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Student Assistant, Performing Arts

New Westminster, BC
On-site
Posted Oct 5, 2026
1 position

$18 / hour

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Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: Entry, Junior · 0+ years
Apply by: Nov 2, 2026
Posting language: English
Working hours: 20 hours per week
Seniority: Not Applicable

Job summary

Set up and organize chairs, stands, and equipment for rehearsals and events, follow storage guidelines, and assist visiting performers and theatre or music technicians. Support box office and front-of-house operations by selling tickets, guiding audiences, providing accessibility assistance, and delivering customer service.

Job details

Location New Westminster Campus Salary Range $18.42/hour The Opportunity 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 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 It Takes Performing 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 To Be Successful In This Role You Will Need Good organizational skills Comfortable working with minimal supervision Previous experience with music and/or drama performances Experience with retail sales an asset 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 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

What you’ll do

Requirements

Applicants should have good organizational skills and be comfortable working with minimal supervision; experience with music or drama performances is requested, while retail sales experience is an asset. Applicants must also meet the applicable domestic or international student enrollment eligibility criteria, and required identification and study-permit documents must be provided before starting work.