Partnerships, Communications, and Student Engagement Coordinator

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

3 year term position

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. 

Provide academic and non-academic advising, orientation, and transition support for Chinese incoming cohorts — including high school transfer students and 3+2/2+2 articulation program students — applying specialized knowledge of their academic backgrounds and program requirements, including:

• Identify, build, and sustain a network of faculty, alumni, employers, and community partners to establish experiential learning opportunities, and coordinate student placement into Work-Learn, Co-op, and research roles.

• Identify and establish student development programming, including career-readiness, job-readiness, and academic advising, informed by analysis of retention, placement, and academic outcomes data.

• Assess student and cohort needs to determine advising, referral, and support strategies — including referrals to specialized academic, career, wellness, and accessibility services — and resolve the distinct transition-related needs of 3+2 students.

• Develop AFRC's digital content and brand presence, ensuring alignment with AFRC's mandate, Forestry's brand, and partner-university relationships.

• Maintain website structure and content to support navigation and searchability, and publish program and institutional updates.

• In consultation with the Associate Dean, lead the full grant application and funding development lifecycle, recommending which opportunities to pursue and how proposals and partnerships should be structured; final funding-pursuit decisions rest with the Associate Dean.

• Build a funding pipeline and manage post-award compliance, financial monitoring, and reporting to protect AFRC's funding relationships.

• Master's degree in a relevant discipline preferred.
• Experience in international education, student success programming, or partnership management within a post-secondary institution.
• Experience developing and managing grant proposals, funding applications, and sponsored projects.
• Knowledge of Canadian and international research funding environments.
• Experience supporting international students and cross-cultural programming.
• Strong understanding of Chinese higher education systems and international articulation pathways.
• Oral and written fluency in English and Mandarin.
• Demonstrated experience in website administration, social media management, and digital communications.
• Strong analytical, strategic planning, and project management skills.
• Excellent presentation, interpersonal, and stakeholder engagement abilities.
• Ability to establish and maintain collaborative working relationships across diverse cultural and organizational environments.
• Experience with CRM systems, student information systems, and Microsoft Office applications.
• Knowledge of forestry, natural resources, sustainability, climate change, environmental management, or related sectors would be considered an asset.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and deliver results within demanding timelines.
• Experience working with UBC Workday system would be a definite asset.
• Familiarity with the Chinese Educational System
• Knowledge of current issues in Forestry, Conversation and Wood Products in BC Canada and internationally.