Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Student Management, Level B

Job Title

Career Educator, Beyond Tomorrow Scholars Program

Department

Career Development | UBC Career Centre | UBC Career Centre

Compensation Range

$6,747.50 - $9,701.42 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date

June 9, 2026

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

June 30, 2029

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Summary

The Career Educator supports UBC students—particularly those within the Beyond Tomorrow Scholars Program and other specialized student populations—to become career-ready graduates able to connect their talents, interests, and education to the changing world of work. Working strategically with campus partners to leverage disciplinary learning, high-impact experiences, and to broaden the approach to career development, the Career Educator is responsible for supporting student learning and promoting student engagement in career building experiences within and beyond the university. The Career Educator designs, develops, delivers, and evaluates in-person and online career learning with a particular emphasis on identity-informed, program-based, and community-connected learning experiences.

In collaboration with Faculties, Academic departments, Student Affairs, and specialized program teams, the Career Educator will achieve results in five key areas of responsibility:

• Develop and deliver engaging career building experiences that support students’ career education and professional development.
• Expand students’ opportunities to engage with employers, alumni and community partners, with particular attention to those connected to Black student communities.
• Improve the quantity and quality of digital, online content and support the development and curation of other career related resources.
• Embed career learning in other forms of experiential learning and in high-impact co-curricular and extra-curricular experiences, including peer mentorship programming, and the BTSP mentorship program
• Support overall Strategic Planning, Administration, Assessment & Evaluation

Across all four areas of responsibility, the incumbent will apply career learning theories and principles, explore relevant labour market trends, and employ advising, coaching, facilitation, and program design practices to deliver, assess and evaluate programs and services to students, with a strong equity-focused and identity-informed lens.

Organizational Status
The UBC Career Centre facilitates and enhances student learning through career-building enriched educational experiences. Through orientation, peer mentoring, and specialized student programs, the Centre supports students to become successful university learners, prepared to achieve their academic, personal, and career goals. The Centre is a central point for all graduate and undergraduate students and employers on the UBC Vancouver campus to meet, connect, network and build relationships; as well as to research and explore career options. The UBC Career Centre provides all UBC students access and connection to workplace learning, mentoring, volunteer and leadership opportunities; and offers career and employment-related services to students, academic departments, employers, and alumni.

This position reports to the Manager, Career and Professional Development with the UBC Career Centre. Works in close collaboration with UBC Career Centre colleagues (career education, workplace learning, employer engagement), as well as with academic and student service departments and programs across various faculties. Works closely with the Beyond Tomorrow Scholars Program and other specialized student initiatives. Maintains partnerships with student organizations, Student Affairs, Enrollment Services, and the Vice-President, Students portfolio. Externally, develops and maintains relationships with employers and industry partners in order to build resources and programs that support career development and learning for specialized student populations. Coaches and trains student leaders, student staff, volunteers, and mentors. Assists with training and supervision of support staff and training of new career educators and advisors within the UBC Career Centre.

Work Performed

This position has five key responsibilities, with the following related duties, deliverables, and results:

1. Develop and deliver engaging career building experiences that support students’ career education and professional development.

• Support student learning and promote student engagement in career building experiences, across the student experience, within and beyond the university.
• Design, deliver, and evaluate in-person and online career programs, services, and resources based on industry knowledge, innovative theory, and evidence-based practices within the fields of career development and student affairs, with a particular emphasis on programmatic (1-to-many), identity-informed, and culturally responsive learning experiences for specialized student populations such as the Beyond Tomorrow Scholars Program and Black student communities.
• Provide career coaching and group-based learning and facilitated conversations for students on a variety of career and professional development topics and work search (for example: career exploration, researching the labour market, choosing a major of study, making meaning of one’s disciplinary learning, facilitating experiential learning and reflection, gaining work/volunteer/leadership experience, resumes, cv s, job and professional school interviews, networking and connecting to the workplace community).
• Collaborate with various campus partners and specialized student programs to develop, deliver, and evaluate events and programs for particular populations of students. This includes planning and designing the program(s), promotion, coordinating faculty or industry participation, and coordinating the involvement of other members of the UBC Career Centre and/or other partners. These events may include job search fairs, Career Expos, Speaker Series, departmental career/majors-specific events, majors exploration events, student leadership development training/programs, web resources, peer mentoring programming, workshops, etc.
• Lead and oversee BTSP peer mentorship programming, including recruitment, onboarding, training, ongoing support, and evaluation of peer mentors.
• Work strategically with campus partners to bring career expertise and broaden the approach to career development across multiple career building experiences in order to cultivate identity development, foster leadership capacities, and grow mentorship and networking opportunities for students.
• Collaborate with industry partners, professional organizations and community leaders to facilitate mentorship, career exploration and experiential opportunities that connect BTSP scholars with diverse professional pathways.
• Identify when students are in crisis or in need of health support and refer to the appropriate level of support or intervention (e.g., Emergency Services, Counselling Services, Early Alert).

2. Expand students opportunities to engage with employers, alumni and community and industry partners.

• In collaboration with Employer Engagement, Alumni UBC, and specialized program staff, build and maintain relationships with alumni, community partners, and industry professionals to strategically develop resources and programming that initiate connections and provide networking opportunities for students within and beyond UBC.
• Develop and create opportunities for students to connect with and learn from alumni, employers, and other members of the workplace community. For example, invite and prepare alumni, employers, and industry partners—especially those connected to Black communities and BTSP networks—to participate in career development programs as subject matter experts or mentors.
• Design, coordinate, and oversee community- and industry-centered mentorship programming, fostering meaningful, identity-informed connections for students.
• Contribute to the success and sustainability of student-led initiatives.

3. Improve the quantity and quality of digital, online content and support the development and curation of other career related resources.

• Plan, implement, and evaluate initiatives to engage students in the career development process in appropriate and accessible online spaces to increase access, autonomy/agency, and customization for students (e.g., newsletters, social networking channels, websites). This work could include both the development of career content and the curation of relevant external content - podcasts, blogs, articles, videos, interactive learning tools, and resources.
• Utilize digital tools to help students explore questions, reflect and integrate across their experiences, and facilitate interactive learning for students, to increase access to experiences that would be typically limited to career coaching, advising and workshops. Propose and implement new ideas.

4. Embed career learning in other forms of experiential learning, Work Integrated Learning, and in high impact learning experiences.

• Promote student participation and engagement in experiential learning opportunities and create opportunities for students to critically reflect on their learning from these experiences, to connect it with and across other learning in their student experience (academic and co-curricular) and to translate it into career learning as they plan for the world of work and future life.
• Lead and contribute to programs and initiatives to develop and implement a variety of career and professional development initiatives. Work in collaboration with multiple stakeholders to set project goals, timelines, scope, processes, manage communication among project participants, identify obstacles, plan and chair meetings, track timelines, evaluate outcomes, etc.
• Foster student leadership and career learning through coaching, advising, training, and professional development support for student clubs, organizations, volunteers, and teams.
• Foster an inclusive and respectful learning environment where all students have the opportunity to thrive academically, personally, and professionally. This includes work with faculty, staff, and students to support distinct populations within specialized programs and to prepare students for success after graduation.
• Contribute career education expertise to UBC-wide Black student programming, including events, workshops, and community initiatives.
• • Support the design and delivery of career-focused programming, including the annual Beyond Tomorrow Scholars Retreat, working closely with program partners to embed career learning, reflection, and professional skill development

5. Overall Strategic Planning, Administration, Assessment & Evaluation

• Increase capacity across the University for career learning and career conversations, through multiple points of intersection in the student experience.
• Participate in the assessment and evaluation of career learning for students, including Beyond Tomorrow Scholars Program (BTSP). Collect and record statistical information and feedback, analyze, document and report results, integrate suggestions and improvements into programs and services.
• Contribute to strategic planning processes and the setting of goals and priorities for the work.
• Influence multiple stakeholders to create and set direction, persuade action, and achieve consensus toward collective aspirations and goals related to career building experiences.
• Assist in marketing and promotion of programs and events to students, alumni, faculty, academic departments, and the workplace community.
• Assist in training professional staff, student staff and volunteers, including peer leaders and coaches.
• Operate from a place of professional practice in consideration of professional standards including but not limited to CAS (Council for Advancement of Standards in Higher Education), CACEE (Canadian Association of Career Educators and Employers), CERIC (Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling), and NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers).
• Must accommodate flexible hours - for example: may attend events, deliver workshops or provide training some evenings and weekends.
• Undertake other related duties as assigned.

Consequence of Error/Judgement
Responsible for developing, planning and implementing relevant and effective career education programs and resources for students and disseminating accurate information. Ineffective recruitment or career-related advice and support would have a serious negative impact on relationships with UBC students, faculty and departments, employers, and alumni. Dissatisfied prospective and current students and/or alumni may contribute to poor public relations for the University, which in turn would have a negative effect on the University s ability to raise funds and attract and retain outstanding students.

Supervision Received
The incumbent acts independently, often without direct supervision, but within established guidelines. Keeps the Manager, Career and Professional Development informed through informal and formal communication. The incumbent must exercise initiative and sound judgment in making decisions and planning and executing services and programs. Must demonstrate tact and diplomacy with faculty, staff, students, alumni and the public. Works in close cooperation with other career education and student engagement staff within Student Development and Services and within the Faculties. Works closely with specialized program teams.

Supervision Given
May train and supervise support staff, student assistants, interns, and/or volunteers. Assists in training of new professional staff in the UBC Career Centre.

Minimum Qualifications
Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline. Minimum of three to four years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one’s own

• Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing one’s own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduate degree an asset.
• Certified Coach (from verified credentialing body) preferred.
• Certification in StrengthsFinder, or other human capital assessment tools is an asset. Coaching or advising experience - ideally in a career development context; experience in a post-secondary environment.
• Four or more years experience working with faculty, students and staff in a post secondary institution.
• Experience in career education, university/college student affairs, human resources, business or related field.
• Knowledge and understanding of career learning theories, trends and principles, and student engagement best practices required.
• Facilitation or teaching experience.
• Experience in designing, developing, delivering, and evaluating career related content in workshop or group settings.
• Experience using design thinking methodology and facilitation.
• Knowledgeable of career trends in the changing world of work.
• Industry knowledge and expertise; awareness of labor market trends.
• Demonstrated experience working with Black people, organizations and communities.
• An understanding of Black student experiences, particularly as they relate to post-secondary education, and an appreciation of the complexity and range of Black people and communities within the context of Canada.
• Must have a strong commitment to advancing the educational aspirations of Black students and/or other students from historically, persistently, or systemically marginalized communities.
• Experience in creating content for online spaces. Experience using web-based platforms and instructional technology to teach and engage students in career development.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proven ability to coach and advise students one-to-one and in group settings.
• Exceptional presentation and public speaking skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively in an intercultural environment.
• Demonstrated commitment to the principles and values of a diverse and inclusive campus community.
• Demonstrated process design facilitation skills, and familiarity with a wide variety of facilitation approaches and techniques.
• Demonstrated project management skills, with strong ability to work with multiple stakeholders and ability to prioritize work effectively under competing deadlines.
• Demonstrated competence in planning, implementing, and evaluating programs or events.
• Ability to find, synthesize, and translate literature, research material, trends, and best practices for capacity building amongst colleagues and stakeholders.
• Ability to work both independently and within multiple team environments.
• Ability to think strategically and exercise diplomacy, tact, and discretion.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct respectful consultation and collaboration with stakeholders.