Inclusion Advisor

Department: CSAHS-Office of the Dean
This position is represented by the agreement between the Professional Staff Association and the University of Guelph

Temporary full-time from 12/07/2026 to 12/03/2027

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 College of Social and Applied Human Sciences is seeking an experienced and collaborative Inclusion Advisor to provide strategic leadership and expert advice in support of the College’s commitments to inclusion, diversity, equity, accessibility, anti-racism, internationalization, student engagement, and student success.

Acting as a key advisor and representative of the Dean, the Inclusion Advisor serves as a liaison among students, faculty, staff, alumni, community organizations, and University partners on matters related to inclusion, belonging, representation, internationalization, and student engagement. Through relationship building, consultation, program development, and strategic advice, the Inclusion Advisor will help foster a welcoming, inclusive, and globally engaged College culture.

The Inclusion Advisor will serve as a clearly identified point of contact for students seeking guidance or support related to equity, inclusion, discrimination, belonging, or engagement. Working closely with College leadership and appropriate University offices, the Advisor will help ensure that concerns are referred and addressed through the appropriate processes and that opportunities for systemic improvement are identified and advanced.

Duties and Responsibilities

Inclusion, equity, diversity, accessibility, and anti-racism:

• Provide strategic leadership, subject-matter expertise, and advice to advance inclusion, equity, diversity, accessibility, anti-racism, and accountability throughout the College.
• Lead the development, implementation, evaluation, and continuous improvement of College strategies, action plans, accountability measures, and related initiatives.
• Advise senior leadership, Department Chairs, graduate program coordinators, faculty, and staff on anti-racism, equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility, culturally responsive practices, and institutional accountability.
• Engage students, faculty, and staff to identify systemic barriers, emerging priorities, and opportunities for structural and cultural change.
• Incorporate student and stakeholder perspectives into College planning, policies, programs, and practices.
• Design and deliver consultations, training, workshops, resources, and ongoing coaching that build inclusion, equity, diversity, and accessibility knowledge and capacity across the College.
• Develop, deliver, evaluate, and expand targeted mentorship and support programs, including the BIPOC Graduate Student Mentorship Program.
• Provide culturally responsive guidance and support to students and instructors, including appropriate referrals, while maintaining advising records in accordance with applicable privacy and confidentiality requirements.
• Serve as a point of contact for concerns related to racism, discrimination, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging, working with College leadership and appropriate University offices to support suitable referrals and responses.
• Monitor relevant research, emerging practices, and institutional information to inform recommendations, evaluate outcomes, and strengthen support for racialized and other equity-deserving students.

Internationalization and student engagement:

• Develop, coordinate, and evaluate student engagement initiatives, events, mentorship opportunities, and co-curricular programming that promote belonging, leadership, skill development, and connection to the College.
• Create opportunities for intercultural learning and exchange that strengthen global perspectives and contribute to an inclusive and globally engaged College community.
• Engage international, racialized, and other equity-deserving students to understand their experiences, identify barriers and priorities, and incorporate their perspectives into College programs and practices.
• Coordinate outreach and engagement with graduate student associations, student representatives, co-operative education students, student ambassadors, and other student groups and leaders.
• Collaborate with academic departments, undergraduate and graduate academic units, Student Experience, and other campus partners to improve communication, referrals, coordination, and continuity of student support.
• Support recruitment, transition, retention, and student success initiatives that demonstrate the College’s commitment to internationalization, inclusion, and a diverse student population.
• Establish methods for tracking participation, feedback, outcomes, and emerging needs, using this information to assess effectiveness and recommend improvements.
• Develop and maintain relationships with relevant campus and community partners to connect students with appropriate resources and services.
• Develop and maintain information about international collaborators and help facilitate faculty engagement in international research and partnerships.

Dean’s liaison and College representation:

• Serve as a key liaison between the Dean and students, faculty, sessional instructors, staff, student groups, alumni, community organizations, and University partners.
• Represent the Dean and the College on relevant committees, working groups, consultations, events, and partnership initiatives.
• Bring forward student and stakeholder perspectives, emerging concerns, and opportunities requiring the Dean’s awareness, direction, or support.
• Coordinate follow-up on commitments arising from the Dean’s engagement with students, faculty, staff, sessional instructors, and external partners.
• Provide clear updates, advice, and recommendations to support senior-level decision-making.
• Foster productive relationships and identify opportunities for collaboration that advance an inclusive, engaged, and globally connected College community.
• Support ongoing engagement with sessional instructors throughout the College.

Requirements

• A master’s degree in social justice, counselling, higher education, social work, or a related field.
• A minimum of four years of relevant professional experience, with several years of progressive experience working with racialized communities and supporting equity-deserving populations.
• Demonstrated experience supporting and advising young adults, preferably in a post-secondary environment.
• Expert knowledge of intersectionality and the diversity of student identities and experiences.
• Expert knowledge of anti-oppression, equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and anti-racism frameworks.
• The ability to identify emerging challenges and opportunities, establish priorities, and contribute to strategic and operational planning.
• Experience researching, designing, implementing, and evaluating programs, training, workshops, or other educational initiatives, including programming delivered in online or hybrid environments.
• Experience providing culturally responsive guidance and working with racialized students or young people.
• An understanding of current issues affecting racialized, international, and other equity-deserving students.
• Demonstrated experience working with multiple stakeholders toward shared goals and building productive relationships across organizational units.
• Experience contributing to organizational culture, equity and diversity practices, accountability systems, change management, or human rights initiatives.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, conflict-resolution, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
• The judgment and discretion required to work with confidential and sensitive matters.
• The ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and develop solutions to complex issues for which established guidance may be limited.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications, particularly Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, as well as video-conferencing platforms.

The College recognizes that relevant expertise may be developed through a combination of professional, community, educational, and lived experience. Lived experience and a demonstrated understanding of the barriers experienced by Black, Indigenous, racialized, international, and other equity-deserving communities are highly valued in this role.

Employee Type: Temporary
Position Number: 10909658

Classification: P&M FT- Band 05
Professional/Managerial Salary Bands
The target hiring salary for this position is minimum and up to 96% of midpoint for the salary grade.

*Tentative evaluation; subject to committee review.

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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: 11/13/2026
Closing Date: 11/20/2026