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.
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 (virtual) |
| Thurs June 19 5:30 – 7 PM | Community Building Event #1 (virtual) |
| Ongoing June – October | Online Training Modules (virtual, completed by set deadlines) Connections with incoming students |
| Thurs July 17 5:30 – 7 PM | Community Building Event #2 (virtual) |
| Thurs August 28 5:30 – 7 PM | Community Building Event #3 (virtual) |
| Mon September 1 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM | Imagine UBC Training 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 (in-person) |
| September – October 11 | Ongoing check-ins with new-to-UBC Science students |
| Thurs October 9 5:30 – 7 PM | Final Community Building Event (in-person) |
Benefits of Participating
- Develop transferable soft skills including: group facilitation, online facilitation, effective communication, community development, and team building
- 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
- Organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Time management and conflict resolution skills
- 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
- Knowledge of 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.
