Coordinator, Career Peer Programs

Date Posted: 04/22/2026

Req ID: 47841

Faculty/Division: Vice-Provost, Students

Department: Career Centre

Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Position Number: 00054533

Existing Vacancy: Yes

Description

About us

Student Life connects life to learning. We believe every student should have the opportunity to participate in university life actively and find connection and community while discovering new ways of thinking and being in the world. We provide resources, support and engagement opportunities that are inclusive and accessible, ensuring every student can build experiences that set them up for a lifetime of success.

Within Student Life, the cluster of Student Life Programs & Services (SLP&S), supports students as they achieve personal, academic, career and civic goals. We engage students throughout their learning and development with the following units: Academic Success, Accessibility Services, Career Exploration & Education, Centre for Community Partnerships, Clubs & Leadership Development, Housing, Indigenous Student Services and First Nations House, Mentorship & Peer Programs, Multi-faith Centre, Orientation, Student Success, Transition & Engagementand TCard Services. Together with staff, faculty, students, alumni, employers and community partners, we provide an integrated and coherent path to success that reflects our students' diversity.

Student Life Programs & Services is committed to the University of Toronto principles of equity, inclusion, and reconciliation and we create diverse, accessible, inclusive and welcoming spaces of opportunity that foster deepened engagement, learning, personal growth, and identity development for all students. We are committed to embedding these principles into all the work we do, reducing barriers so that students from all backgrounds and lived experiences can feel a sense of belonging in the communities they find here.

To align with our strategic priorities, and represent the diverse students we serve, we strongly encourage applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise are essential to strengthening the mission of both the University of Toronto and Student Life.

Career Exploration & Education creates curricular and co-curricular learning experiences at the intersection of career, equity, and wellbeing in partnership with student, recent graduate, tri campus, and employer communities. We design career learning experiences that support students’ self-directed learning related to career exploration, career decision-making, employment and further education preparation. Taking an ecosystem approach, across the University of Toronto, we assist students to reflect on and integrate their academic discipline, interests, abilities, experiences, and values in the development of their career aspirations in an ever-changing world. We holdthe vision that University of Toronto students and alumni experience and contribute to a more equitable and just world of work.

Career Exploration & Education is strongly committed to the diversity of communities and ideas and especially welcomes applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized persons, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities, recognizing the intersection across identities and experiences. In the work of career development, we value justice and belonging, reconciliation, learning, community, and curiosity, and encourage applicants who understand these intersections and have demonstrated a commitment in these areas.

Your Opportunity

Reporting to the Assistant Director, Career Education, the Coordinator, Career Peer Programs will be responsible for the overall coordination of the Career Exploration & Education Career Peer Program and student colleague engagement initiatives across the unit.

Working with other colleagues across the unit, the Coordinator, Career Peer Programs is responsible for coordinating the work of the Peer Career Advisors and Peer Career Facilitators as well as facilitating Career Education advising and workshops. The work of Peer Career roles involves co-facilitating workshops, conducting group and individual consultations, providing information referrals to career resources both within the University of Toronto and beyond, promoting Career Exploration & Education to campus partners, and assisting with the delivery of career events.

The Coordinator, Career Peer Programs will provide onboarding, training, and ongoing support to the Peer Career Advisors and Peer Career Workshop Facilitators, as well as oversee the day to day service delivery and operational needs of the program. Working with other members of Career Exploration & Education, the Coordinator, Career Peer Programs will also be responsible for fostering connection and community among student colleagues within the unit, and developing a shared training curriculum for student staff using a work integrated learning framework.

Education

In collaboration with colleagues across Career Exploration & Education , the Coordinator, Career Peer Program will engage in five key areas of responsibility:

• Develop, manage, and assess the Career Peer Program, establishing a high level of service standard in a peer to peer, learner-centered model, while ensuring a meaningful work integrated learning opportunity for student staff
• Supervise, coach, and mentor student staff members of the Career Peer Program, including coordinating hiring and onboarding, and developing training and ongoing career and professional development experiences for all student colleagues with Career Exploration & Education within a work integrated learning framework
• Collaborate with Career Exploration & Education colleagues to identify programs and initiatives that can be supported by peer education and develop and maintain a plan for the ongoing engagement of student as partners in the design, delivery, and assessment of Career Exploration & Education programs, services and resources.
• Collaborate with Student Life staff, and campus partners to heighten awareness of the Career Peer Program, to leverage and share best practices in peer programming, and ensure members of the Program have accurate and relevant information for student consultations.
• Collaborate with other colleagues in theCareer Education portfolio to facilitate core Career Education workshops and programming, as well conduct one on one appointments with students and recent alumni about career resources, resume, cover letters, job search, career exploration and interview practice.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Coordinating the recruitment process and training of work-study staff. Assigning and checking the work of work-study students
• Conducting detailed analysis on program efficiency and student learning outcomes to inform program planning activities
• Planning and implementing components of curricular and/or co-curricular programs and activities to foster students' individual career development process
• Delivering and supporting the development of career education workshops for undergraduate, professional, and graduate students and recent alumni with an emphasis on active, hope-centered, anti-oppressive, and self-directed career learning
• Facilitating career education workshops online and in person, encouraging peer to peer learning, and active participant engagement
• Providing virtual and in person advising and coaching students on job search, career exploration and decision making
• Assisting students in locating accurate career and job search information; provide suggestions and referrals to programming within and outside of the Career Exploration & Education
• Advising students on how to prepare job applications, cover letter and resume development

Essential Qualifications

• Master’s degree in student development, higher education, adult education, or any equivalent combination of education or experience.
• Minimum three (3) years experience developing and delivering peer-to-peer programs in an educational institution or organization, with demonstrated experience motivating and leading student staff, volunteers, and student interns. Ability to relate to student staff in a supportive and motivating way.
• Minimum three (3) years experience in an experiential or work integrated learning program delivery environment, with an emphasis on program and curriculum development, delivery, assessment,as well as group facilitation and reflection, preferably within an educational setting, or the non-profit sector.
• Demonstrated knowledge of career development, work-integrated learning, student development and other related theories. Ability to research, learn and utilize theoretical approaches and best-practices for career education.
• Demonstrated ability to design and facilitate effective, multi-modal, interactive learning opportunities and environments for students.
• Demonstrated experience with curriculum development processes, including an understanding on learning outcome development and workshop design principles.
• Experience providing 1:1 advising to students regarding all aspects of career exploration, and job-searching; including self-assessment, researching possible careers, gaining career related experience, creating career action plans and preparing for job or grad school applications.
• Demonstrated commitment to principles of equity, inclusion, justice& reconciliation and knowledge and awareness of the life experiences and career needs of Indigenous, Black, racialized, 2SLGBTQ+ students, and students with disabilities.
• Ability to work in a highly diverse University community and to work constructive and cooperatively with a variety of campus partners in order to foster a support an environment of trust, respect and collaboration.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team environment.
• Demonstrated experience building relationships with academic and co-curricular partners, students, and student groups.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills. Excellent facilitation skills utilizing new technology and creativity.
• Commitment to continuous professional learning and development.
• Strong time management & organizational skills, accuracy and attention to detail, with a proactive solutions focus.
• Advanced proficiency with MS Office Suite (i.e. Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint) and well-developed technology skills including locating and evaluating relevant material using the Internet and database searches; comfort with automated computer systems (e.g. blogs, social networking, e-learning, video clips).
• Ability to exercise initiative, creativity, and attention to detail.

To Be Successful In This Role You Will Be

• Communicator
• Multi-tasker
• Organized
• Resourceful
• Team player

NOTE: This is a term position ending April 2027.

Closing Date: 05/01/2026, 11:59PM ET

Employee Group: USW

Appointment Type: Budget - Term

Schedule: Full-Time NOTE: This is a term position ending April 2027.

Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone

USW Pay Band 12 -- $81,312. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $103,986. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.

Job Category: Student Services

Recruiter: Blythe Campbell

Lived Experience Statement

Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

A Job Description Is Available Upon Request

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Diversity Statement

The University of Toronto embraces Diversity and is building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized persons, women, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities. We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise are essential to strengthening our academic mission.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see http://uoft.me/UP.

Accessibility Statement

The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.

The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.

If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact uoft.careers@utoronto.ca.

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