BNLEK Community Liaison & Instructor Coordinator

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

AAPS Salaried - Student Management, Level B

BNLEK Community Liaison & Instructor Coordinator

UBCO | Indigenous Initiatives | Department of Community, Culture and Global Studies | Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

$6,949.92 - $9,992.50 CAD Monthly

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July 22, 2026

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Ongoing

Part-time .8 FTE

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

This position organizes and coordinates the instructional interactions between students and community stakeholders that lie at the heart of the Bachelor of Nłeʔkepmx Language Fluency. These include courses, internships, capstone projects, and special events, all of which will regularly engage community members and institutions. Key contributors managed by the CLIC include first language speaking mentors, community organizations partnered with the program through student internships and capstone projects, participating and alumni students, and academic and other UBC staff.

The position assists transition of students from their community college centres of learning (such as but not limited to the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, NVIT) to UBC, and works collaboratively with associated UBC faculty/staff in managing student supports.

The BNLEK is housed within the Indigenous Studies program (INDG), itself housed in the Community, Culture, and Global Studies Department of the IK Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Presently the BNLEK has one faculty position and this coordinator’s position associated with it, and the language instructional elements of the program. The position works independently, with great initiative and autonomy, under the general supervision of the Head of CCGS, and collaborates closely with the BNLEK faculty member and other INDG faculty, including the instructors and coordinator involved in an analogous degree, the Bachelor of Nsyilxcn Language Fluency.

The position is also responsible to maintain, develop, and cultivate external relationships with key organizations (for example, NVIT) and additional community partners. The position must maintain existing relationships and support the development of new linkages (including those with other Interior Salishan language communities) as the program develops. Community engagement is a major responsibility of this role: it is a core part of the program and essential to its success.

• Responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with external partners, particularly with NVIT, the Tribal Councils within the Nation and the respective First Nations Bands, while managing collaboration activities with these external partners to facilitate student admissions, scholarships, projects, internships and success.
• Develops, supports, and manages university - community relationships for language instruction, internships and capstone projects.
• Responsible to promote internship / capstone project opportunities within the community, and supports students in the internship / capstone process to ensure the success of those projects, and the retention and successful completion of the students involved.
• Provides public facing contact for the BNLEK and recruitment of new students into the Nłeʔkepmx…