Student Assistant, Weight and Equipment Room

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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 at it. That'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.

For more benefits information,click here! WHAT IT TAKES The Student Assistant, Weight Room and Equipment Room will be front line staff for the New Westminster weight room and equipment rooms at both the New Westminster and Coquitlam Campus. As the first point of contact for people in these areas, there is a significant focus on customer service, oral communication, attentiveness, respectability, and cleanliness. The successful candidates will be part of the Sport Facilities team that are essential contributors to the effective operations of the gymnasiums, movement studios, and equipment room, as well as in the support of academic and other programs that use these spaces. • Assist in the day-to-day operations of the college weight room, equipment rooms, and movement studios, including but not limited to tracking weight room and equipment usage, inventory control, and general equipment cleaning and maintenance. • Assist in the support of academic courses when using the gymnasiums, movement studios, and/or weight rooms, including directly communicating with students and faculty. • Assist in space planning in the equipment room and weight room. • Support activities of the Athletics & Recreation Department as directed by the Sport Facilities Coordinator.

To be successful in the role you will need: • Exceptional customer service skills. • Be passionate about health and wellness. • Basic understanding of fitness room equipment, including how to adjust machines. • To be able to lift up to 23 kgs (50 lbs). • Experience working with Microsoft Office 365 suite, among other software. • Knowledge of the Douglas College physical campus layout is considered an asset. • Experience working in an environment with inventory control is considered an asset. • An understanding of sport or a sport background is preferred. • BCRPA certification and experience with Recreation Management software are considered an asset.

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

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

An original copy of a Social Insurance Number (SIN) and an original Study Permit are required by law before commencing work at Douglas College.Qualified Douglas College students who meet the above criteria will be given first preference over students of other qualifying institutions. Additional Information The position is located at the New Westminster campus. Hours of work: up to a maximum of 20 hours/week. The work terms for this position are: 1. Fall Semester 2026 – September 8, 2026 – December 19, 2026 2. Winter Semester 2027 – January 4, 2027 – April 23, 2027 3. Summer Semester 2027 – May 10, 2027 – August 21, 2027 Posting Number 02822SA Position Title Student Assistant, Weight and Equipment Room Anticipated Start Date 09/08/2026 End Date Needs a Criminal Records Check No

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Close Date Open Until Filled Yes Maximum Number of References 3 Minimum Number of References 3 Equity Statement Douglas College is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and equitable learning and working environment. In support of this journey, we welcome all people to apply, including people from groups that are experiencing inequity, including, but not limited, to Indigenous Peoples, racialized or persons of colour, persons with mental or physical disabilities, persons who identify as women, and/or persons of marginalized sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and persons of all faith identities, age, marital status, and parental status. Important Note Click the link at the top of this page to apply directly to this posting. Please include the following:

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