Communications and Events Coordinator

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Information Services, Level A

Job Title

Communications and Events Coordinator

Department

Research | Centre for Climate Justice | Dean of Arts Office

Compensation Range

$5,791.00 - $8,323.42 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date

August 10, 2025

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

Job End Date

August 31, 2026

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 Centre for Climate Justice (CCJ) at UBC advances the urgent social, political and economic changes necessary to address the climate crisis. By supporting collaborative, interdisciplinary and intersectional research across diverse knowledge systems, the Centre for Climate Justice at UBC is a place of mobilization - connecting critical research and community engagement to meet the demands for climate justice.

The Communications and Events Coordinator is responsible for developing and executing strategic communications and knowledge mobilization plans, including developing an editorial calendar and creating associated content, coordinating CCJ campus and community engagement activities, and managing social media accounts.

Organizational Status
The Communications and Events Coordinator will report to the Senior Research Manager and receive input from the Co-Directors. This position requires collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders, including faculty members, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and staff in other administrative and communications units, central UBC administration and communications, and external organizations. The Communications and Events Coordinator also liaises with the Arts Communications team to ensure adherence to Arts and UBC brand guidelines and communications best practices and to support a coordinated approach to the faculty-wide editorial strategy. The Communications and Events Coordinator may delegate tasks as appropriate to Administrative (CUPE 2950) staff and/or student assistants.

Work Performed

Communications- Works within Arts Communications guidelines to develop and execute strategic communications plans to support the Institute's goals and vision, including an editorial calendar.- Creates, curates, and edits a wide range of communication materials for CCJ including newsletters, blog posts, advertising copy, and social media content. Identifies the most appropriate communication channel for communication messages and distributes and implements as needed. Provides research and fact-checking support where needed.- Identifies, supports, and executes media outreach opportunities including liaising with UBC Media Relations, directly pitching to and working with media, and organizing member participation in such opportunities.- Identifies opportunities for collaborations within UBC existing climate
- and sustainability-oriented organizations to share information about work and distribute shared content.- Manages the Centre’s social media channels including producing regular content, interacting with followers, and providing issues management.- Works with Senior Research Manager to create website content, maintenance and updates, including monitoring content to ensure that it is current and meets UBC and Faculty of Arts Branding, web, and marketing guidelines.- Manages public relations activities in conjunction with Senior Research Manager and co-directors, as well as senior university administrators, faculty and outside organizations, including the government, non-profit sector partners, and research groups.- Provides strategic recommendations and advice on a variety of issues including privacy, knowledge exchange, marketing, etc.- Participates in an integrated and coordinated approach to developing communications strategies and policies and participates as an active member of the Arts Communications Network.- Drafts, copy-edits, and type-sets interim and final reports to funding agencies, donor(s), CCJ Executive Committee, and other governing units and funding agencies at and beyond UBC, in collaboration with the Senior Research Manager.- Analyzes data from Google Analytics, and other tools related to search engine optimization, social media and w