Overview
Research and Outreach Coordinator Jobs in Vancouver at Alma Mater Society of UBC Vancouver
The Alma Mater Society (AMS) is the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) student society, and works to improve the academic, social and personal lives of the 56,000 UBC students at its Vancouver campus. The AMS also runs nine food and beverage outlets, a catering and conference operation, and the AMS Student Nest, providing on-campus employment opportunities and generating revenue that goes directly back into supporting the students at UBC.
Position title: Research and Outreach Coordinator
Reports to: Vice President, External Affairs & Associate Vice President, External Affairs
Employee status: Hourly Exempt, Appointed
Length of term: May 4, 2026 – April 30, 2027
Hours per week: 10 hours per week
Compensation: $20.00 per hour
The Position
The Research and Outreach Coordinator will assist the Vice President External Affairs research efforts municipally, provincially and federally on a wide range of advocacy issues including affordable housing, student financial aid, transportation, etc. The Coordinator will also help or lead the logistics, coordination, and planning of events and campaigns, notably the Student Union Development Conference. They will also assist the Assistant Vice-President, External Affairs, in supporting students with concerns about transit and the U-Pass as they arise throughout the year.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Assist VP External’s advocacy efforts by conducting research for federal, provincial, and municipal budget consultations, document briefs for meetings with stakeholders, and other research projects as assigned.
- Prepare research documents and lobby briefs with the VP External team
- Work with UBC Enrolment Services to respond to U-Pass inquiries from students, including but not limited to exemption, eligibility, subsidies.
- Work with the External Affairs team to organize advocacy campaigns and events, such as SUDS, including researching and booking speakers, developing marketing strategies, scheduling, and the execution of day-of tasks
- Works with the AMS mission statement and values to operate a successful department.
- Build strategic relationships with various campus, community, government, and business partners who support the conference, campaigns, and advocacy goals
- Other duties as required
Qualifications and Experience
- Must be a currently registered student at UBC Vancouver or one of its affiliated colleges
- Strong understanding of issues at facing post-secondary students at UBC and beyond
- Able to research and write high-quality position policy papers, research papers, briefing notes, media releases
- Strong experience in event and campaign planning and organization
- Effective team player who can coordinate and collaborate with multiple people on a project
- Confident public speaker and professional conduct
- Knowledge of municipal, provincial and federal levels of government and their policies is required
- A strong attention to detail is required
- Strong communication (written and verbal) skills
- Experience with issue-based advocacy organizations an asset
- Experience with writing technical and non-technical reports an asset
- Experience with policy research required
- Experience with large-scale event planning and organization
The Ideal Candidate
- Independent, self-motivated, goal and results oriented, and reliable
- Able to research and write high quality position policy papers, research papers, briefing notes, and media releases
- Able to execute tasks quickly, efficiently, and diligently
- Able to eloquently deliver the advocacy campaigns that the External Office is promoting
- Interest in pursuing initiatives and lobbying priorities of the VP External in line with their Executive Goals
- Efficient team player who can coordinate and collaborate with multiple people on projects
- Strong strategic and critical thinking skills that translates to tangible work
- Strong organizational and logistical planning skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills and is able to both lead and work within a team
- Strong creative point of view
To Apply:
Please submit your resume and cover letter. Applications without a cover letter may not be considered.
Please note that the successful candidate must be available for orientation on May 4 and 5.
Application deadline: 11:59 pm April 12.
At the AMS, we believe that a diverse workforce enriches our organization and we value individual life experiences, knowledge and self-expression that different people bring. We actively seek to create an environment where all employees, regardless of their background, race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, or any other characteristics, feel valued, respected, and empowered to contribute their best. We warmly welcome and encourage individuals from any underrepresented group to apply for this position. We are dedicated to maintaining fair and inclusive practices in our hiring, promotion, and professional development processes to create the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.
Due to the large volume of resumes we receive at the AMS, we are only able to contact those we are interested in interviewing and cannot reply to email/phone/walk-in inquiries regarding application status.
Title: Research and Outreach Coordinator
Company: Alma Mater Society of UBC Vancouver
Location: Vancouver
