Working at RDC

Working at RDC

Red Deer College’s staff and faculty are the life-blood of our organization. Our dedicated employees provide countless hours of effort each year to support lifelong learning opportunities for our students and the communities we serve.

The College offers a variety of benefits that support our employees, including:

• an extensive benefits package
• access to professional development funds and opportunities
• employee recognition & awards
• fitness facilities on our main campus, including the Fitness Centre (e.g. treadmills, steppers, bikes, a rower, elliptical trainers and weights) and fitness classes
• a Child Care Centre and ECS (Kindergarten), located on RDC’s main campus, available for staff, faculty, students and the public
• activities and entertainment options, including:
  • dynamic speaker series
  • faculty and student music and theatre performances at RDC’s Arts Centre
  • visual art exhibitions at the Welikoklad Event Centre
• RDC’s championship-winning Athletics teams, the Kings and Queens, who compete in a variety of sports throughout the academic year
• dining options including: Starbucks, Tim Hortons, Subway and more
• contributing to RDC’s bright future as we work together on many initiatives, such as:
  • through a multi-year transition process, the College will become a polytechnic university
  • introducing new programs to continue serving our learners and communities

Learn about our hiring process. View RDC’s current employment opportunities and apply now to join RDC’s team of dedicated professionals. Faculty members can also review our faculty profile.

Read collective agreements for RDC's constituency groups: AUPE, CUPE and FARDC. 

Benefits

Red Deer College provides a comprehensive benefits package for our employees. Depending on the bargaining unit affiliation or terms and conditions of employment, employee benefits include:

Extended Health and Dental Care

RDC offers a competitive extended health and dental package with no waiting period for eligible employees. This package includes: vision, prescription, paramedical and emergency medical travel insurance.

Health Spending Account

This account complements your extended health and dental plan by assisting to meet your unique health care needs with greater choice and flexibility, and by helping you pay for a wide range of health-related costs not covered by your plan.

Pension Plan

Eligible employees participate in the Local Authorities Pension Plan, which includes both employee and employer contributions. The good news is, if you’ve already participated in other public pension plans, transferability agreements may exist.

Professional Development

Funding is available for eligible employees to engage in professional development opportunities that encourage lifelong learning and allow you to grow professionally and personally. Opportunities include participating in webinars and seminars, as well as pursuing advanced education and attending conferences. The College also hosts a variety of dynamic speakers and professional development activities at our campuses.

Eligibility and funding for professional development varies depending on bargaining unit affiliation and the terms and conditions of employment. Specifically, you can view Faculty PD details.

Lifestyle Balance

The College offers generous vacation entitlement for permanent employees. RDC is also closed between Christmas and New Year’s Day, providing time off for employees to recharge and enjoy time with family and friends.

RDC also organizes many wellness activities and events to maintain and improve the happiness and quality of life for our employees.

Tuition Waiver Courses for Staff, Faculty and their Families

Eligible employees and members of their family can pursue learning opportunities and not pay tuition for one three-credit RDC course per term.

Employee Recognition

RDC’s greatest asset is the people who work here, including our dedicated faculty who inspire and challenge our students every day and our tireless support staff who ensure every aspect of our services and operations run smoothly.

RDC values the efforts and contributions of our staff and faculty. To recognize the individual efforts that contribute to the success of the College’s programs and services that support our learners, RDC has an Awards & Recognition Program which consists of three parts:  Awards of Excellence, Contributors of the Month and Appreciation Cards.  

Awards of Excellence

This Award is given annually to up to three employees to recognize them for extraordinary contributions they have made to the success of RDC. To be nominated by a colleague, a person must make contributions that are outside of their specific job expectations. The contributions must also exemplify RDC values, and leave a lasting legacy in the College, in the community, or in the employee's field-of-expertise. Recipients are acknowledged at RDC’s annual Employee Recognition Event and receive a cash award of $1,000.

Contributors of the Month

The Contributors of the Month Award acknowledges meaningful contributions of employees, or groups of employees, to the RDC community on an ongoing basis. This recognition is provided to employees who have contributed above the normal expectations of their role.

On the last day of each month, up to two nominations will be drawn from the nominations submitted to Human Resources during that month and these nominees will receive a $100 iCard credit. This credit can be used to purchase items from any of the many endorsed College services including: Fitness & Wellness Services, Campus Store, Cashiers, and food services.

Appreciation Cards

Sometimes, a simple hand-written note thanking a colleague for their efforts with a particular project is all that’s needed to help an individual know that they’re appreciated. Human Resources provides our employees with appreciation cards that can be used to share a variety of sentiments.   

Long-Term Service Recognition

RDC also celebrates Long-Term Service Awards, where we recognize (in five-year increments) employees who have worked at the College. We’re proud to share that we have some faculty and staff who have worked at the College for 45 years or more – that’s most or all of their career, contributing to RDC’s and our students’ successes.

Onboarding

Successful candidates will be offered appropriate training and onboarding to help ensure their success as an instructor or staff member at RDC.