Career Advisor, Graduate Studies

3 weeks ago


Vancouver, Canada University of British Columbia Full time

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Student Management, Level A

Job Title

Career Advisor, Graduate Studies

Department

Graduate Professional Programs | Peter A. Allard School of Law

Compensation Range

$5,209.17 - $7,485.33 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 Date

June 1, 2024

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

Job End Date

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 Advisor provides support and works collaboratively with the Director, Professional Programs; and other Graduate Program staff in providing a comprehensive Allard School of Law (“Allard Law”) Graduate Program (“GP”) experience with particular responsibility for Allard Law graduate student and recent alumni career counselling, especially the LLM Common Law and LLM in Taxation programs. Works in cooperation with Allard Law faculty, staff, and programs to support Allard Law’s objective to attract high calibre graduate law students by developing and providing outstanding career services and recruitment opportunities to Allard Law graduate law students and recent alumni, and through fostering stronger and broader relationships with Allard Law graduate alumni and the legal, business, and non-profit communities in general. Provides career advising to Allard Law graduate law students and recent alumni.

Organizational Status

Reports to the Director, Professional Programs. Works closely with the Director, Professional Programs; GP and Career Services Office (“CSO”) staff; Allard Law’s Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Professional Programs; other senior administrators as appropriate; the Allard Law graduate student government and other student clubs; and external contacts at the local, national, and international level. External contacts include hiring partners, executives, and senior staff responsible for recruitment at law firms, companies, government departments and agencies, professional associations, educational institutions, regulatory bodies, and individual alumni, especially those offering employment opportunities for Allard Law graduate law students and alumni.

Work Performed

Overall- Assists the Director, Professional Programs, and the GP staff team, in providing direction to the GP in its goal of enhancing the quality of career services and recruiting resources available to Allard Law graduate law students and recent alumni and supporting the employment success rate of Allard Law graduates.- Escalates issues to the Director, Professional Programs, and the GP staff team, about program and service development for Allard Law graduate law students and alumni.- Assists the Director, Professional Programs, and the GP staff team in planning programming and resources for Allard Law graduate law students.- Maintains and upgrades professional skills and practices through links with professional associations, Canadian and US schools, and attending workshops and conferences where appropriate.- Ensures a collaborative working relationship with Allard Law’s graduate student government, student clubs, and student organizations.- Works in cooperation with other Allard Law units to provide services for Allard Law’s graduate law students, alumni, supporters, and benefactors.

Career Services- With direction from the Director, Professional Programs, and the GP staff team, executes strategies to ensure that career services and resources are marketed effectively to Allard Law graduate law students and recent alumni.- Organizes law-related career development programming and recruitment initiatives for graduate students, in consultation with the CSO.- Develops and updates electronic law-related career handouts.-
- Manages student advising records to ensure accuracy- Delivers guidance to Allard Law graduate students and recent alumni regarding hiring practices in British Columbia (Vancouver, Vancouver Island, and Interior BC) and other national and international markets for law-related career options, including summer positions, articling positions, internships, judicial clerkships, volunteer opportunities, associate and other lawyer positions, and non-legal positions for whic



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