Co-op Internship Coordinator

**Date Posted**:08/28/2025
**Req ID**: 44992
**Faculty/Division**: UofT Mississauga
**Department**: UTM: Ofc of the Dean
**Campus**: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)
**Position Number**: 00056921

**Description**:
**About us**:
U of T Mississauga—the second largest campus of Canada’s top-ranked university and the only research university in Ontario’s booming Peel Region—is one of the world’s great catalysts of human potential.

Our employee community hums with the energy of 3,400 faculty, librarians and staff, who power our campus with curiosity, connection and care. We work together to spark life-changing research and innovation, make an indelible mark on the world by building equitable cities and societies, enable healthy lives, create a sustainable future and ignite entrepreneurship. Above all, we prioritize student success, and seek to give our 16,500 students the lift of a lifetime through learning anddiscovery. We love to open opportunities available nowhere else for our community to achieve their ambitions and make their unique contributions to Canada and the world.

This work all comes together on a spectacularly green campus, alongside the Missinihe-ziibi (Trusting Creek or Credit River), where we seek to honour truth, reciprocity and reconciliation on the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We’re thrilled to welcome those whowant to learn more about us and to be part of what we do.

**Your opportunity**:
The Experiential Education Unit (EEU) in the Office of the Vice-Principal Academic and Dean (OVPAD), UTM, aims to enrich the undergraduate education experience by promoting and nurturing unique opportunities and approaches to learning both within and outside of the classroom. General areas of responsibilities of the OVPAD include: academic programs, academic HR; academic policy and planning; academic experience; academic integrity; academic appeals; experiential education; teaching and learning support; strategic leadership; divisional research and data analysis; graduate affairs; tri-campus affairs; and more.

The Co-op Internship Coordinator will report to the Associate Director, Student Learning and Professional Development and work closely with the Director, Experiential Education & Community Engagement; the Associate Dean, Academic Experience; and other internal and external stakeholders. You will work as part of a team to ensure student success within the program and develop relationships with stakeholders within and outside the university, as well as external organizations within our local and international communities.

**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Identifying, fostering and maintaining relationships with potential and existing employers
- Liaising with contacts to facilitate and initiate outreach opportunities
- Researching and analyzing potential employers and recommending student placement opportunities
- Promoting employer jobs and engagement on campus with students
- Implementing plans and process improvements for employer engagement activities
- Keeping well-informed on industry best practices and trends
- Advising students on work related recruitment processes and practices

**Essential Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's Degree or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
- Minimum five years of relevant experience providing direct support to students in an experiential learning (including e.g., work-integrated learning, co-op, community engagement, career services) environment.
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of best practices in advising, career coaching and job search skills.
- Experience developing and maintaining employer and/or industry partnerships.
- Experience working with a different eLearning tool and learning management systems, such as Quercus (Canvas).
- Experience in the area of experiential learning program development and evaluation.
- Familiarity with database management systems (e.g., Symplicity) and ROSI.
- Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to positively represent UTM in the community and to all members of the University community.

**Assets (Nonessential)**:

- Experience working in a university environment in the area of co-op and/or internship programs.

**To be successful in this role you will be**:

- Approachable
- Diplomatic
- Multi-tasker
- Proactive
- Responsible
- Team player

This role is currently eligible for a hybrid work arrangement, pursuant to University policies and guidelines, including but not limited to the University of Toronto’s Alternative Work Arrangements Guideline

**Closing Date**: 09/09/2025, 11:59PM ET
**Employee Group**: USW
**Appointment Type**: Budget - Continuing
**Schedule**: Full-Time
**Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone**:
**Job Category**: Student Services

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