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Who We Are

Founded in 1889, YWCA Hamilton is known as one of Hamilton’s original social innovators and works from a feminist, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive framework. We are dedicated to strengthening women’s and girl’s voices, broadening their choices, building dynamic leadership and providing essential services that promote safe, inclusive and equitable communities.

YWork for us?

At YWCA Hamilton, we are intentional about fostering a workplace culture that values positive physical and emotional well-being through our values of Inclusivity, Equity, Community, Self-determination, and Accountability. We invest in our employees so that we can bring our values into the communities in which we live. We offer our employees:

• On-the-job training and professional development opportunities
• Staff fitness, childcare and recreation discounts
• Opportunities to get involved in our community
• A competitive total rewards package

If you’re passionate about making a positive impact in the lives of women, children, and families every day, we would love for you to join our team!

Position Description

Department: Employment and Training Services

Reports to: Digital Learning Manager

Hours of Work: 37.5 hours per week

Start Date: TBD

Contract End Date: June 30, 2023

Location: Hamilton, ON

Posting Date: April 11, 2023

• Works collaboratively to design an overall digital learning plan, and course frameworks for professional skills training;
• Evaluates and selects digital assets such as learning resources, stories, articles, webpages, MOOCs, images, and videos, from a wide variety of online sources;
• Attaches all relevant metadata to ensure that digital materials are accessible;
• Verifies accuracy, relevance, and currency of assets, and ensure that content meets institutional, industry, legal, and accreditation agency guidelines and standards;
• Keeps digital assets current, accessible, and updated as new versions are released;
• Researches, obtains, and appropriately documents permissions clearance to use information, images/graphics, videos, etc. from the author and/or original source;
• Implement and maintain appropriate digital asset storage and organization;
• Transfers assets into a different digital format or storage repository as needed;
• Disposes appropriately of any digital assets no longer necessary or relevant to the institution;
• Research emerging trends and technologies in educational products, industry professional standards, and digital content creation and curation;
• Ensures that policies and procedures are up to date, and that best practices are incorporated at all times;
• Maintains accurate records, statistics and evaluation information related to the activities; undertaken and outcomes achieved; reporting results to Project lead;
• Supports YWCA Hamilton mission, vision and values;
• Perform other duties as required.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Works a standard 37.5 hours work week.

Qualifications

• An undergraduate degree, preferable in in education, learning sciences, library sciences, IT or data management related field is an asset, or an equivalent mix of experience and/or education;
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in digital or other content curation or related role;
• Strong digital literacy and technology skills;
• Ability to obtain an acceptable minimal level of academic mastery of the educational subject matter being curated, in order to ensure high-quality appraisal and selection of assets;
• Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with a multidisciplinary team and/or partners
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects at the same time, prioritize tasks, identify and mitigate risks, and meet tight deadlines while still maintaining high-quality work;
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and collaboration skills;
• Must provide a current Criminal Record Judicial Matters Police check or willingness to obtain at own cost;
• Must be able to work from a feminist, anti-racist/anti-oppressive perspective;
• Bilingual English/French or other languages an asset.

Thank you for your interest in YWCA Hamilton.

As part of YWCA Hamilton’s commitment to Access and Equity, we strive to represent the diverse communities that we serve. Individuals who are women, First Nations, Métis, immigrant, refugee, LGBTQ2S+; individuals with disabilities; and individuals from racialized communities or other marginalized communities are encouraged to apply.

Accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process. Please inform us of any accommodation requests.