Partnerships, Communications, and Student Engagement Coordinator

Location: hirify.global Vancouver Campus, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Salary: CAD 6,631.67–9,533.25 per month

Company

hirify.global's Asia Forest Research Centre supports forest science, education, research collaboration, student mobility, and capacity building across Asia.

What you will do

• Build and maintain faculty, alumni, employer, community, and university partnerships to create experiential learning, Work-Learn, Co-op, and research opportunities.
• Provide academic and non-academic advising, orientation, transition support, and referrals for Chinese incoming cohorts, including 3+2 and 2+2 articulation students.
• Develop student development, career-readiness, job-readiness, and academic advising programs using retention, placement, and academic outcomes data.
• Maintain the AFRC website, publish institutional and program updates, manage digital content, and strengthen the centre's brand presence.
• Lead grant application and funding development activities, build the funding pipeline, and manage post-award compliance, financial monitoring, and reporting.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline and at least four years of related experience, including two years in business analysis or project management, or an equivalent combination.
• Experience in project management, partnership development, stakeholder engagement, or international education.
• Strong analytical, strategic planning, communication, presentation, and project management skills.
• Ability to support students and stakeholders across diverse cultural and organizational environments and manage competing priorities independently.
• Commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion and respect for diverse perspectives.

Nice to have

• Master's degree and experience with international student support, cross-cultural programming, grant proposals, sponsored projects, or research funding.
• Oral and written fluency in English and Mandarin, plus knowledge of Chinese higher education systems and international articulation pathways.
• Experience with website administration, social media, digital communications, CRM systems, student information systems, Microsoft Office, or hirify.global Workday.
• Knowledge of forestry, natural resources, sustainability, climate change, environmental management, or related sectors.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time staff position with a three-year term ending November 30, 2029.
• Work within a cross-departmental international education and research environment.
• Collaborate with faculty, students, research institutions, funding agencies, industry organizations, and community stakeholders.
• Support programs focused on sustainable forest science, education, student mobility, and capacity building across Asia.