Student Support Navigator
3 weeks ago
The Role
As a Student Support Navigator at Douglas College, you will play a vital role in creating a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment for students with lived experience in care. Your primary responsibility will be to provide support and guidance to students accessing the Provincial Tuition Waiver Program and those from alternative schools.
Key Responsibilities:
- Connect with students to provide support and act as a peer mentor
- Assist in planning and hosting regular gatherings to build community and enhance the student experience
- Help students connect with resources on and off campus and work with resources to enhance accessibility
- Promote visibility of the Tuition Waiver Program and supports for youth in/from care
- Assist prospective and current students with the application process for the Provincial Tuition Waiver Program
Requirements:
- Demonstrate a GPA academic standing of at least 2.3
- Understand and knowledge of social justice concepts and colonialism
- Have experienced at least one year of college-level study at Douglas College and be a current student
- Knowledge of the various resources and services available to students at Douglas College
- Knowledge of the unique needs and experiences of students with lived experience in government care
- Knowledge of the various resources, funding, and services available to students with lived experience in care
- Knowledge of alternative school-based education
- Understand and ability to practice trauma-informed practice
- Able to work with a diverse student population
- Basic computer skills
- Good communication skills (written and oral)
- Self-motivated, demonstrating initiative, creativity, attention to detail
- Familiar with bursaries and grants available for this student population
Eligibility Criteria:
- Domestic students must meet one of the following criteria:
- Enrolled in and maintain a minimum of one or more (3 credit) courses at Douglas College throughout the work term
- 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
- 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
- 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:
- Enrolled in full-time studies at Douglas College throughout the academic year
- Enrolled in full-time studies at another accredited public post-secondary institution in B.C. and has a valid Study Permit with 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."
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