Applications for our Summer term positions are currently open and will close January 28th, 2025 at 11:59PM. Please sign up for our mailing list and follow us on social media to be notified of when employment opportunities become available.
Instructor Positions
Click the job title to view the detailed job description! Due to the timeline of our training period, preference is given to undergraduate students. For high school students interested in working with us, check out our STEM Leadership Program and Junior Instructor programs.
Curriculum Developer
Curriculum Developers work during the summer to design the curriculum for our fall clubs! This position creates engaging STEM activities for grades 1-12.
Student Assistant Positions
Click the job title to view the detailed job description! Student Assistant positions are leadership roles that often supervise instructors, and are open to post-secondary students.
Operations Student Assistant
Assist in customer service relations between Geering Up, parents, and external organizations. Manage camper information and help prepare documents and materials for camps each week. Involves communications by phone, email, and our registration software.
Technology Student Assistant
Gain experience in STEM outreach, supply procurement, and inventory management. Oversee the organization, distribution, and maintenance of all our educational technology, ranging from robots, to laptops, to 3D printers!
Chemical Safety Student Assistant
This position has two functions: managing the acquisition, storage, safe usage, and disposal of chemicals used in summer camps, and hosting the weekly Science Show for our grade 1-7 campers at our UBC Vancouver location! This staff member designs and delivers a high-energy, entertaining show for up to 200 campers weekly.
Aftercare Student Assistant
This position leads the team responsible for after-camp care at the UBC Vancouver camps. Each day, the team picks campers up from their day camp and entertains them with fun, hands-on activities while they await pickup.
InSTEM Student Assistant (Part-Time)
Help reach underrepresented groups in STEM fields with a focus on Indigenous communities, rural areas, and at-risk youth. Organize camps and workshops and build strong relations with community partners.
Communications Team Positions
Click the job title to view the detailed job description! Communications team positions are open to post-secondary students.
Communications Student Assistant
We’re looking for a jack of all trades (…master of some) with the drive to help grow Geering Up and support our mission. The Communications Student Assistant role is suited for someone who has some experience managing creative projects and also has general communications/public relations skills (graphic design, photography, copywriting, creative writing, web development, social media, etc). This role will work directly with the Communications & Marketing Coordinator and Communications team.
Graphics Content Creator
Are you a keen creative who wants to put your graphic design and artistic skills into practice in a bigger setting? Look no further! This role will work with the Geering Up communications team to synthesize the candidate’s graphic design experience with Geering Up’s branding, mission and strategy. We’re looking for someone who understands balance and purpose-driven delivery. This role will work with the Communications & Marketing Coordinator and is part of the Geering Up Communications team.
Visual Content Creator
Got an eye for photography? This could be you! Our Visual Content Creator position attends and photographs Geering Up camps and events for future promotional material.
Social Media Video Content Creator
Calling all influencers! Flex your creativity and STEM knowledge and help us reach youth and parents through our social media presence. Help us show off the cool things that we do and get youth engaged in STEM!
Web Developer
It’s time to translate your web developer skills into the real world! This role will merge coding and tech skills with creativity and strategy to help manage our websites, fix bugs, and work with us to create digital points of connection that are user-friendly and informative. This role will work with the Communications & Marketing Coordinator and is a part of the Geering Up Communications Team.
Teaching at Geering Up
How Do I Apply?
- Get to know Geering Up
Explore our website. Get to know how Geering Up works. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. - Prepare your application
During the process of filling out the application form, you will be asked for a brief summary of your relevant work/volunteer experience and a PDF of your resume. Full-time applicants will be asked to attach a YouTube video link (more info in FAQ’s below). - Fill out the Application Form
The application form is available above. You will be asked to attach your resume and a video to the last page of this application form. You will not receive a confirmation email when your application has been received by us.
FAQs
Geering Up is a non-profit organization that exists to bring STEM programming to youth across BC regardless of their background. To achieve this Geering Up does four things: workshops in elementary schools, camps at UBC, after-school clubs at UBC, and outreach in communities outside of Vancouver. Our instructor team plans and delivers this fantastic content.
As an engineering and science outreach organization, we do give preference to students with an engineering or science background. However, for our instructing positions, we consider other applicants who have strong experience working with children or are pursuing a career in education. For our non-teaching positions, we consider all applicants who have work experience in similar roles.
We want to see you in action! Our Instructor application will ask for you to attach a video. We ask that you film a quick video (no editing necessary) of you teaching anything within the STEM fields as if it were to a class of kids.
Please keep it short (under 2 minutes) and upload the video to YouTube, as we will ask for a YouTube link. Returning staff are exempt from this.
Yes!! However, please be advised that several of our positions work with young children. If you are an international student on a work permit, a completed medical exam is required prior to your start date for these positions. Please refer to the Government of Canada website or contact your local visa office for additional information.
Yes! Anyone who joins us for camps season (June 15th start) can take classes during Term 1 of the summer. We will excuse you from work for any classes and finals you have in the last couple weeks of June. Lots of Instructors prefer a June start so that they can take some summer classes. If you plan on taking Summer Term 2 courses, then you would have to take a part-time position with us during camps season.
Given these uncertain times, we may choose to not hire some of the above roles. However, we feel optimistic that all these positions will be funded and set in stone within the next month. We encourage everyone to apply! We will connect with applicants who applied for roles which we have had to alter or drop to see if they are interested in other available positions.
Student Assistants are the title we give to our staff who help out with our administration team. They often directly oversee a project, which could include supervising a group of Instructors.
You can reach us at recruitment.geeringup@ubc.ca.
