• Job Description

  Req#: 35529

  Date Posted: 01/03/2024
  Req ID: 35529
  Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
  Department: UTM: Accessibility Services
  Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)
  Position Number: 00038809

  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 theMissinihe-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.
  
  Your opportunity:
  
  Accessibility Services provides academic accommodations and services for students with disabilities
  and promotes a fully integrated university experience by ensuring that students have the
  opportunity to access and participate in all areas of student life. In partnership with a variety of
  Student Affairs and Academic departments, Accessibility Services provides comprehensive
  programming throughout each student’s university career to foster greater resiliency and promote
  the development of knowledge and skills that are transferrable to their future goals.
  
  Under the supervision of the Assistant Director, this position is responsible for providing support for the effective and efficient preparation and administration of tests and final examinations for students registered with Accessibility Services. The Examination Assistant will be responsible for ensuring all aspects of the accommodated testing process are completed in a timely manner including liaising with academic departments, booking rooms, scheduling invigilators, obtaining test/exam materials, reviewing tests/exams received to make sure they are complete, and ensuring test/exam packages are complete.
  
  Your responsibilities will include:

  • Liaising with originators of test/examination scripts to resolve questions, inconsistencies, or obtain missingdata
  • Verifying the accuracy and completeness of information
  • Coordinating appropriate accommodation needs for students
  • Reviewing invigilator's reports and discussing issues/concerns with supervisor
  • Drafting training material for assistive technology
  • Maintaining a database

  Essential Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
  • Minimum two years of recent and related experience in the administration of examinations in a post-secondary environment.
  • Advanced skills using MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and database management
  • Ability to exercise tact, good judgment and initiative; ability to work under pressure duringpeak periods, meet strict deadlines and prioritize multiple tasks.
  • High degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Excellent verbal, written communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Ability to deal tactfully and sensitively with students, staff and faculty.
  • Must have a commitment to the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion.

  
  To be successful in this role you will be:

  • Communicator
  • Multi-tasker
  • Organized
  • Problem solver
  • Procedural
  • Responsible
  • Team player

  This is a term position ending March 3, 2025.

  Closing Date: 01/17/2024, 11:59PM ET
  Employee Group: USW
  Appointment Type: Budget - Term
  Schedule: Full-Time
  Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
  USW Pay Band 08 -- $61,600 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $78,775. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
  Job Category: Student Services
  Recruiter: Jessica Halteh

  Lived Experience Statement
  Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

• About the company

  The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park.

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