Student Assistant, Performing Arts
- Canada
- 18,42 $ par heure
- Permanent
- Temps-plein
Salary Range$18.42/hourThe OpportunityYou'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 AREDo 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 OFFERWe 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
WHAT IT TAKESPerforming Arts Student Assistants assist with the set-up and organization of equipment, backstage tasks during events, and/or provide with box office and front of house duties.Responsibilities:
- Assist with setting up chairs and stands for rehearsal or practice
- Ensure proper storage guidelines are followed
- Assist with set up and strike for department events
- Assist visiting performers
- Communicate with theatre and music technicians
- Assist with ticket sales
- Assist with audience way finding
- Provide accessibility support for audience members
- Provide customer service to audience members
- Good organizational skills
- Comfortable working with minimal supervision
- Previous experience with music and/or drama performances
- Experience with retail sales an asset
- 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 immediately following the work term; OR
- The domestic student must be enrolled in, and maintain a minimum of two or more (3 credit) courses at another accredited public post-secondary institution in B.C. throughout the work term; OR
- The domestic student must have been enrolled in, and maintained, a minimum of two or more (3 credit) courses at another accredited public post-secondary institution in B.C. in the term immediately preceding the work term and has indicated an intention to enroll at the institution in the term immediately following the work term
- The international student, who is not a Douglas College student, but is an international student at another accredited public post-secondary institution in B.C., has a valid Study Permit that has the notation - “May accept employment on or off campus if meeting eligibility criteria as per R186 (F), (V) or (W). Must cease working if no longer meeting these criteria.” Proof of enrollment in full-time studies from the other post-secondary institution is required.
Additional InformationThe 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 2025: September 2, 2025 - December 15, 20252. Winter 2026: January 5, 2026 - April 24, 20263. Summer 2026: May 4, 2026 - August 16, 2026
Posting Number 02622SA
Position Title Student Assistant, Performing Arts
Anticipated Start Date 09/02/2025
End Date
Needs a Criminal Records Check NoHow To ApplyOpen Date 08/29/2025
Close Date
Open Until Filled Yes
Minimum Number of References
Equity StatementDouglas 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 NotePlease include the following:
- Douglas College Student ID number or indicate if you are enrolled in another accredited public post-secondary institution in B.C.
- Domestic or International student status
- Being eligible to work please indicate the work terms you are applying for:
- Fall 2025
- Winter 2026
- Summer 2026
- If selected for an interview please bring one of the following:
- Proof of enrollment for work term from Douglas College OR
- Proof of enrollment for work term from another post-secondary institution OR
- Domestic students only: proof of registration for the term immediately preceding the work term and indication of intention to enroll at the college in the term immediately following the work term