Industry and Employer Engagement Specialist

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

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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

This position furthers the Universitys vision to support students to become career-ready graduates that are able to connect their talents interests and education to the world of work. This position leads on-campus recruitment programs industry and labour market awareness strategies and degree outcomes reporting. This position creates collaborative educational partnerships with faculty alumni employers and organizations and tests new models that position UBC Okanagan alumni and employers more deeply as co-educators and mentors. This position contributes directly to the Universitys transformative learning goals by advancing students career learning and readiness mentorship and professional development through work and volunteer experiences and increases exposure to industry and labour market trends while facilitating meaningful engagement with experiential learning opportunities.

Organizational Status

This position is a member of the Academic and Career Development Team which is a student service area that facilitates and enhances student learning through academic and career-building enriched educational experiences. It is a central point for all graduate and undergraduate students and employers on the UBC Okanagan campus to meet connect network and build relationships; and to research and explore academic and career opportunities. The Academic and Career Development Team connects students to workplace learning mentoring volunteer and leadership opportunities; and offers academic and career related services to students academic departments employers and alumni.

This position builds and sustains crucial external and internal relationships to advance the Universitys goals of supporting student learning preparing career-ready graduates and engaging with alumni to deepen connections to UBC. Externally this position is responsible for building relationships with local national and international employers and alumni organizations and industry association representatives ranging from senior level executives to human resources staff. Internally this position works in close collaboration with Faculties and units both within the AVP Students portfolio and across the University alumni UBC the Student Union Okanagan and other student groups.

Work Performed

Stakeholder Engagement

• Provides campus-wide engagement to increase student connections with employers alumni and organizations within British Columbia Canada and internationally.

• Works in close partnership with the Manager Career Development to develop a comprehensive employer and student-alumni engagement strategy which includes curricular and co-curricular programs and services.

• Acts as one of the main points of contact for on and off campus employers who wish to connect with University of British Columbia Okanagan students

• Oversees and participates in the development of relationships with potential employers through company site visits needs assessments developing campus-wide programs and events linking employers to campus programs services people and partners providing strategic targeted recruitment planning and acting as a resource for all on-campus recruitment activity.

• Strategically develops the Universitys ability to support students and alumni to access the student talent pipeline to support alumni in their roles as employers entrepreneurs and community leaders.

• Works in collaboration to develop programming to address the needs of diverse audiences ensuring comprehensive reflective practices are embedded into programs services and student roles to maximize student learning and career development outcomes across the units work.

• Plans and designs program(s) promotions using social media tools such as Linkedin and Instagram and coordinates faculty or industry participation as well as the involvement of other Career and Student Services staff. Events will include a two day campus wide career fair in February a professional and graduate school fair in September speaker series departmental career/majors events web resources and workshops.

CRM Administration and Strategy

• Oversees the customer relationship management (CRM) strategy and software platform(s) to manage campus job postings mentorship programs and steward employer relationships.

• Collects researches prioritizes and implements ideas best practices and recommendations for upgrades and enhancements to web-based point of contact systems.

• Leverages technology to establish and sustain partnerships.

• Represents the Academic and Career Development Team on various committees and/or tables convening around CRM technologies and systems that are coordinated through UBC IT.

• Acts as the liaison between the UBCO and the CRM provider to ensure system is serving the business and operational needs of the unit and the University.

• Liaises with other campus colleagues in career centres and cooperative education offices utilizing Symplicity software and/or other CRM platforms such as Maximizer to initiate dialogue in best practices for employer and alumni engagement and technological platforms.

Cross Campus Collaboration

• Collaborates with faculty to build relationships that meet the needs of individual disciplines

• Liaises with colleagues across UBC campuses and programs to promote co-operative and collaborative communication with external employers and coordinates initiatives to enhance external employer experiences with the University. This may include communities of practice systems upgrades or environmental scans of existing programs events and/or services.

Student Staff supervision

• May provide supervision to a team of student staff co-op students work study students and or volunteers.

• Directs guides and mentors student staff to achieve departmental goals and outcomes.

• Develops facilitates and evaluates training programs for student staff.

• Recruits hires evaluates performance and terminates if required.

• Carries out any other related duties as necessary in keeping with the requirements and qualifications of the job.

Consequence of Error/Judgement

This position represents students and the University in a variety of internal and external venues. Incorrect decisions and judgment will directly affect UBCs reputation with the employer community and future UBC alumni. Incorrect decisions will have impact on the employment of students the operations of the programs and the reputation of the Faculties and the University.

Supervision Received

Works independently under general guidance from the Manager Career Development.

Supervision Given

May train and supervise support staff student staff and volunteers

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 ones own
- Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing ones own awareness knowledge and skills related to equity diversity and inclusion

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred

• Masters degree in a relevant discipline.

• Prior higher education experience is an asset.

• Knowledge of employer and alumni engagement practices and on campus recruitment programs.

• Experience designing and delivering complex programs and events such as career fairs including evaluating and measuring program effectiveness and outcomes required.

• Knowledge of University systems structures processes and decision making structures is an asset. Valid BC Drivers License and own transportation required.

• Knowledge of CRM and career management platforms an asset.

• Knowledge of career employment and job search strategies used by students and alumni.

• Knowledge of Canadian Association of Career Educators CACEE standards and guidelines for ethical recruitment.

• Familiarity with human rights labour legislation and current human resources practices. Knowledge of current trends in higher education career development graduate employability and local national and international labour markets.

• Ability to work effectively in teams and to develop and sustain effective working relationships with students faculty staff employers volunteers and community members.

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with diverse communities and promote inclusion.

• Demonstrated oral and written communication skills.

• Further language abilities an asset.

• Demonstrated computer skills and willingness to learn new systems.

• Ability to work under pressure of critical deadlines.

• Ability to incorporate a varied workday i.e. attend a variety of evening and weekend events year round.