Career Development Coordinator

Position Purpose and Summary

Serving within the Centre for Calling & Career Development (CCCD), Career Development Coordinator works with international students and students engaging in work integrated learning experiences to ensure that every graduate is life and career ready. Reporting to the Director, the Coordinator is a key member of the CCCD team as they support students in both initial integration into Canadian employment while also ensuring students are career ready by graduation through the office’s regular career development pathways. The coordinator will organize, implement, and facilitate resources, forms, processes, platforms and events. The coordinator will also support the team in and execute core services of the CCCD.

Key Areas of Accountability

• Provide group and individual resume building and interview prep workshops and coaching.
• Provide 1:1 career coaching and career development support.
• Assist international students with career development, career transition, job search and other career challenges.
• Implement logistics for events such as workshops, webinars, hiring fairs, etc.
• Stay informed about key international student trends, labour market issues, and connecting students with newcomer service providers.
• Coordinate forms and process for experiential learning such as internships and co-ops
• Participate in larger career education initiatives. This includes engaging with the CCCD team and providing support as needed.
• Liaise with international support staff across campus, including the International Student Support Committee (ISSC).
• Connect with and build positive relationships with employers in the community to help support students gain employment.

The Person

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to deliver virtual and in person services.
• Ability to work in a dynamic and growing environment.
• Knowledgeable of labour market issues, especially as they relate to international students.
• Team player with excellent written and oral communication, organizational, and presentation skills who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced, student-focused environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, be creative, and self-motivated.

Personal

Driven and inspired by the idea of positively impacting the various marketplaces of life through the development of godly Christian leaders by serving the Trinity Western University community.

A dedicated and mature evangelical Christian with an earnest desire to serve in family, church, work, and community. Affirm and support TWU’s mission, values, Statement of Faith, and Community Covenant. Strength of character and reputation, integrity, focused. A winsome personality with a positive and friendly attitude.

Servant-Leader Way of Life: Act in a manner that exemplifies Jesus Christ in all on and off-campus contacts thereby living out the servant leadership mission of the university and contributing effectively towards achieving the institutional and Kingdom goals of the organization.

Key Internal Interactions

Reports: None

Reports to: Director, CCCD

Standards & Requirements

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree is required; liberal arts preferred.
• Certified Leadership/Career/Life Coach is preferred.

Experience:

• Some experience working with immigrant, refugee or international students is preferred.

Duties and responsibilities that do not constitute a major change may be added, deleted or changed at any time at the discretion of the supervisor either orally or in writing.

Benefits of Working at TWU:

• A comprehensive benefits package which includes extended health, dental, and insurance and an RRSP matching program.
• Annual statutory holidays (13) with generous vacation entitlement and accruement.
• Tuition Benefit for TWU undergraduate and graduate level courses to enhance knowledge and professional competency.
• Torch tuition scholarship for dependents of eligible employees attending TWU.
• Free access to TWU’s fitness/gym facilities and the Norma Marion Alloway Library.
• Discounts and perks for the on-site Trinity Western Outfitters bookstore and cafeterias, as well as shops and restaurants in Fort Langley.
• Wellness benefits (i.e., counselling, sick days, personal days, and reimbursement for annual wellness/recreation related purchases).
• Free recreational equipment rentals (e.g., paddle boards, snowshoes, kayaks, etc.).
• Free employee parking on campus.
• Special community events throughout the year.
• A positive Christian fellowship environment.

Trinity Western University encourages applications from all eligible candidates who are able to commit to the University’s mission, values, and Christian identity as articulated in its Statement of Faith and Community Covenant. We are committed to an ethic of inclusion and to the equal treatment of all persons without discrimination in accordance with human rights law.

We particularly invite applications from indigenous people, women, persons with disabilities, and visible minorities. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations during the application process should contact Human Resources.

Trinity Western University is located on the traditional ancestral territory of the Sto:lo people.