Student Assistant, Indigenous Student Services – Westminster Campus

Position: Student Assistant, Indigenous Student Services – New Westminster Campus
Location: New Westminster

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
• 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

The Indigenous Student Services (ISS) Student Assistants provide support to the Indigenous Student Services team in a variety of day‑to‑day, programming and student outreach activities. ISS Student Assistants are role models within the Indigenous student community at Douglas College and they provide peer to peer mentorship to other Indigenous students.

Responsibilities

• Actively participate in a range of training workshops, including peer helping (e.g., suicide awareness), effective communication, Indigenous cultural protocols, and Food Safe.
• Provide peer to peer support to other Indigenous students through active listening and referral to appropriate College and community services and resources.
• Support day‑to‑day functioning within the Indigenous student lounge, including tidying, organizing supplies and equipment, tracking student participation, and other cleaning and administrative tasks.
• Coordinate projects and events that contribute to Indigenous student orientation, transition and engagement (e.g., wellness programs, cultural activities, and recreational events).
• Support food security initiatives by cooking during Community Kitchen, prepping sandwich fixings, co‑facilitating cooking workshops, and coordinating the food pantry.
• Welcome guests into the Indigenous Gathering Place and provide support during events, including sharing information about the space.
• Create posters and other promotional materials for the department using Canva and similar tools.
• Support College Elders during events by ensuring they are attended to (e.g., fetching tea or coffee, helping to carry supplies, etc).
• May be required to assist with the Indigenous Community Garden by watering, weeding and harvesting plants in the Summer semester.
• Participate in and support community events with Indigenous partners.
• Participate in presentations to new and prospective Indigenous students.
• Participate in regular ISS team meetings to offer student input on programming and student needs.
• Participate in College‑wide committees and consultations as a student representative of ISS.

To Be Successful in this Role You Will Need

• At least one previous semester as a student at Douglas College.
• In good academic standing (not on academic probation).

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…