Student Assistant, Student Transition

Position: Student Assistant, New Student Transition
Location: new westminster

Position Information Location New Westminster/Coquitlam Campus Salary Range $18.42/hour The Opportunity You’re driven and eager to delve into career exploration while enriching your educational journey. As a student yourself, you bring a unique perspective and valuable insights to ensuring other students are supported at the College. Whether it’s working alongside faculty, employees, and staff, or assisting your student peers, collaborating with diverse groups comes easily to you.

If this sounds like you, we need your talents! Apply to the Student Assistant position, and gain real-world knowledge, while creating meaningful career connections. WHO WE ARE Do what you love. Be good t’s how Douglas College defines a great career. It’s a philosophy that resonates through our classrooms, our offices and our boardrooms. It inspires our students and drives us to make Douglas College one of BC’s Top Employers.

We love what we do. And we’re looking for passionate, motivated people to join us in making one of Canada’s best degree-granting colleges even better.

Be a part of an institution where everyone is committed to empowering successful students, creating responsive learning environments, fostering social and environmental responsibility, and supporting healthy learning and work environments. WHAT WE OFFER We offer the opportunity to do what you do best in an inclusive, collaborative and collegial environment. At Douglas, our goal is to ensure our people are valued and supported by promoting a healthy work-life balance, professional growth, and development, as well as a safe and respectful workplace.

Transit-accessible campuses

Hybrid work arrangements for eligible positions

Competitive salaries

Excellent Health and Dental Benefits for eligible positions

Defined-Benefit Pension Plan for eligible positions

Professional Development opportunities

Access to our Fitness Centres and Classes

For more benefits information, ! WHAT IT TAKES Student Life is looking for a Student Assistant to assist with the planning and implementation of new student transitional programming and other related events.

Responsibilities

Attending regular meetings with the coordinator

Supporting the planning and execution phases of transitional programming on campus, with a focus on Friday Hangouts and Slice of Summer events

Helping in creating and delivering educational content for Connect & Grow and similar programming initiatives

Collaborating with the communications team to design and develop promotional materials

Assisting with recruiting, training and leading volunteers

Collaborating effectively with campus partners and departments to enhance programming experiences for students

Creating a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment for students

To Be Successful in this Role You Will Need

The availability to attend Friday Hangouts events (every other Friday)

Has the ability to deal with issues with maturity and thoughtfulness as they arise

Is detail-oriented, organized, responsible, professional and flexible

Is comfortable and has the ability to work with limited supervision

Has an open mind to cultures, practices, and sexual orientations different from your own

Has excellent interpersonal, communication, and problem-solving skills

Is committed to inclusion and is culturally sensitive to the unique challenges of diverse student groups

Has the flexibility to work at either campus (New Westminster and the Coquitlam Campus)

Has a basic working knowledge of Windows, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point

Has volunteered or been a leader for Student Life events (desired)

Has experience in event planning (desired)

Has leadership experience (desired)

Domestic students must meet ONE of the following criteria, to be eligible to work as a Student Assistant/Student Research Assistant:

The domestic student must be enrolled in, and maintain, a minimum of one or more (3 credit) courses at Douglas College throughout the work term; OR

The domestic student must have been enrolled in, and maintained, a minimum of one or more (3 credit) courses at Douglas College in the term immediately preceding the work term and has indicated an intention to enroll at the college in the term…