Coordinator, Global Partnerships and Agreements

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Administration, Level A

Job Title

Coordinator, Global Partnerships and Agreements

Department

Global Partner Relations

Compensation Range

$5,791.00 - $8,323.42 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date

August 4, 2025

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

Job End Date

Aug 31, 2026

This is a leave replacement position of 1 year, ending 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 Office of Global Engagement (OGE) leads UBC's diverse and complex international activities, advancing the University's international strategic priorities. The OGE is part of the Provost and Vice-President Academic's Office. As a whole, the OGE supports UBC’s purpose to develop global citizens through transformative student learning experiences in international locations, underpinned by global partnerships that foster teaching, learning and research collaboration. The OGE has a mandate that includes the curation of international partnerships and formal agreements for mobility and research collaborations, and provides UBC's faculties and departments with the necessary resources to achieve their internationalization goals and create new opportunities to connect around the world. It provides strategic support to University leaders and faculty members, and acts as an important point of contact for institutions around the world.

The Coordinator, Global Partner Engagement, is responsible for the development and implementation of partnership opportunities and activities that support UBC’s broad strategic goals and internationalization efforts. The role is responsible for the planning and coordination of a wide variety of initiatives within the OGE in support of UBC’s global engagement, as required, including organizing global events, meetings and workshops, supporting strategic regionally-focused engagement (e.g. Indo-Pacific collaboration), and coordinates partnership management and stewardship (e.g. managing key relationships with current and potential partners, leading engagement efforts in the development of new partnerships for UBC). The position coordinates the planning and execution of international visitor and delegation events at UBC, and the international visits of UBC delegations and leaders abroad (including, in some cases, the President, VP's and other senior faculty and staff), and is responsible for strategically orienting those engagement opportunities toward the priorities of the Faculties and to the development of outcomes. The position also responsible for other strategic work of the OGE, including but not limited to researching new partnership opportunities, creating content for OGE’s communication channels, and drafting reports, proposals, concept notes, and briefing notes. The role also responsible for the cycle of establishing and renewing partnership agreements (ex. MOUs, Academic Partnership Agreements), and other administrative support for partnerships as required. The role reports to and works closely with the Assistant Director, Global Partner Engagement and Strategy, and is responsible for identifying and cultivating new partnerships, initiatives, and opportunities for UBC that support the Faculties and the University’s strategic activities and reputation globally.

The Coordinator, Global Partner Engagement, will engage with a wide variety of external partners and stakeholders worldwide, including global partners, government contacts, international organizations, the diplomatic community, etc., as well as with UBC faculties, faculty members, Deans and Dean's offices, staff, and colleagues within the OGE.

Organizational Status
The position reports to the Assistant Director, Global Partner Engagement and Strategy. The incumbent works closely with the Director of Global Partnerships, other members of the Global Partnerships team, as well as other staff members within the OGE who engage with our international partners. This position interacts with senior administration across the University and external organizations.

Work Performed

Partnership Engagement, Delegation Visits and Events- Develop, Plan, coordinate, and execute work