Intermediate Specialist, Co-op and Career Advising

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Posting Reason:
Replacement of a regular position

Job Type: Employee

Anticipated Duration in Months (for contracts and temporary assignments): N/A

Job Family:
Career and Employment

# of Open Positions: 1

Faculty/Service - Department:
Student Affairs, CO-OP, Placement

Academic Campus:
Main Campus

Union Affiliation: SSUO

Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD): 2026/08/06

Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD): 2026/08/17

Hours per week: 35

Salary Grade: SSUO Grade 10

Salary Range: $85,040.00 - $

Student Affairs is at the very heart of the student experience at the University of Ottawa. We recruit the very best future students, support them throughout their university years and leave them well prepared for fulfilling careers and future studies. Our team of more than 600 dedicated staff provides the services that keep students happy, well and thriving as they pursue their ambitions.

We help them apply and enrol for courses, we oversee 11 residences and an award-winning Dining Hall, we organise fun events, we provide extensive recreation program opportunities and varsity sports activities, we run an innovative career development and experiential learning program and much more! There’s nothing more rewarding than helping future generations reach their full potential at a world-class university.

With our wide variety of career opportunities and professional development pathways, we’re sure that you’ll enjoy the experience as much as our students do.

Supports the co-op student population by providing career development and experiential learning initiatives and resources and job market information, and by teaching employability skills and essential competencies. Plays a key role in advising and guiding students through possible circumstances that could jeopardise their ongoing eligibility for co-op or their overall academic success. Promote student retention as they progress through the program.

Acts as a resource person and subject matter expert to the various faculties and university partners in the field of admissions, employability and experiential learning. Facilitates and develops employability tools to prepare students for the job market, and humanises administrative processes by guiding students through various workshops, virtual learning content, individual appointments, and email communications. In this role, your responsibilities will include:

• Help the admissions team in reviewing the faculties’ co-op admissibility recommendations during the admission process to ensure files have been properly assessed by faculties and departments.
• Review and update program regulations and raise student awareness and understanding of the regulations.
• Analyse and manage irregular student circumstances or trajectories and occasionally make recommendations as to the withdrawal of a student from the co-op program with or without a failing mark, so that they can be presented at the Co-op Coordinating Committee meetings.
• Monitor co-op student files to ensure they are meeting all requirements and are eligible to graduate with the co-op mention.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of career development practices, labour market trends, and workplace issues to research, recommend, and promote tools and resources that support co-op students in securing program-related opportunities and strengthening their job search and networking strategies.
• Counsel students encountering difficulties with the placement process and analyse statistics to proactively identify at‑risk students that would benefit from following an action plan to help them succeed.
• Provide students with some coaching and professional development advice.
• Advise the CDEL clientele on career self‑management including work search strategies, labour market research and the consideration and appraisal of further education options.
• Assist in the development of Canadian and international job search strategies.
• Design, deliver, and evaluate customised modules, workshops, and webinars that integrate established and emerging career development practices, with a strong emphasis on leveraging technology to enhance learning and engagement.
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