About the role
Location: Kelowna, BC · Type: Support · Posted: 2026-07-28 · Reference: 0a7157cd-747f-418e-95de-9c4f759663a5
When you join Okanagan College, you're joining a team that's transforming lives and communities.
Every course you create, every student you support and every connection you build, it all matters.
Be a part of a vibrant campus community, where the work you do every day truly makes a difference.
Desired Start Date: August 17, 2026 Position End Date: March 31, 2027 Salary Range: $66,030 -$75,403 annually Bargaining Unit: Support Appointment Type: Regular Full-Time Posting Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Typical hours of work are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday. However, due to the nature of this position, flexibility is required. Alternate hours and days, including evenings and weekends, may be necessary to meet operational needs such as events and special activities.
Special Instructions to Applicants:
Shortlisted internal candidates must notify the current Support Staff Bargaining Chairperson and People Services if they want a Union Observer during interviews and final selection of candidates.
Your OpportunitySupervises all regular and non-regular Careers Hub team members
Prioritizes and assigns work on a daily basis
Schedules additional staff as required
Addresses and resolves day-to-day work issues
Assists the Dean, Community Engagement & Careers with performance management and interpersonal conflict issues within the department
Supports the recruitment and training process for regular and non-regular employees
Assists Dean, Community Engagement & Careers with employee performance appraisals
Responsible for overall completion, quality, accuracy, appropriateness, and standards compliance for the team's work performed within the Careers Hub unit
Approves unit activity schedule updates and manages change requests to Careers Hub system, resources, and events
Performs, trains, and mentors others in the Careers Hub functions, including
Managing Careers Hub online system access as directed
Responding to student/ employer/ instructor/ staff/ leadership inquiries
Providing online information resources and social promotion
Processing and monitoring online job postings, processing and monitoring WIL (including Co-operative Education) pathways, coaching and training activities
Developing and monitoring metrics and producing regular reports as directed by the Dean
Liaising with provincial and national post-secondary Careers WIL groups
Responsible for the development and maintenance of the Careers Hub operational and project work plans including resource allocation, planning, scheduling, change management, ongoing improvements, and evaluation in collaboration with the Department Administrator and Dean
Provides subject matter support, issue resolution, advice, guidance, and training for Careers Hub staff, instructors and program staff and leaders on Careers Hub, WIL, and Career Development
Assists the Dean and college leadership to determine and execute on short and long-term WIL and Career Development strategy, select approaches, platforms, technologies, and services to meet strategic direction and future need, provide input and recommendation for innovation, operational efficiency, and service excellence
Recommends resource requirements necessary to support execution of work plans and projects
Performs other duties as assigned
Strong team leadership abilities including: interpersonal communication, organization, conflict resolution, consensus-building, change management, interdisciplinary team work, relationship management
Strong operational and project skills including: critical thinking, planning, analytical, written communication, project management, risk management, engagement, policy and procedure development, implementation, evaluation
Strong engagement abilities including: planning, organizing, leading, facilitating, and documenting online and in person engagement activities and events
Ability to define, apply, promote, and advocate for WIL and Career Development best practices, college standards, EDISJ principles, Reconciliation, and quality standards within the team
Leads by example, creates positive team culture, demonstrates engagement and service excellence
Flexible and adaptable with learning, understanding and applying new approaches, resources, methodologies, tools and processes
Exceptional analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills, ability to investigate, assess, and escalate issues and problems
Highly self-motivated and directed with the ability to work with limited supervision, provide supervision and guidance to others within subject matter expertise area, effectively prioritize and execute tasks balancing multiple relationships and priorities, work both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
Keen attention to detail and a quality driven mindset
Students first: Creating meaningful life-long educational opportunities of the highest quality for alumni, current, and future students is at the heart of everything we do.
Community: We are one College. We enthusiastically embrace the opportunity to work with, learn from, and support everyone we encounter collaboratively and collegially.
Respect: We welcome, embrace, and celebrate that which make us unique in creating an environment in which every individual is valued, affirming our commitment to human dignity for all.
Courage: We are courageous in our actions in areas that contribute to positive change in our communities and beyond. We have the courage to be vulnerable. We are truthful, sincere, and act ethically with honesty and fairness.
Relationships: We steward meaningful relationships built on a foundation of reciprocity. We are compassionate, empathic, and care for the holistic well-being of students, employees, community members, and the land.
Distinction: We choose activities in which we can achieve excellence and positively impact society.
Okanagan College is committed to increasing the equitable and inclusive participation of marginalized people in all aspects of college life. We welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black People, members of racialized groups/visible minorities, people with disabilities and people with diverse gender identities or expressions. People with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application process may contact, in confidence, [email protected].
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