Administrative and Programming Assistant

**Village Vancouver Temporary Employment Opportunity**

Administrative and Programming Assistant (“Project Administration Officer”)

Village Vancouver is seeking an energetic and organized individual with a passion for community well-being to assist with administrative tasks, programming, promotion, outreach and longer-term community and environmental goals of this very active non-profit society. Please visit our website at to learn more about us.

**In compliance with Canada Summer Jobs guidelines, applicants must**:

- be a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident, or have official refugee protection status, and be legally entitled to work in Canada
- be between the ages of 15 and 30

**Qualifications**:
∙ Interest in community development

∙ Knowledge of office procedures

∙ General computer skills

∙ Excellent communication skills (written and oral)

∙ Familiarity and experience with a broad array of social media and virtual communication tools, including communications involving event promotion and outreach

∙ Ability to work well with management, board, staff, volunteers and others

∙ Ability to take direction well and to show initiative

∙ Experience working, studying, or collaborating with people from diverse cultures and economic backgrounds

∙ Graphic design skills are an asset

∙ Experience with grant writing experience is a plus

∙ Basic bookkeeping skills are an asset (e.g. preparing invoices)

∙ Website design, maintenance and upgrades skills is a plus

∙ Technical experience is a plus

**Projects and tasks may include**:
∙ Creating Village Vancouver Community Centre/other location and instructor workshop schedule lists.

∙ Preparing invoices and assisting with basic bookkeeping

∙ Blogging about Village Vancouver programs and activities

∙ Facilitating community outreach and maintaining mailing lists

∙ Creating seed packet templates

∙ Assisting in preparing our annual report

∙ Tabling at Village Vancouver booths at street fairs, festivals, farmers markets, or other community gatherings

∙ Writing project proposals and reports

∙ Creating content for and producing the monthly newsletter and promotional materials ∙ Assisting with grant writing and other fundraising activities

∙ Updating workshop descriptions

∙ Helping with activities, workshops, and events (such as the Westside Food Festival) ∙ Working on membership drives and creating templates

∙ Developing partnership agreements as needed

∙ Other tasks as needed

**Rate of pay**:$20.00 per hour + 4% in lieu of vacation.

**Job duration and hours**:30 hours/week for 9 weeks (270), from June 4th, 2025 to August 2nd, 2025. (Start and end dates may be adjusted.) Monday-Friday 10 am-4:30 pm, including a 1⁄2 hour lunch break. Hours may occasionally vary, and sometimes include a Saturday and/or a Sunday in lieu of a weekday (e.g. when we're tabling at a community fair or festival).

**Location**: Kitsilano/Westside and remotely, and in the field

Village Vancouver Transition Society is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and social justice. We specifically encourage Indigenous youth, racialized youth, newcomers to Canada (arrived in Canada 5 years ago or less), youth with disabilities, members of the LGBTQ2S+ community, and gender-diverse youth to apply. Village Vancouver acknowledges that we operate on the unceded, ancestral, and traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəyəm (Musqueam), Sḵwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlililwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

**Job Type**: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 2 months

Pay: $20.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Flexible schedule

Flexible language requirement:

- French not required

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Vancouver, BC V6J 3W3

Application deadline: 2025-05-21