Job TitleJean Wilson Diversity in Publishing FellowshipJob CategoryMiscellaneous StaffJob ProfileMisc Staff Hourly - ReaderJob Family GroupStaff - Non UnionDepartmentLeadership | UBC PressCompensation RangeSee details below.Job End DateJuly 16, 2027Posting End DateNovember 13, 2026Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date. The expected pay or pay range for this position is $27.85/hour.At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career. Job SummaryThrough the Jean Wilson Diversity in Publishing Fellowship, UBC Press continues Jean Wilson’s commitment to celebrating diversity in publishing. This fellowship aims to provide a welcoming and valuable learning environment in which to gain professional experience in a publishing house.The fellow will rotate through key departments at UBC Press — including Acquisitions/Editorial, Rights and Contracts, Production, Marketing, Sales and Distribution, and Finance — to gain hands-on exposure to the main stages of a book’s lifecycle from proposal to publication and promotion.About UBC PressUBC Press produces books integral to Canada’s cultural, political, and social fabric and is widely touted as the country’s pre-eminent social science publisher. Established in 1971 and now offering 1,500 titles in print, the Press publishes sophisticated and transformative works by authors whose thought and research pushes the boundaries of scholarly discourse and makes vital contributions to the democratic exchange of ideas.About Jean WilsonJean Wilson 1945–2022 was an editor and feminist who championed diversity in publishing. With a career spanning three university presses a
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