Careers at UGM

Why Work at UGM?
Our diverse team is passionate, professional, and called to make a difference. We desire to learn, grow, and connect with each other with humility and humour. We build employee resilience, support professional development, and ensure a fun and caring workplace. Working at UGM is life-changing – for both our staff and for those we serve.
Who are we?
We are Christ-Centered and demonstrate Jesus Christ's love for all people.
What do we do?
We help overcome poverty, homelessness, and addiction in communities across Metro Vancouver.
How do we do it?
We do everything with integrity, excellence, and care for one another.
Our Job Opportunities
Ministry Support Worker, Hastings, (Auxiliary, Full-Time)
Programs
Do you have strong interpersonal skills and enjoy building relationships? Do you desire to show the love of Jesus, intentionally connecting with our DTES community members by listening, praying and providing hope? Are you adaptable, client-centered, collaborative, and service-oriented? Then we may have an opportunity for you.
Sanctuary Counsellor, (Permanent, Full-Time)
Programs
Are you passionate about walking alongside women residents in a client-centred, strength-based fashion, with trauma-informed care to empower residents to take responsibility for their recovery? Do you seek to model the love and care of Christ, exhibiting grace and truth to nurture a community environment that fosters healing and growth? Do you possess a unique combination of excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to analyze situations and information critically and accurately?
Research and Evaluation Specialist, (Permanent, Full-Time)
Community Engagement and Social Enterprise
Do you love to serve by interpreting and presenting data in a way that helps to make key organizational decisions? Do you have experience monitoring, evaluating, or improving systems in the social service or community development sectors? When you look at performance or evaluation data, do you ask both “How well does it work,” and “how can we make it work better?” Are you comfortable working with numbers and data sets, while also staying connected to the inherent value and dignity of each person those data represent? Then this position might be for you!
Support Worker, Sanctuary, (Auxiliary, On-Call)
Programs
Are you adaptable, client-centered, collaborative, and service-oriented? Do you have strong interpersonal skills and enjoy building positive relationships with marginalized women in the Downtown Eastside? If you have related work or volunteer experience, can successfully set healthy boundaries with demanding individuals and those in crisis, and possess a class 5 driver’s license, this might be a great opportunity for you.
Ministry Support Worker, HC&O, (Auxiliary, On-Call)
Programs
Do you have strong interpersonal skills and enjoy building relationships? Do you desire to show the love of Jesus, intentionally connecting with our DTES community members by listening, praying and providing hope? Are you adaptable, client-centered, collaborative, and service-oriented? Then we may have an opportunity for you.
Ministry Support Worker, Women’s Outreach, (Auxiliary, On-Call)
Programs
Do you have strong interpersonal and collaboration skills? Do you enjoy building positive relationships with women in the Downtown Eastside? Are you adaptable, client-centered, and service-oriented? Then we may have an opportunity for you.
Contact Information
Got questions? Contact us at [email protected] or call us at 604-215-5430