Coordinator, Student Development and Support

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Student Management, Level A

Job Title

Coordinator, Student Development and Support

Department

Graduate Student Professional Development | Dean's Office, Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Compensation Range

$5,365.42 - $7,709.92 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date

April 22, 2025

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

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 Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (G+PS) supports over 11,000 master’s and doctoral students at UBC Vancouver. A significant aspect of its support for graduate students and programs is the provision, promotion, and support of professional and personal development (PPD) along with student engagement and community building opportunities for students. These are integral to an outstanding graduate school experience, and help pave the way for a successful tenure in graduate school and a successful transition to careers.

The Graduate Pathways to Success (GPS) program within G+PS is designed to complement core academic curricula and supports graduate students in their development of the competencies and skills needed to thrive both within their graduate program as well as in their future careers.

The Coordinator, SD&S is responsible for evaluating and reporting back on overall GPS program content, attendance, feedback, and budget including preparation of an annual report document

The Coordinator, SD&S will also work with these outcomes in mind:
1. Provision of centrally provided graduate student professional development opportunities which are of high quality and appropriate and responsive to the needs of graduate students both during their graduate programs and after.

2. Clear assessment of the impact and value of the Graduate Pathways to Success programming toward the educational mission of Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and UBC.

Organizational Status
Reports to the Director of Graduate Student Professional Development within the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.

Supervises the GPS Assistant, and works closely with stakeholders representing various units across campus who support graduate student professional development.

Work Performed

Graduate Pathways to Success (GPS) Workshops and Webinars 50%
- Ensures the goals and objectives for the GPS program are being met.
- Manages the implementation, and ongoing evaluation of all GPS training modules for graduate students, ensuring that timeliness of program content, deadlines, capacity and mode of delivery are optimal.
- Liaises with key campus service providers to schedule annual GPS workshops, ensuring topics and content meets the needs of the graduate student community.
- Retains external facilitators or speakers, reviews session content, and works to ensure they use approaches that are in line with GPS philosophy.
- Provides advice to facilitators specific to best practices and approaches for graduate student-relevant content and session logistics and delivery.
- Negotiates contracts for services with workshop facilitators (within established budget guidelines).
- Liaises with facilitators to ensure they are prepared for events including any pre-work requirements, and provides registration updates including any accessibility requirements.
- Shares the GPS facilitator guide with all facilitators to ensure they are aware of UBC’s Respectful Environment Statement to ensure we provide an inclusive and respectful environment for learning.
- Oversees the work of the Program Assistant to ensure that all workshop arrangements for rooms, A/V, catering and workshop materials have been made.
- Reviews and provide recommendations for workshop and on-line materials to ensure relevance of content to graduate student audience. Controls editorial flow and production of website content from original event publishing through to posting of all post-event recordings and handouts.
- Oversees the set up and independently manages events both in person and online for GPS in person and online workshops.
- Provides feedback synopses to individual facilitators after sessions, recommending area