We're hiring a Graduate Student Career Curriculum Specialist

Remote, based in Canada The Center for Graduate Career Success seeks a Graduate Student Career Curriculum Specialist to design and deliver engaging learning experiences for master's students, PhDs, and postdocs as they build their careers.

Applications via LinkedIn Apply Now will not be considered. Read below for information about how to apply.

About Us

We partner with universities to scale career support through our two digital platforms: Beyond Graduate School for master's students, and Beyond the Professoriate for PhDs. We work with about 90 campuses in the United States, and we're growing each year.

We're a small but mighty team of five, founder-led, and most of us have been with the company since the beginning. This company is our passion project. We're looking for someone who wants to join our team and share that commitment.

We're remote, we work across time zones, and we're collaborative. On a small team, that means we have autonomy in our work, but we're also accountable to each other. Integrity and trust are core principles we value in team members.

This role is primarily curriculum design and facilitation. Our webinars and courses give students strategies and action items for building meaningful careers.

A great session helps a PhD or master's student understand why networking matters, for example, and gives them a clear way to start, with strategies they can try that week.

In this way, our content is different from teaching academic subject matter, where students are evaluated on their knowledge. We want students to build confidence in their skills and apply what they're learning to their own job search.

You'll apply principles of adult learning and active learning to everything you build, from live webinars to on-demand videos and workbooks.

Master's students and PhDs are different learners, and you'll design content for each group's needs.

Master's students are often on a one- or two-year timeline, many are international, and most are already aiming for jobs outside academia. PhDs and postdocs are often weighing academic and nonacademic paths, and many need help translating years of research into terms employers value.

Key Responsibilities

Curriculum Design and Development





- Design compelling monthly webinars for PhDs and separate webinars for master's students, each built around that group's needs
- Build on-demand content, including slide decks, recorded lessons, and workbook activities
- Record and edit video content (we use WeVideo) and design visual materials in Canva
- Write facilitation guides so faculty and staff can lead sessions on their own campuses
- Update existing curriculum and bring fresh ideas and perspectives to new content
- Use AI tools (we use Claude) to draft, refine, and improve content
- Work within our style guides and templates so everything we publish feels consistent
- Write and deliver content that is accessible and inclusive, from readable slide design to accessible workbooks and documents

Presenting and Facilitation

- Deliver info sessions for faculty and staff at partner campuses
- Lead info sessions and workshops for master's and doctoral students
- Create sessions where learners participate instead of just listening

Collaboration

- Work closely with teammates who have deep knowledge of graduate career development
- Coordinate content updates and priorities with the CEO
- Welcome feedback and use it to make your work stronger

Travel

- Attend the annual Graduate Career Consortium conference, which is held in the United States.

Required Qualifications

- Master's degree or PhD, any discipline
- At least three years of full-time skilled experience beyond your graduate training, in settings such as career services, higher ed administration, training and development, nonprofits, or industry.
- Experience designing and delivering learning for adults, such as workshops, training, or professional development programs
- Familiarity with adult learning principles, and experience with active learning design or a strong willingness to learn it
- Knowledge of how to write and present content that is accessible and inclusive for a wide range of learners
- A strong presenter and facilitator, comfortable leading live sessions online




- An excellent writer who can make complex ideas clear and practical
- Proficiency in Canva and experience editing video
- Openness to using AI in your work and curiosity about new tools
- Eligible to work in Canada (sponsorship not available)
- A valid passport, and a B1/B2 visa if applicable, to travel to the United States for conferences

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in career services, graduate career development, or career coaching
- Knowledge of nonacademic hiring practices
- Knowledge of how faculty and postdoc hiring works
- Experience working with international students
- Training or experience in instructional design
- Familiarity with U.S. higher education, especially graduate education
- Understanding of higher education, including how the career needs of master's students differ from those of PhDs and postdocs

Personal Attributes We Value

- Motivated by seeing students succeed, including international master's students, PhDs, and postdocs
- Detail-oriented. You take pride in your work and catch the typo before anyone else does
- Open to feedback. You see edits as part of making positive work better
- Proactive. You identify problems and bring solutions to the team
- Self-directed. You fill your work week with meaningful contributions that add value to the company and team
- Equitable. You volunteer to take on tasks so the work is shared fairly across the team
- An excellent communicator who keeps the team up to date on where projects stand
- Creative, curious, and adaptable, eager to learn

Pay and Benefits

- Starting salary range: $75,000–$85,000 CAD
- Health Spending Account: $4,000
- RRSP contribution: $3,000 after one year of employment
- Two weeks of paid time off, plus company-wide closures the first week of July and from Christmas through New Year's
- Work from home during regular business hours

How to Apply

Email your application to [email protected], addressed to our CEO, L. Maren Wood, PhD.

Include a one- to two-page cover letter that explains why you're excited to join our team and highlights your relevant experience, along with a link to your LinkedIn profile. Please also include a link to one sample of your work, such as a workshop outline, slide deck, video, or learning activity you created. A resume is optional.

📌 Graduate Student Career Curriculum Specialist (Canada)
🏢 The Center for Graduate Career Success
📍 Canada