Orientation & Awards Administrator

Date Posted: 12/16/2025
Req : 46415
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: UTM:

Ctr Std Engagemt
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)
Position Number:

Description:

About us:

U of T Mississauga—the second largest campus of Canada’s top-ranked university and the only research university in Ontario’s booming Peel Region—is one of the world’s great catalysts of humanpotential.

Our employee community hums with the energy of 3,400 faculty, librarians and staff, who power our campus with curiosity, connection and care. We work together to spark life-changing research and innovation, make an indelible mark on the world by building equitable cities and societies, enable healthy lives, create a sustainable future and ignite entrepreneurship. Above all, we prioritize student success, and seek to give our 16,500 students the lift of a lifetime through learning anddiscovery.

We love to open opportunities available nowhere else for our community to achieve their ambitions and make their unique contributions to Canada and the world.

This work all comes together on a spectacularly green campus, alongside the Missinihe-ziibi (Trusting Creek or Credit River), where we seek to honour truth, reciprocity and reconciliation on the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We’re thrilled to welcome those whowant to learn more about us and to be part of what we do.

A copy of the detailed position description is available to USW employees upon request to the UTM Human Resources office

Working hours are:
Monday - Friday, 8:45am-5:00pm onsite

Your opportunity:

The Centre for Student Engagement at the University of Toronto Mississauga is committed to creating inclusive learning environments to cultivate holistic student learning and development. Our programs are built through meaningful collaborations and informed by research and assessment. Our campus & community based programs, services and resources promote access to post-secondary education, support transition into and retention through university and encourages student engagement and community engaged learning.

With over 90 opportunities led by 150 student leaders and professional staff, the Centre for Student Engagement believes that student involvement is a powerful tool to support an individual’s navigation of the post-secondary environment and to feel empowered to contribute and make an impact within their community.

The Orientation & Awards Administrator, reporting to the Assistant Director, Access & Transition, will support the function and execution of UTM Orientation and student leadership awards. This includes but is not limited the coordination of resources for orientation, development of the orientation volunteer program (including recruitment and training ), developing the orientation marketing strategy, providing guidance to student groups throughout the recognition process, and the coordination of various student leadership awards.

This position will work collaboratively with all members of the CSE team as well as the broader UTM community.


Your responsibilities will include:

• Determining logistical details and activities for events and/or programming
• Implementing plans and process improvements for program and service activities
• Analyzing and recommending enhancements to student success programs
• Advising student groups on the application of relevant policies and procedures
• Advising students on the interpretation of rules and regulations regarding the use of space and organizing events on campus
• Maintaining information on digital platforms
• Developing content for marketing and/or promotional materials
• Directing the activities of casual staff

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
• Minimum two years of experience executing new student transition programming in a post-secondary environment
• Extensive experience administering orientation programming for a diverse population
• Experience with supervision of student staff
• Demonstrated ability to advise recognized student groups
• Extensive experience coordinating logistics for events including space, catering, IT,…