Competition Number

P17306

Posting Title

International Student Recruitment Assistant (Saskatoon)

Classification

Band 1

Location

Saskatchewan Polytechnic Saskatoon Campus

Other Location(s)

Saskatchewan Polytechnic Saskatoon Campus

Building

Other Building

Date Posted

03/27/2026

Closing Date

04/08/2026

JIQ #

001

Start Date

04/13/2026

End Date

06/30/2027

Open Until Filled

No

Ongoing

No

Category of work

Part Time

Bargaining Unit

Professional Services

Hours of Work

Regulated 36 hours (modified)

Salary Range

$19.83 - $23.65 per hour

Temporary Market Stipend

N/A

Incumbent

Total Assigned days (AC) / Total Hours per biweekly pay

Determined by workload. Anticipation of 50 hours per biweekly pay period during the summer and 10 hours per biweekly pay period during the school year.

Posting Status

Open

The Student Assistant position must be a full-time returning to SaskPolytech student for the September 2026 /2027 school year.

Saskatchewan Polytechnic considers the diversity of our workforce to be one our leading strengths and greatest assets. Our employee diversity enhances our ability to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student population. Currently, approximately 20% of our students are Indigenous. A continued emphasis on the development of a representative workforce is one of Sask Polytech’s strategic priorities and, as an organization, we are making significant efforts to attract and retain Indigenous employees.

##Job Duties/Qualifications, Skills and Abilities(QSA)

Job Duties

Job Duties

Reporting to the Manager of International Education, the International Student Recruitment Assistant is to support the efforts of the student recruitment and student engagement functions of the International Education Team. Acting as an ambassador, the International Student Recruitment Assistant must be currently enrolled full-time student of Saskatchewan Polytechnic. The primary purpose is to engage with new and existing international students, discuss their experiences in SaskPolytech, Saskatchewan, and Canada alike, while also assisting with basic data entry and pre-populated emails.

• Act as peer support by calling all new applicants to ensure they are prepared to study in Canada
• Social Media initiatives and engaging with prospective and current international students.
• Assist with daily reports, data entry and updates in existing reports
• Triage prospective and current international student emails with template responses
• When possible, assist with logistical support for International Education student events, including, but not limited to, orientation, airport pickup and international student advisor presentations.
• Basic office support such as stuffing envelopes, compiling information packages, setting-up and taking-down of meeting rooms, photocopying and related tasks.
• Assist International Education with student orientation and other presentation.
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND EXPERIENCE

Specific Accountabilities

• Creating honest, trusting, and successful working relationships with others (inside and outside the organization) by consistently demonstrating competence and reliability in job performance, and representing what is best about the organization through demonstrated principles, actions, and communications.

• Working with others to share expertise and achieve outcomes that benefit the organization; stepping in to fill necessary roles that others are unable or unwilling to do; demonstrating strong communication skills to others on the team through active listening, summarizing, facilitating and “bridge building”.

• Taking responsibility for clarifying the expectations of others; acknowledging how personal decisions, actions, and standards of performance influence work accomplishments; accepting responsibility for work accomplishments; and recognizing changes required to achieve better results going forward.

• Developing and maintaining an effective and constructive network with others inside and outside the organization (partners, stakeholders, customers, vendors, contacts, peers, etc.,) who may be helpful in achieving work-related goals that contribute to organizational success.

• Ensuring that work accomplished is complete in all relevant aspects; avoiding lost productivity due to excessive working of peripheral details.

• Ensuring that work accomplished is accurate in all relevant aspects.

• Representing the organization to outsiders; participating in civic activities as the organizations representative, presenting the organizations position in difficult, issue-related areas and providing information to others/outside associations that enhances the organization`s profile in the community.

• Effectively adapting to tight deadlines, heavy workloads, and sudden or frequent changes in priority in order to accomplish objectives.

• Demonstrating support for innovation and for organizational changes needed to improve effectiveness; initiating, sponsoring, and implementing change management practices; helping others to successfully navigate organizational change.

• Demonstrating self-motivation; effective performance is driven from within rather than being conditional on pressure from external factors (e.g. boss, peers, subordinates, deadlines, crises, etc.).

Duties

Required Qualifications, Skills and Abilities (QSA)

1. Currently enrolled as a full-time SaskPolytech student.

2. Excellent interpersonal and communication (oral and written) skills.

3. Good public speaking skills.

4. Ability to travel; overnight travel may be required.

5. Ability to make presentations to groups.

6. Knowledge of social media in an international context.

7. Knowledge of challenges and rewards facing international students studying in Canada.

8. Demonstrates valuing diversity.

Desired QSA