Smith School of Business at Queen's University
Communications - Workshop Facilitator (MFIT)
🇯🇲Kingston, Kingston, Jamaica1 month ago
EntryFull TimeEN
A Workshop Facilitator position is open at the Smith School of Business to facilitate a communications workshop for Master of Financial Innovation & Technology students. This three-hour workshop (8:30 to 11:30) will be delivered in-person as part of the opening session.
The workshop is described as follows:
Purpose
Our MFIT graduates are technically sharp and business-ready. What's missing is the bridge between insight and action: communication. Data fluency without storytelling skills means great analysis that goes unused. We're closing that gap; because in practice, the analyst who can tell a compelling story with data is the one who moves organizations forward.
Learning Objectives
1. Presentations Skills:
• Students will learn how to structure presentations and develop public speaking ability.
2. Data storytelling:
• Students will learn how to most effectively present data insights to a non-technical audience.
3. Persuasion:
• Students will learn how to leverage persuasive appeals to build support for their ideas.
4. Communication Strategy:
• Students will learn how to effectively strategize and plan clear and concise communications (written and verbal). The framework will include context analysis, audience analysis and a repeatable process for establishing a coherent controlling idea.
5. Verbal and Nonverbal Communications:
• Students will learn how to leverage body language and voice (tone, pacing, register, etc.) to communicate effectively.
6. Personal Development:
• Students will have the opportunity to participate in case studies and reflect on their personal communications playbook covering their highest-leverage improvement area.
Topics to be covered include
· Why Corporate communications matter
· Current landscape of corporate communications
· Your Personal Communication style
· Written communication: emails, memos and executive briefs
· Verbal and meeting communication
· Data Storytelling
· Cross-cultural and remote communication
· Crisis and sensitive communications
· Building your communication playbook
Structure
3 hours of a live, in-person workshop: May 20, 2026: 3-hour session (8:30 to 11:30) in Kingston as part of Opening Session
Compensation:
The standard workshop hourly rate is $451.33.
Preferred qualifications include: a Master’s or Ph.D. degree, and familiarity and professional experience in facilitating similar workshops and/or teaching.
Applicants should submit:
· A cover letter that explains your interest and ability to successfully deliver the workshop. Discuss how your previous experience has prepared you to be potentially successful.
· Current CV
· 2 letters of recommendation*
· Teaching evaluations if available
*Please list the names and email addresses of your referees on your Interfolio Faculty Search application. Interfolio will send an automated email to your referees and provide them with a link that will allow them to upload their recommendation letters.
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