Learning Initiatives Coordinator (Higher Education)

Location: hirify.global Vancouver Campus, Vancouver, BC, Canada; full-time, fixed-term leave replacement through March 3, 2028.

Salary: $5,692.25–$8,179.50 CAD monthly.

Company

hirify.global is a Canadian university advancing research, innovation, learning, community engagement, and experiential education through the Centre for Community Engaged Learning.

What you will do

• Coordinate undergraduate research, community engaged learning, and experiential education programs, including the Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference and Let’s Talk Science.
• Lead student teams, build relationships with faculty, staff, graduate students, community partners, and campus stakeholders, and coordinate program delivery.
• Oversee Let’s Talk Science operations, including student staff hiring and supervision, volunteer recruitment and training, partner liaison, budget management, and program improvement.
• Advise and match students to relevant projects, respond to student and partner questions, and deliver orientations, preparation workshops, and class or campus sessions.
• Maintain program websites, administrative systems, communications, reporting, program plans, logic models, and evaluation materials.
• Process HR and expense transactions, maintain accurate budgets and financial reports, identify opportunities, and monitor and mitigate program risks.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline.
• One to two years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives that conflict with one’s own.
• Commitment to improving awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Nice to have

• Experience planning and coordinating programs, setting goals, identifying risks and priorities, and aligning work with strategic directions.
• Experience working with university faculty, staff, and students; non-profit organizations; or public schools.
• Experience facilitating groups and leading information, orientation, and training sessions, as well as organizing and promoting events or programs.
• Ability to collaborate with varied stakeholders, envision and implement innovative initiatives, and connect long-range vision with day-to-day work.
• Ability to plan ahead, prioritize, anticipate problems, meet deadlines, manage time, take initiative, work independently, and contribute effectively as a team member.
• Ability to organize and maintain administrative systems and processes, including filing, communications, participation tracking, and office coordination.
• Strong oral and written communication, interpersonal, relationship-building, collaboration, and problem-solving skills; goal- and process-oriented.
• Knowledge of adult education principles and proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, internet searches, and email.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings and occasional weekends.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a university centre focused on community engagement, undergraduate research, experiential education, and global citizenship.
• Collaborate with students, instructors, university departments, community organizations, public schools, and other external partners.
• Work under general direction with considerable autonomy while reporting to an Engagement Advisor.
• Support diverse perspectives, equity, diversity, inclusion, confidentiality, and risk-aware program delivery.
• Fixed-term leave replacement position with a defined job end date of March 3, 2028.