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Desired Start Date: September 8, 2026
Position End Date: June 22, 2027
Salary Range: $28.76 - $32.82
Classification: Support Services Assistant I
Bargaining Unit: Support
Type of Appointment: Sessional Part-time
Schedule: Tues and Thurs 9 am-3 pm, 12 hours/week
Closing Date: June 21, 2026
Special Instructions to Applicants:
The AET department is seeking a part-time sessional Liaison on the Penticton campus.
Shortlisted internal candidates must notify the current Support Staff Bargaining Chairperson and People Services if they want a Union Observer during interviews and the final selection of candidates.
Please provide the names and contact information for a minimum of three references. Note: positions are subject to student enrolment.
For inquiries about this position, please contact Kyla Ashman, Chair, Accessible Education and Training by way of email to [email protected].
Under the limited supervision of the Accessible Education & Training (AET) Instructor, and embedded within the AET courses outcomes, the Liaison is responsible for implementing, and supervising the exploration of employment opportunities in the BEST (Building Employment Skills and Training) program and for providing students with hands-on opportunity to practice skills learned in the classroom. The Liaison will also promote AET in the community with high schools, employers, and community agencies. They will work with student to assist them in navigating the college activities and services, as well as promoting and assisting students interested in the SAME program.
BEST responsibilities:
- Planning, implementing, and supervising the exploration of employment opportunities.
- Organizing and booking tours of workplaces, mock interviews, job shadows and job placements throughout the year, tailored to the individual students’ interests.
- Describe to work experience supervisors reasonable accommodations and workplace supports
- Plan for each student to be submitted to the chair and the BEST instructor
- Visits placement sites regularly to ensure that quality training is being provided.
- Provides hands-on training to the student and supports work experience hosts to plan for and provide better job training experiences for students.
AET promotion responsibilities:
- Establish and maintain community connections with secondary schools and agencies, alongside the AET instructor, for the purpose of promoting all AET programs.
- Plan and organize visitations of groups of high school students to our classes and/or our students to high schools
- Update campus specific course brochures and program guide for the upcoming year
- Represent AET at campus open house events-set up and man info table with promotional materials
- Establish and maintain community connections with employers and promote BEST program on a regular basis
- Annual update of community contact information; school district contacts and support agency contacts. Connect with these, distribute promotional material, invite them to open houses, arrange for potential students to sit-in on a class
General AET student responsibilities:
- Research campus events and facilitate participation of AET students
- Attend orientation day and facilitate student participation
- As needed, support and facilitate student access to accessibility services, aboriginal services, course advising, financial aid (AUG) campus connections (clubs, student council, campus events etc.)
- As needed, facilitate student’s success by supporting them in bridging barriers (housing, food, transportation by connecting to community supports).
- Assist students with registration, obtaining student cards, parking passes, etc.
- Assist students with graduation applications during their last semester of classes
- As needed, assist students with assignments and organization
SAME
- Assist student interested in the SAME program by consulting with other departments at the college and following the SAME application process.
And any other relative and assigned duties
Report of duties preformed to be submitted to the chair and the BEST instructor once a month.
- Successful completion of certificate or degree in related field
- 2-3 years of experience working with persons with learning difficulties
- Effective communication skills
- Can take initiative and work independently
- Student focused
- Technology experience
- Ability to work as a team player
Our Values
Students first: Creating meaningful life-long educational opportunities of the highest quality for alumni, current, and future students is at the heart of everything we do.
Community: We are one College. We enthusiastically embrace the opportunity to work with, learn from, and support everyone we encounter collaboratively and collegially.
Respect: We welcome, embrace, and celebrate that which make us unique in creating an environment in which every individual is valued, affirming our commitment to human dignity for all.
Courage: We are courageous in our actions in areas that contribute to positive change in our communities and beyond. We have the courage to be vulnerable. We are truthful, sincere, and act ethically with honesty and fairness.
Relationships: We steward meaningful relationships built on a foundation of reciprocity. We are compassionate, empathic, and care for the holistic well-being of students, employees, community members, and the land.
Distinction: We choose activities in which we can achieve excellence and positively impact society.
Okanagan College is committed to increasing the equitable and inclusive participation of marginalized people in all aspects of college life. We welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black People, members of racialized groups/visible minorities, people with disabilities and people with diverse gender identities or expressions. People with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application process may contact, in confidence,
[email protected].
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
