Manager Community Engaged Learning

Department: Community Engaged Scholarship Institute - CESI
This position is represented by the agreement between the Professional Staff Association and the University of Guelph

Temporary part-time from 10/06/2025 to 03/31/2027

Temporary Absence of the Regular Incumbent

If you are a current employee of the University of Guelph you must apply on the internal Career Page in order to be considered as an internal applicant.
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General Purpose The Manager of Community Engaged Learning (CEL) will develop and deliver strategic opportunities for both community-based research and community-based learning in the College of Social & Applied Human Sciences (CSAHS)
Duties and Responsibilities The Manager will liaise with key collaborators across and beyond campus in designing innovative, impactful curriculum, experiential learning and engaged scholarship opportunities for students, faculty and community. Based in the Community Engaged Scholarship Institute (CESI), the manager will work with all departments and CSAHS program areas with independence; providing consultation, support, and training workshops to faculty, instructors, and students in practices of critical community engaged learning and research. The Manager will address community, research, and pedagogical priorities by increasing capacity for CETL, facilitating and supporting course-based research partnerships, and meaningfully contributing to College and Institutional level programs and strategies around CETL. Fostering positive and sustained relationships among diverse groups of stakeholders, the Manager will support a broad definition of CEL including Experiential Learning as mandated at Ontario postsecondary institutions, while employing a principled and scholarly approach to developing new activities that address teaching and learning priorities and are consistent with excellence in CEL. With that in mind, the CEL manager will contribute to discourse in the field of CEL and represent CSAHS and CESI in regional, national and international networks
Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Adult Education or equivalent.
• Two years of relevant work experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
• Demonstrated expertise designing and delivering experiential learning, community “service” learning, community-based research, and training/capacity building in these areas.
• Successful brokering and support to community-engaged projects with students, faculty and community stakeholders.
• Demonstrated workshop development and delivery.
• Additional background in research methods, working with interdisciplinary research teams and a critical lens is desired.

This position is a temporary part-time position of 28 hours per week in the absence of the regular incumbent

Employee Type: Temporary
Position Number: 10923998
Classification: P&M FT- Band 04
Professional/Managerial Salary Bands
The target hiring salary for this position is minimum and up to 96% of midpoint for the salary grade.\

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  Tentative evaluation.

At the University of Guelph, fostering a culture of inclusion is an institutional imperative. The University invites and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in employment, who may contribute to further diversification of our Institution.

Posting Date: 10/07/2025
Closing Date: 10/21/2025