Date Posted: 04/30/2025 Req ID: 42741 Faculty/Division: Vice:Provost, Students Department: Centre for Learning Strategy Support, Student Life Campus:St. George (Downtown Toronto) Position Number: Description: About us: Student Life connects life to learning. We believe every student should have the opportunity to participate in university life actively and find connection and community while discovering new ways of thinking and being in the world. We provide resources, support and engagement opportunities that are inclusive and accessible, ensuring every student can build experiences that set them up for a lifetime of success. Within Student Life, the cluster of Student Life Programs and Services, supports students as they achieve personal, academic, career and civic goals. We engage students throughout their learning and development with the following units: Centre for Learning Strategy Support (CLSS), Accessibility Services, Career Exploration and Education, Centre for Community Partnerships, Clubs and Leadership Development, Housing, Indigenous Student Services, Mentorship and Peer Programs, Multi:faith Centre, Orientation, Student Success, Transition and Engagement andTCard Services. Together with staff, faculty, students, alumni, employers and community partners, we provide an integrated and coherent path to success that reflects our students diversity. In support of U of T's vision, Student Life Programs and Services is committed to creating diverse, accessible, inclusive and welcoming spaces of opportunity that foster deepened engagement, learning, personal growth, and identity development for all students. We are committed to embedding these principles into all the work we do, reducing barriers so that students from all backgrounds and lived experiences can feel a sense of belonging in the communities they find here. To align with our strategic priorities, we encourage individuals from Black, Indigenous, and racialized communities . Your opportunity: Under the general direction of the Resilience Programming Lead, the Learning Strategist is responsible for developing multi layered learning communities of students and peer mentors that foster academic skill development for an academically diverse population of full:time and part:time undergraduate and graduate students. The Learning Strategist will engage with faculty members and other staff across the Division of Student Life and the university more broadly to develop programming that responds to the academic skills development of students within specific programs and courses. Examples may include: course:specific in class presentations; peer facilitated study sessions; orientation workshops; meeting individually and in small groups with students to clarify and problem solve individual issues related to learning, critical thinking, and time management. Work will also include developing peer:mentors to (co) deliver programming, assessing programming, and creating online materials and supports to enhance student learning. This position will have a particular focus on supporting the ongoing academic resilience initiatives being developed in the Centre for Learning Strategy Support. Your responsibilities will include: :Providing advanced academic and learning skills counselling :Advising students on the development of their educational plans :Probing for information from students to identify learning and performance needs :Developing components of learning support programs :Conducting a detailed analysis of student feedback and learning outcomes to inform program planning activities :Developing student assessment plans to support student learning outcomes and competencies :Facilitating psychoeducational workshops that promote the development of coping strategies and skills Essential Qualifications: :Masters Degree in a related program of study (e.g. education) or an acceptable combination of equivalent e