Associate Student Recruiter and Advisor, On-Campus

The University of British Columbia; Kelowna; On-site; CAD 64,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of British Columbia, located at the Okanagan campus in Kelowna, seeks an Associate Student Recruiter and Advisor, On-Campus. The role focuses on planning, coordinating, and delivering on-campus recruitment programs and advising for prospective domestic students, families, and counsellors, both in-person and virtually.

Reporting to the Manager, On-Campus Recruitment, you will manage campus tours, events, and staff support, delivering engaging presentations and coordinating with ISI

Qualifications

• Provides on-campus recruitment programming and advising
• Advises prospective domestic students and their families
• Plans and delivers effective on-campus and virtual programs

Responsibilities

• Develops programs to encourage prospective domestic students and counsellors to visit the campuses
• Plans, coordinates, and evaluates campus tours and events
• Hires, trains, and supports Student Ambassadors and staff
• Develops multi-media presentations for campus tours and virtual tours
• Tracks participant data and writes reports on recruitment effectiveness
• Coordinates campus tours and recruitment portfolio
• Delivers presentations to groups using multimedia materials
• Assists in coordinating ISI on-campus activities and collaboration

Job description

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Student Management, Level A

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Student Management, Level A

Job Title

Associate Student Recruiter and Advisor, On-Campus

Department

UBCO | Manager, On-campus Recruitment | SRA | Enrolment Services

Compensation Range

$5,692.25 - $8,179.50 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date

October 1, 2026

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

Job End Date

Ongoing

This position will be filled internally. It is posted for informational purposes only.

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 purpose of this position is to plan, coordinate and implement a variety of effective and innovative on-campus recruiting and advising services and programs for prospective domestic students, their parents and counsellors visiting UBC’s Okanagan campus virtually or in-person. This position regularly gives presentations and undertakes group and one-on-one advising to this effect. This position provides recruitment programs and advising services for secondary and post-secondary school students, parents, educational advocates and counsellors in Canada for the purpose of encouraging qualified prospective students to seek admission to UBC. This position advises students with secondary and post-secondary credentials concerning UBC admission criteria and specific program requirements for admission to UBC undergraduate programs on both campuses. This position support the advancement of Indigenous peoples’ human rights and UBC’s commitment to reconciliation, as articulated and called for by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Foster access, success and representation at UBC of historically underserved, marginalized or excluded populations. This position is located on the UBC Okanagan Campus.

Organizational Status

Reports to the Manager, On-Campus Recruitment in terms of overall strategy and operations. The position works closely in collaboration with: (a) Student Recruiter-Advisors, Recruitment Marketing Prospective Student Engagement and Admissions staff on the Okanagan and Vancouver campuses of UBC, (b) other staff in UBC Enrolment Services, and (c) other on-campus units (i.e. Faculties, First Nations House of Learning, Indigenous Programs and Services, The Beyond Tomorrow Scholars Program, Centre for Accessibility, International Student Initiative) to support the recruitment, advising, admission and successful transition of students to UBC.

Work Performed

Provides on-campus recruitment programming and advising:

• Develops programs to encourage more prospective domestic students, their parents and counsellors to visit the UBC campuses in-person or explore our campuses virtually. Examples may include but are not limited to customized campus tours, live virtual campus tours, special events (virtual or in‑person), sponsored trips for domestic student groups and/or counsellors.
• Develops, plans, and executes strategic special events, which involves event designing, promotion, facility logistics, liaising with internal/external partners, coordinating the involvement of staff / faculty, training and supervising student assistants, and post‑event evaluation.
• Advises prospective domestic students and their families visiting the campus.
• Participates in coordinating the design and delivery of campus tours and special on‑campus and virtual programs for counsellors.
• Assists in the hiring, training, supervision, and support of Student Ambassadors, Senior Student Ambassadors, co‑op students and other student, clerical or event staff.
• Works closely with the Recruitment Marketing and Prospective Student Engagement team and ISI on‑campus team to develop an innovative multi‑media presentation for use in the campus tour program. May work with the Recruitment Marketing and Prospective Student Engagement team to develop web‑based virtual tours for prospective students, and other communication products to promote campus tours and on‑campus recruitment activities.
• Collects and maintains data on the origin of on‑campus event participants, tracking and assessing patterns of participation, designing and delivering other assessment tools to solicit feedback from event participants to determine levels of satisfaction and overall effectiveness of program in meeting recruitment goals; writing reports and making recommendations for changes and improvements to the Manager, On Campus Recruitment.
• Assists in the overall coordination of the campus tours and on‑campus recruitment portfolio.

Performs recruiting and advising services:

• Builds strong relationships and trust with institutions, community organizations, and individuals through effective and inclusive communication with students, parents, educational advocates and counsellors in presentation settings, one‑on‑one advising, telephone inquiries, email correspondence, social media and online sessions.
• Shares UBC’s commitment to inclusive excellence and the resources available to empower students to achieve their educational goals.
• Provides information on all aspects of academic program options, application, admission, registration, housing, awards and financial assistance, extracurricular activities, campus resources and orientation to UBC.
• Applies knowledge and understanding of complex requirements and policies in making appropriate responses and offering advice based on individual assessment of each situation.
• Represents UBC’s welcoming community and positive engagement with all students, particularly those from systemically marginalized communities
• Prepares and delivers effective presentations to groups, proficiently using multi‑media materials and other collaterals to support public presentations.
• Plans and delivers effective group advising sessions in a variety of settings.
• Supports the social media initiatives coordinated by the Recruitment Marketing and Prospective Student Engagement team.

Conducts other related Recruitment and Advising Services:

• Liaises closely with ISI in planning and scheduling activities to ensure those targeted to the domestic student sub‑sector are complementary.
• Provides advising services in a professional manner; understanding limits to knowledge, and consulting with the SRA team on complex inquiries or difficult situations that arise; observing confidentiality in relation to UBC data, market intelligence, and other knowledge and information about the University.