Director, Career Services

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Student Management, Level B

Job Title

Director, Career Services

Department

Career Services | Peter A. Allard School of Law

Compensation Range

$6,747.50 - $9,701.42 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date

May 8, 2025

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

Job End Date

This position is expected to be filled by promotion/reassignment and is included here to inform you of its vacancy at the University.

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 Description Summary

Supports and works collaboratively with the Assistant Dean, Career Services and other staff in providing a full-service, comprehensive Allard School of Law ( Allard Law ) Career Services Office ( CSO ), with particular responsibility for Allard Law JD and graduate law student and recent alumni career counselling. Works in cooperation with Allard Law faculty, staff, and programs to support Allard Law s objective to attract high calibre students by developing and providing outstanding career services and recruitment opportunities to Allard Law JD and graduate law students and recent alumni, and through fostering stronger and broader relationships with Allard Law alumni and the legal, business, and non-profit communities in general. Provides career advising to Allard Law JD and graduate law students and recent alumni.

Organizational Status

Reports to the Assistant Dean, Career Services.

Works closely with the Assistant Dean, Career Services; the Public Interest Coordinator; other CSO staff; Allard Law s Dean; Allard Law s Associate Dean of Academic Affairs; other senior administrators as appropriate; the Allard Law student government(s) 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 JD and graduate law students and alumni).

Work Performed

Overall
- Assists the Assistant Dean, Career Services, in providing strategic leadership to the CSO in its goal of enhancing the quality of career services and recruiting resources available to Allard Law JD and graduate law students and recent alumni, supporting the employment success rate of Allard Law graduates.
- Provides suggestions to the Assistant Dean, Career Services, about program and service development for Allard Law JD and graduate law students and alumni.
- Assists the Assistant Dean, Career Services in planning and implementing CSO s annual programming and resources for Allard Law JD and graduate law students.
- Develops and maintains thorough knowledge of industry best practices and evolving market shifts.
- Maintains and upgrades professional skills and practices though links with professional associations, Canadian and US schools, and attending workshops and conferences where appropriate.
- Assists the Assistant Dean, Career Services, in supervising and guiding the activities and projects of the Allard Law Careers Committee (an elected group of student volunteers who assist with, support, and promote CSO programming, events, and resources).
- Fosters a collaborative working relationship with Allard Law s student government(s), student clubs, and student organizations.
- Works in cooperation with other Allard Law units to implement programming and provide services for Allard Law s JD and graduate law students, alumni, supporters, and benefactors.

Career Services
- In collaboration with the Assistant Dean, Career Services, develops and implements strategies to ensure that CSO services and resources are marketed effectively to Allard Law JD and graduate law students and recent alumni.
- Organizes and implements 2L summer on-campus interviews, legal career fairs, CBA Mentorship Program and Reception, panel discussions, orientation seminars, training sessions, mock interviews, and other law-related career development programming and recruitment initiatives.
- Develops and update