other related duties as assigned.