Co-op & Career Coordinator

Location: UBC Okanagan Campus - Kelowna, BC, Canada

Staff - Non Union

Job CategoryM&P - AAPS

Job ProfileAAPS Salaried - Cooperative Education, Level B

Job TitleCo-op & Career Coordinator

DepartmentUBCO | Program Support | Cooperative Education

Compensation Range$7,158.42 - $10,292.25 CAD Monthly The Compensation Range is the span between the minimum and maximum base salary for a position. The midpoint of the range is approximately halfway between the minimum and the maximum and represents an employee that possesses full job knowledge, qualifications and experience for the position. In the normal course, employees will be hired, transferred or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the salary range for a job.

Posting End DateOctober 1, 2026

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

Job End Date Ongoing

This position will be filled internally. It is posted for informational purposes only.

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 Centralized Co-op Education Program at UBC’s Okanagan campus offers students enriched educational experiences for personal and professional growth by working with diverse community partners and sectors to provide transformative workplace learning as part of students’ undergraduate degree programs.

This position is responsible for the development, implementation, coordination and evaluation of the Centralized Co-op Education program at the UBC Okanagan campus. This includes designing and implementing strategies to market the program to employers nationally and internationally, recruiting students and providing counselling to students to prepare for co-op work terms one-on-one and in groups, monitoring student work terms and addressing any workplace issues that students encounter, providing evaluation and analysis of work terms and student success each term, collaborating with other experiential education and community engaged professionals at UBC and throughout the province and the day-to-day administration of the program. This position will work across all disciplines included within the Centralized Co-op Education Program, including working with the other program coordinators and students as required. This position will further enact a commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion and decolonized practice through continued program development and improvement, using an anti-oppressive, anti-racist, gender positive, service equity approach.

Organizational Status

This position reports to the Manager, Co-operative Education. This position is responsible for contacting industry representatives and liaising with faculty, staff and students involved in the Centralized Co-op Program.

This position is responsible for maintaining strong working relationships with faculty and staff within the four Faculties involved (Faculty of Science, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies and Faculty of Health and Social Development), along with building and maintain linkages across campus, the UBC community and the broader Central Okanagan community in support of student engagement and learning.

Work Performed

Develops, implements, coordinates and evaluates the Centralized Co-op Education program at the UBC Okanagan campus. This includes designing and implementing strategies to market the program to employers nationally and internationally, recruiting students and providing counselling to students to prepare for co-op work terms one-on-one and in groups, monitoring student work terms and addressing any workplace issues that students encounter, providing evaluation and analysis of work terms and student success each term, collaborating with other experiential education and community engaged professionals at UBC and throughout the province and the day-to-day administration of the program.

Researches and identifies job opportunities for co-op work terms. Contacts employer, building and maintaining relationships through phone, virtual and face-to-face meetings and presentations.

Establishes and maintains effective relationships with employers and develops new employer contacts. Participates in trade shows, career fairs and other employment related events.

Works with employers to develop appropriate co-op work terms consistent with academic guidelines set by faculty members and the Manager, Co-operative Education.

Coordinates the selection of students for the co-op program. Liaises with faculty co-op advisors and the Manager to apply appropriate selection criteria.

Liaises with other career professionals within the university to promote the effective functioning of the program and to ensure that standards are maintained in communicating internally and externally.

Develops and implements a marketing plan for the co-op program in conjunction with the Manager. Designs and edits marketing materials for the Centralized Co-op Program.

Assists in providing a program of pre-employment training for students prior to their first work term. Contributes to development of relevant training materials along with the Manager and other UBC Co-op staff. Teaches a series of pre-employment workshops, providing feedback and assessment for all required learning.

Conducts sessions in career counselling either individually or in groups to prepare students for employment.

Oversees the keeping of records on student work terms and assessment of learning experience including, grading of work term reports, tracking and conducting mid-term check meetings and reviewing evaluations providing feedback overall to the student. Liaises with the applicable Dean’s office, and Registrar t