Career Advisor

At the University of Waterloo, we create and promote a culture where everyone can reach their full potential. As an employee, you get support & opportunities that empower you to advance your career. Explore how we can bring big ideas to life, together. The University is a welcoming workplace for those of all abilities, interests, and expertise. As part of our workforce, you can do what you do best, every day. Learn more about our recruitment process. **Job Requisition ID:** 2026-03461 **Time Type:** Full time **Employee Group:** Staff **Job Category:** Career and Employment **Employment Type:** Temporary **Department:** Co-operative and Experiential Education - Undergraduate and Co-op Team II **Hiring Range:** $73,695.42 - $92,119.28 **Posting Information:** This posting is for an existing vacancy. 2 roles availible: one will be aligned to the Faculty of Math, and the other will be aligned to the Faculty of Health. This alignment is in support of faculty-tailored programming and relationship building The internal posting deadline for this position is *November 12, 2026* at 11:59PM. This is a Career Path position. The final level will be determined based on demonstrated skills and experience. Anticipated hiring ranges: USG 9: $73,695 - $92,119 USG 10: $80,248 - $100,310 **Job Description:** Primary Purpose Career Advisors work out of the Centre for Career Development (CCD) and support students to identify and achieve their career and employment goals. They work with them to identify their values, needs and skills and use this information to seek out, engage in, and extract meaning from a wide variety of experiences. Key Accountabilities Support students in employment, career decision-making and strategy, further education, and/or co-op and work-integrated learning (WIL) contexts * Develop strong, supportive advising relationships that are adaptable to people from all identities and experiences. * Cultivate trust with people in one-on-one environments, centering attention on the values and needs of the person seeking service and creating an environment that encourages the development of self-efficacy, resilience, and career optimism. * Facilitate reflection through active listening and interviewing skills to help people identify and synthesize self-information for use in a variety of career, employment, and further education settings. * Capably help people to find and access the tools and resources that will help them identify and/or pursue their priorities and goals. * Support people to understand and navigate sometimes-opaque employment and institutional systems. * Facilitate learning through group advising, workshops, webinars, presentations, events and resources to meet student needs, customized to the audience (e.g., specific associations/academic programs; in and outside of the classroom). * Guide people in accessing and using labour market and other sources of information to build the