Director, Education and Outreach

Director, Education and Outreach### Director, Education and Outreach Apply:
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada:
Full time:
Posted Today:
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** Job

Requisition :
**** Time Type:
** Full time
** Employee Group:
** Staff
* * Job Category:
** Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
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* Employment Type:

** Permanent
* * Department:
** Associate Vice-President, Equity Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism - Institutional Priorities
** Hiring Range:**$ - $
** Posting Information:
** This posting is for an existing vacancy.

The internal posting deadline for this position is
* Thursday, October 29, 2026
* at 11:59PM.
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* Job Description:

**** Primary Purpose
** This senior level position will provide strategic leadership and will work with internal and external university communities to lead, articulate and effect change in equity and anti-racism through competency and capacity building and stakeholder engagement. The overall purpose is to challenge existing structures to facilitate cultural change through transformative justice.

** Key Accountabilities*
* * Leads the strategic direction of Education and Outreach portfolio within the EDI-RO for the University of Waterloo community (main campus, satellite campuses).
* Develops, leads, and provides strategic direction and project management oversight of the Education & Outreach Unit (EOU) to deliver key policies and strategic initiatives (in consultation with the AVP, EDI-R).
* Leads and represents the EDI-RO’s EOU in any discussions on competency and capacity building, or education related to equity and anti-racism and transformative change on campus and beyond.
* Identifies new and significant opportunities for leadership, including educating the research
* community and pursuing potential new collaborations.
* Leads, manages, motivates, and coach staff.
* Hires, manages, and deploys staff to meet and exceed EDI-R competency and capacity goals and objectives.
* Coaches, mentors, and manages a team of experienced professional equity and anti-racism educator's/adult facilitators.
* Conducts and reviews Annual Performance Plans and individual work plans with direct reports, and ensures adherence to annual performance planning and review processes within the EDI-RO.
* Facilitates the creation, development, and review of equity and anti-racism educational content through anti-oppressive pedagogies.
* Conducts research of a superior quality on improving equity and anti-racism at the University of Waterloo.
* Evaluates current policies, practices and programs to make recommendations about best or promising practices.
* Develops educational programs and practical training on equity for the university community.
* Oversees the monitoring, analysis, and research trends and complex issues in equity and anti-racism.
* Oversees the development of educational content for the EDI-RO
* Provides academic and professional resources (e.g., Briefing Notes) that support the policy directions and strategic priorities of the EDI-RO.
* Shares and delivers equity and anti-racism competency and capacity building sessions to senior leaders (e.g., Exec Council, Board of Governors, Senate, Deans Council, etc.)
* Supports the implementation of the University’s Cross Institutional Priorities (CIP).
* Leads and maintains quality assurance of the institution’s Program Area Leads (PALs) CIP.
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