Niagara Region, Ontario
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Brock University is seeking a respected, relationship-centered Indigenous leader to serve as its next Vice-Provost, Indigenous Engagement. This is a unique opportunity to help shape the next chapter of Indigenous engagement, reconciliation, and institutional transformation at Brock University. Building on a strong foundation of community partnerships, Indigenous programming, and institutional commitment, the successful candidate will play a central role in implementing Brock's Indigenous Strategic Plan and fostering meaningful, sustainable change throughout the University.

The University

The Role

• Strategic Leadership and Institutional Transformation – Provide leadership for the implementation of Brock's Indigenous Strategic Plan and related institutional priorities. Support the development of measurable goals, accountability frameworks, and institution-wide initiatives that advance reconciliation, decolonization, and Indigenous engagement across academic and administrative portfolios. Serve as an advisor to the institution, working closely with senior leaders, faculty, staff, and students to build capacity for Indigenous engagement and cultural understanding.
• Community Engagement and Partnerships – Serve as Brock's primary senior contact for Indigenous community engagement. Build and maintain respectful, reciprocal relationships with Indigenous communities, leadership organizations, governments, educational institutions, and community partners. Support meaningful engagement with Indigenous advisory and governance bodies while helping strengthen alignment between community priorities and institutional processes.
• Student Success and Well-being – Champion Indigenous student success by supporting culturally grounded programs, services, and initiatives that foster belonging, achievement, leadership development, community connection, and holistic well-being throughout the student experience.
• Academic Leadership and Indigenization – Provide leadership and guidance regarding Indigenous governance structures, institutional policies, and community-informed decision-making. Collaborate with Deans, faculty leaders, researchers, and academic units to advance Indigenous curriculum development, support Indigenous research and scholarship, build relationships with Indigenous faculty and staff, strengthen community-engaged research, and promote respectful and reciprocal approaches to knowledge creation and dissemination.

The Ideal Candidate

• Indigenous identity and lived experience, preferably connected to local communities, consistent with the University's intention to fill this role as a designated appointment for an Indigenous candidate.
• An earned doctorate, terminal degree, or an equivalent combination of education, community leadership, executive experience, and demonstrated accomplishments.
• Progressively senior leadership experience within post-secondary education, Indigenous organizations, government, public sector organizations, or similarly complex environments.
• Demonstrated success building meaningful, reciprocal relationships with Indigenous communities, organizations, Elders, Knowledge Holders, and partners.
• Experience leading strategic initiatives, organizational change, and collaborative planning processes.
• Understanding of Indigenous education, Indigenous student success, Indigenous scholarship, and community-engaged approaches to teaching, learning, and research.
• Knowledge of Indigenous governance, policy environments, and contemporary issues affecting First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples.
• Experience working collaboratively within complex organizations and advising senior leaders, governing bodies, or community decision-makers.

• Exceptional relationship-building and consensus-building skills and a collaborative, authentic, and community-centered leadership style.
• Strategic thinking and action-oriented, with strong implementation abilities.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and engagement skills.
• Courage as a leader with a commitment to accountability, transparency, and shared responsibility.
• Humility, integrity, resilience, and cultural grounding.
• Understanding of distinctions-based approaches and the diverse realities of First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and urban, global and reconnecting Indigenous communities.