Location New Westminster/Coquitlam Campus Salary Range $19.53/hour The Opportunity You’re committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable learning environment. As a natural communicator, you easily connect with people from different backgrounds and learning styles, and build trusting relationships easily. Your passion for supporting others will be key in this role to ensure students with disabilities have access to resources in pursuit of their educational goals.

If this sounds like you, we need your talents! Apply to the Student Access Aide position, and enrich your knowledge outside of the classroom through a meaningful work experience.

Who We Are Do what you love. Be good at it. That’s how Douglas College defines a excellent 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 It Takes

Expertise and high achievement in subject areas as needed to support students with disabilities.

Well-developed interpersonal skills and ability to encourage and support students with disabilities.

Excellent interpersonal and intercultural communication skills including written and verbal fluency in the English language. 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 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 International students must meet ONE of the following criteria, to be eligible to work as a Student Assistant/Student Research Assistant: The international student is enrolled in full-time studies at Douglas College, throughout the academic year
- OR 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. 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 meeting the above criteria will be given first preference over students of other qualifying institutions.

Additional Information The position is located at the Coquitlam/New Westminster campus.

Hours of work: up to a maximum of 20 hours/week.

The work terms for this position are: Fall Semester 2026 – September 8, 2026 – December 19, 2026

Winter Semester 2027 – January 4, 2027 – April 23, 2027

Summer Semester 2027 – May 10, 2027 – August 21, 2027

📌 Access Aides for Students with Disabilities (New Westminster)
🏢 Douglas College
📍 New Westminster