Careers at UBC
UBC is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the top public universities globally. Our community of engaged students and approximately 20,000 faculty and staff who are collectively committed to shaping a better world. Join us!
Explore opportunities for faculty and staff careers
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How we ensure you thrive at work and beyond
UBC offers a wide range of perks and benefits to ensure you are supported in your work and personal life. We believe that our workforce thrives when all aspects of their lives are nurtured and cared for.
Comprehensive benefits
UBC offers a comprehensive benefits plan, competitive and transparent salaries, generous vacation time and other helpful benefits as part of a total rewards package to make sure you and your family are taken care of.
Ongoing learning & development
UBC provides opportunities for faculty and staff to continue their learning and nurture a practice of ongoing growth and professional development.
Work-life balance & wellbeing
UBC strives to ensure you feel a sense of balance between your work and home life by providing flexible work options and support services, so you can do incredible work while also prioritizing your personal needs, wellbeing, and mental and physical health.
Life on campus
UBC offers options and support to assist with your unique living needs. Life on campus is also vibrant with many natural spaces, gardens, museums, galleries and more.
Learn about roles through our communities across UBC
Our students, faculty and staff are working to advance healthy lives, create solutions for the planet and shape thriving societies. What happens here has the power to change everything.
Learn more about opportunities through these communities.
Realize your greatest potential at UBC
Our Vision is to inspire people, ideas and actions for a better world. We believe that, when provided with the opportunity, people with drive and curiosity will change the world. Join us!
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Be Part of a diverse and inclusive workplace
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI) are important at UBC. We take pride in cultivating a diverse community that creates and sustains equitable and inclusive campuses.
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Engage with Indigenous initiatives and programming
We work to promote an ongoing journey of learning and meaningful relationship-building through partnerships and programming that centers Indigenous faculty, staff, students, and local nations on whose lands our campuses are situated.
Why we work at UBC
Recognized as a leading employer in British Columbia and Canada, UBC supports students, faculty and staff on their journey of discovery, and challenges them to realize their greatest potential.
A first-choice place to learn and work
BC's Top Employer
UBC is recognized as one of BC’s Top Employers. This designation recognizes the British Columbian employers that lead as exceptional places to work – and who offer employees the most progressive and forward-thinking programs.
Canada's Best diversity employer
UBC is recognized as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers. This designation recognizes employers across Canada with exceptional workplace diversity and inclusiveness programs.
Canada's Greenest employer
UBC is recognized as one of Canada’s Greenest Employers. This special award recognizes Canadian employers that lead the nation in creating a culture of environmental awareness and developing exceptional sustainability initiatives.
Canada Awards for Excellence recipient 2025 at the Platinum level for both Healthy Workplace and Mental Health at Work
UBC has achieved Platinum certification from Excellence Canada for the combined benchmark of the Healthy Workplace® Standard and the Mental Health at Work® Framework.
Land acknowledgement
We respectfully acknowledge that the UBC Vancouver campus is situated on the ancestral and unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people and that UBC Okanagan campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded lands of the Syilx Okanagan Nation. The placement of UBC campuses on these lands is relatively recent — the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) and Syilx peoples have been stewards and caretakers of these territories since time immemorial.