Science Imagine UBC Orientation Leader Position Description 2025
March 11, 2025
Imagine UBC and the University's orientation programs serve as new students' formal welcome to the University, and to the learning community they have joined. Imagine UBC helps both first year and transfer students begin to find and build a community at UBC, feel supported from their first day on campus and through their first year.
The Imagine UBC Orientation Leader position plays a crucial role in the delivery of UBC Orientations through communicating with a cohort of new-to-Science students throughout the summer, and by providing direct peer support to this group on Imagine Day (September 2, 2025) through to mid-October.
Imagine UBC is an in-person orientation and your responsibilities are primarily in person, too. Some training through the summer will be hosted online, please check specific dates and responsibilities further down this document to ensure that you can fully commit to this role.
In 2025, we are seeking 180 Imagine UBC Orientation Leaders for the Faculty of Science.
Time Commitment
You must ensure you are available for all commitments listed below as they are mandatory requirements.
Time Period | Details |
|---|---|
| Thurs June 12 5:30 – 7 PM | Science Welcome: A live virtual overview of the Orientation Leader role + an opportunity to meet your Senior Orientation Leader team |
| Thurs June 19 5:30 – 7 PM | Community Building Event #1 Specific meet-up time and duration will be coordinated by the Senior Orientation Leader working with your OL group |
| Ongoing June – October | Asynchronous Online Training Modules Connections with incoming students |
| Thurs July 17 5:30 – 7 PM | Community Building Event #2 Specific meet-up time and duration will be coordinated by the Senior Orientation Leader working with your OL group |
| Thurs August 28 5:30 – 7 PM | Community Building Event #3 Specific meet-up time and duration will be coordinated by the Senior Orientation Leader working with your OL group |
| Mon September 1 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM | Imagine UBC Training More information will be available in August. If you will be away for the summer, please plan to return to campus by August 31, 2025 |
| Tues September 2 7 AM – Evening | Imagine Day |
| Thurs September 18 5:30 – 7 PM | Imagine Debrief & Celebration Event This event is in-person on campus |
| September – October 11 | Ongoing check-ins with new-to-UBC Science students |
| Thurs October 9 5:30 – 7 PM | Final Community Building Event This event is in-person on campus |
Benefits of Participating
- Develop transferable soft skills including: group facilitation, online facilitation, effective communication, community development, and team building
- Build respectful and inclusive communities
- Build connections with university staff and peers
- Give back to UBC community
Desired Experience and Skills
- Must be a student in good academic standing and enrolled as an undergraduate student in the Faculty of Science until December 2025 or later
- Exceptional leadership skills
- Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Excellent time management and conflict resolution skills
- Flexibility in planning, promoting, and facilitating new and innovative initiatives throughout the year
- Demonstrated ability to adapt to new and challenging experiences with positive mindset
- Ability and willingness to work independently and as part of a team with students, volunteers, and staff
- Willing to engage in ongoing professional and personal development opportunities
- Knowledge of UBC and volunteer/work experience
- Knowledge of and/or sensitivity to issues affecting students and their transition to Canada or to UBC
- Transfer Student Orientation Leaders: personal experience as a transfer student is an asset, but not required
Commitment to Equity and Inclusion
- Equity and diversity are essential to the academic community at UBC and essential to Orientations programming that will support all incoming students. A diverse leader community can contribute to effective community building and to the empowerment of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit or Indigenous person.
- We expect all applicants to be committed to equity and inclusion, and leaders will be provided with ongoing training related to these topics. We expect all applicants to show respect for all people and their differences, demonstrate fairness and equity, work to understand the perspectives of others, promote cooperation and collaboration, bring out the best in others, demonstrate empathy and use respectful language.
