About the Role

The Community Engagement Designer & Event Facilitator team is the heart of the Innovation Hub, working to create community across our large and multidisciplinary team of student staff. The team consists of a dynamic, creative, and passionate group of students who “bring life” to the Innovation Hub. The team helps create vibrant, inclusive, and equitable spaces for all students.  

The Community Engagement portion of this role involves planning fun social events for our team and the broader U of T student community. The team is also responsible for regularly developing professional skill-building activities for team members to enhance their learning during their time at the Innovation Hub.  

The Event Facilitator aspect of this role involves working on short-term feedback projects for partners in the U of T community with an immediate goal of improving student experiences in a specific area. These projects involve collecting empathy-based feedback from students and quickly translating the feedback into insightful reports for our partners. 

Job duties include:   

• Event planning & facilitation for various events, including social events, professional skill-building activities, and others   
• Creating community engagement opportunities for all team members at the Innovation Hub  
• Plan and facilitate quick feedback events to empathize deeply with students and other stakeholders and understand the complexities of human-centred research and design   
• Collect qualitative research through some of the following activities: user experience data collection, empathy-based interviewing, community-based co-creation, collaborative ideation, visioning and more  
• Transform data analysis and findings into compelling needs-based insights, principles and/or recommendations that can inspire action  
• Communicate with persuasive, plain, and accessible language and story-telling techniques that drive impact in diverse audiences  

Qualifications:   

• Event planning and/or community building experience with diverse groups of people 
• Qualitative research skills such as interviewing data analysis, insight formation & knowledge translation skills  
• Patience & conversational skills  
• Ability to work on a team & integrate diverse perspectives  
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills  
• Creativity & innovative thinking  
• Desire to enhance the student experience at U of T  
• Reliability and accountability