Job Type:
EmployeeDuration in Months (for fixed-term jobs):
24Job Family:
Student Recruitment# of Open Positions:
1Faculty/Service - Department:
Outreach OfficeCampus:
Main CampusUnion Affiliation:
N/ADate Posted (YYYY/MM/DD):
2025/08/28Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD):
2025/09/08Hours per week:
35Salary Grade:
Non-Union Grade NC4 - 35 hrsSalary Range:
$61,615.00 - $77,019.00 About the Faculty of EngineeringThe Faculty of Engineering strives to provide a learning environment that promotes excellence and innovation, ethical practice and responsibility towards society. Our workplace will challenge, energize and motivate you to be your very best while providing opportunities for career growth and professional development. Our work makes a world of difference in the lives of our students, who will become the next generation of leaders and change makers of our society. Our dynamic community is dedicated to building innovations that will not only help the advancement of technology, but solutions that will revolutionize the industry. We look forward to making the future TOGETHER!
- This position may be eligible for a telework arrangement. Learn more about our telework guidelines click here
Position purpose:
Delivers workshops, activities and events designed to help youth, prospective students, and the community with the objective to build interest in engineering programs at the University of Ottawa. Represents the University of Ottawa and promotes Faculty programs and events by delivering online and in-person programming, including recruitment presentations. Provides technical support & maintenance for all equipment and technologies used for the Outreach Programs. Assists in the hiring process, trains new instructors and assists with improvements of curriculum and activities.
In this role, your responsibilities will include:
1. Delivery of initiatives: Delivers online and in-person programming and recruitment presentations in French and English. Represents the University and promotes Faculty programs and events. Ensures proper transportation for team members and resources to various schools, community centers and other locations with Faculty vehicles. Ensures the safety and well-being of all participants during the events. Collects payments, follows-up on recruitment leads and completes required documents after each event.
2. Human Resources: Assists with the hiring process of new engineering and science students delivering workshop programming. This includes preparing applications and posting various advertisements on the Faculty and CO-OP Programs websites. Participates in the selection process of preferred candidates. Trains instructors on workshops and equipment maintenance while updating training documentation. Completes performance evaluations and provides feedback to instructors on a regular basis.
3. Technical Support and Maintenance: Provides technical support for all equipment, software, and vehicles under the office’s responsibility. Researches and proposes new technologies, replacements, improvements, etc. Duties include hardware and software configuration, calibration, cabling, repair, upgrades, debugging, testing and maintenance. Updates the database system by entering equipment status (users, status, new purchases). Maintains inventory of equipment purchases & organizes storage of equipment/tools.
4. Curriculum development: Prepares and ensures all resources and materials required for planned activities and presentations. Develops & tests various new workshops, activities & technologies for new initiatives. Develops training material for all projects. Updates existing curriculum and recommends improvements.
What you will bring:
College diploma in Engineering, Science, or related field or a combination of post-secondary and related work experience (Recent Engineering Graduate considered an asset)
Knowledge of project management methods and practices
Knowledge of administration and human resources principles
Minimum 2 years of demonstrated experience in a similar role
Experience developing/overseeing educational youth programs
Experience teaching youth
Ability to communicate technical concepts in a non-technical manner
Excellent communications and interpersonal skills
Ability to take on a multitude of different responsibilities
Ability to think critically and solve problems efficiently
Ability to multitask and stay organized
Bilingualism: French and English (written and spoken)
Position requires flexible working hours
Ability to travel, participate at events that might be held outside regular working hours
Valid driver’s license
Key Competencies at uOttawa:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa:
Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.
The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact [email protected] to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
Note: if this is a union position: The hiring process will be governed by the current collective agreement related to the union affiliation noted above; you can click here to find out more.
If this is a front-line position with responsibilities to interact with students, selected candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.
Prior to May 1, 2022, the University required all students, faculty, staff, and visitors (including contractors) to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as defined in Policy 129 – Covid-19 Vaccination. This policy was suspended effective May 1, 2022 but may be reinstated at any point in the future depending on public health guidelines and the recommendations of experts.
