Ability Empowerment Day Coordinator, Student chez Brock University

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** 2016 metrics 

Joining the Human Rights and Equity Office 

The Human Rights & Equity (HRE) Office is a resource for all Brock community members, which includes students, staff, and faculty. HRE addresses human rights, harassment and discrimination that are connected to the Ontario Human Rights Code, and all job applicants are encouraged to review the HRE website before applying. HRE upholds human rights laws and policies, and provides equity services to staff, faculty, and students by advocating on behalf of individuals and groups of people, by providing education through workshops and other venues, and by offering guidance to those seeking to implement equity in their own working and learning spaces at Brock. HRE sees great value in the peer-to-peer leadership model and student advocacy regarding human rights, as student leadership creates a more inclusive, safer campus for everyone. 

**Please note this is a 10-hour per week contract from October 15, 2025, to March 15, 2026** 

A Day in the Life…  

The Office of Human Rights and Equity seeks one undergraduate or graduate student to coordinate, plan, and attend Brock’s annual Ability Empowerment Day in 2026.  

The successful candidate will receive a complete orientation including job expectations, understanding anti-oppression through an intersectional framework, as well as requisite information about Brock University and Ability Empowerment Day. This position will report to, and work daily with, the Accessibility and Inclusion Advisor. 

As the Ability Empowerment Day Coordinator, Student you will:  

• Create and deliver an online event targeted at high school students with Disabilities across the province; 

• Assist in event planning, budgeting, development, and post-event evaluation; 

• Prepare written materials, agendas and minutes; 

• Conduct outreach activities to academic and administrative departments across campus; 

• Organize student volunteers; 

• Liaise with campus and community partners including select High Schools, the Anti-Ableism and Mental Health Committee and Ability Empowerment Planning Committee; 

• Attend online bi-weekly meetings; 

• Attend online training opportunities in Universal Design for Learning and Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. 

What you need to Succeed… 

• Be a current Brock University undergraduate or graduate student at the start of employment;  

• Demonstrated interest in accessibility demonstrated through voluntary, activist, or advocacy activities; 

• Personal intercommunication skills; 

• Public presentation skills; 

• Critical thinking and research skills; 

• Awareness and analysis of systems of oppression and their impacts; 

• Social media content development and delivery; 

• Online video conferencing; 

• Event planning experience/know-how; 

• Time management; 

• Ability to work in collaboration with a dynamic team; 

• Ability to work independently, problem solve, and take initiative. 

Preferred or Asset Skills: 

• Previous similar employment experience; 

• Lived experience as members of Disabled Community. 

Accountability and Reporting: 

Note that there will be mandatory, in-person training:  

• Sat Nov 8: 10 am - 2 pm  

• Sat Jan 24: 10 am - 2 pm  

• Sat Mar 7: 10 am - 2 pm  

Salary and Benefit Information 

• 2nd year complete: 17.20/hr 

• 3rd year complete: $17.35/hr 

• 4th year complete: $22.40/hr 

Brock University is actively committed to diversity and the principles of Employment Equity and invites applications from all qualified candidates. Women, Indigenous peoples, members of visible minorities, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. We will accommodate the needs of the applicants and the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) throughout all stages of the selection process, as outlined in the Employee Accommodation Policy (https://brocku.ca/webfm_send/39939). Please advise Talent Acquisition, [email protected] to ensure your accessibility needs are accommodated through this process. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially. 

It is Brock University’s policy to give consideration to qualified internal applicants. 

We appreciate all applications received; however, only candidates selected for an interview will be 

contacted. 

As a result of Brock University’s current remote operational model, interviews at this time will be conducted virtually.