Career Coach

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Student Management, Level B

Job Title

Career Coach

Department

Graduate Careers | Business Career Centre | UBC Sauder School of Business

Compensation Range

$6,747.50 - $9,701.42 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

October 19, 2025

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

Job End Date

Ongoing

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

UBC Sauder School of Business is one of the world’s leading business faculties. The school consistently ranks among the top 100 in the world and is recognized internationally for excellence in research and learning, an outstanding faculty and unmatched global partnerships. A collaborative and respectful culture within which all members of our community can thrive is a key principle in our strategic plan, and one that underpins our educational mission.

We acknowledge that UBC Sauder at the Vancouver Campus is situated within the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam. We acknowledge that UBC Sauder at the UBC Robson Square is situated on the traditional territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh.

The Hari B. Varshney Business Career Centre is a personal, professional, and career development centre that serves 4,000+ undergraduate and 1,000+ graduate business students at UBC Sauder School of Business.

The Career Coach is part of the Hari B. Varshney Business Career Centre (BCC) team and provides leadership, opportunities, and services to UBC Sauder students enrolled in the Robert H. Lee Graduate School to be able to connect their skills, talents, interests and education to the changing world of work.

The Career Coach delivers high quality level of service to a diverse and multi-faceted group of graduate students, and is responsible for the entire cycle of students’ career journey at UBC Sauder, from admissions/intake to new grad support. The Career Coach leverages and incorporates direct coaching experience and knowledge to student career coaching and advising services in both one-on-one and group settings, both in person and in virtual format.

The Career Coach achieves results in three key areas of responsibility:
1. Personal and professional development: Develops and delivers, world-class customized career coaching services and programming, tailoring it to the needs of the graduate student population.

2. Access to business community: Expands students’ opportunities to engage with employers, alumni and community.

3. Service Excellence: In collaboration with colleagues across the BCC, continuously improves the quality of career content and resources.

Organizational Status

The Career Coach reports to the Associate Director, Graduate Careers and regularly plans and collaborates with colleagues from across the BCC as well as the Robert H. Lee Graduate School. The Career Coach may supervise external consultants, support employees and students. The Career Coach takes on leadership roles in cross-functional team projects within the BCC, and Robert H. Lee Graduate School.

Work Performed
- Personal and professional development_- Advises and coaches students in their awareness and development of personal and professional competencies, including self-awareness, leadership development, decision making and learning, all related to their career goals.- Designs, delivers and evaluates career programming and resources by leveraging industry knowledge and expertise, innovative theory and evidence-based practices within the fields of career development.- Develops and delivers comprehensive world-class career programs and coaching responsive to the needs of the UBC Sauder graduate students.- Organizes and may facilitate professional development workshops and networking events as part of professional residency weeks and ongoing professional development during students’ program duration.- Provides in-person and online career coaching, with the emphasis on personal and professional development. Identifies and refers students who need health and wellbeing resources to the appropriate support or intervention (i.e., Emergency Services, Counseling Services, Early Alert).- Collaborates with the