Department Coordinator -Early Childhood Learning Center
Top Benefits
About the role
Requisition Number: DEPAR002082
Type: Internal &External Candidates-Full-Time (Indeterminate)
Hours of Work: 40 hours per week; Days (Monday through Friday; 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)
Compensation: $25.95/ hr. Plus, a competitive leave and benefits package after an initial disqualification period
Program & Location: Various sites in Richmond, Surrey, and Vancouver.
Union: BC Government Employee’s Union (BCGEU)- This position requires union membership
Deadline: By noon Wednesday August 6th, 2025
About Us:
Atira Women's Resource Society, an award-winning nonprofit organization known for its inclusionary hiring practices and where a job is more than a pay cheque. We offer the opportunity to work alongside a remarkable group of women working to make the world a more just place, one woman, one child, one home, one job at a time.
About the Job:
The Department Coordinator -Early Childhood Learning Center is responsible for undertaking a variety of day-to-day administrative tasks and ensuring the portfolio operations run smoothly. Their primary responsibilities will include receiving and directing communications between the public and the Early Care & Learning Centre they are inquiring about; identifying and supporting the submission of grant applications; administrative tasks related to data collection for reporting to funders; supporting Supervisors across the portfolio with administrative tasks as required; maintaining e-files and re-records with effective e-filing systems; supporting the planning and execution of forums or staff education opportunities; plus other administrative tasks assigned by direct supervisor.
About You:
You are an organized and competent professional with excellent communication skills. You are comfortable dealing with people and able to carry out administrative duties with accuracy, speed, privacy, and confidentiality. Your goal is to ensure the office operations are efficient and add maximum value to the Society.
You are a detail-oriented person who can prioritize and manage your time well and is committed to attending work regularly and on time. Your enthusiasm and eagerness to learn/grow are your most important attributes for the position. You may have a year or two of experience in a customer service or other office environment, and perhaps even some formal training in administration work. You are a feminist, passionate about the work of ending violence against women and children.
You embrace Atira’s mission, vision, values and philosophy. You have a well-developed understanding of and commitment to anti-oppression work and intersectionality. You are familiar with colonialism especially as it applies in Canada, and you understand the impact of the residential school system.
Resumes from qualified First Nations, Métis and or Inuk women are encouraged, as are resumes from Black women, women of colour, trans women, women who are disabled and women from other equity seeking groups. Fluency in a language(s) other than English is an asset.
Additional Requisites/Assets:
- Completion of Grade 12
- One (1) year recent related experience Or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience
- A BC Early Childhood Educator license to practice is an asset
- Covid-19 and annual flu vaccinations are recommended, unless become required by BC’s public health authority.
- All positions are subject to a Criminal Records Review (Paid by Atira)
- Legal authorization to work in Canada
Application Process:
Provide a cover letter with a current resume describing how you meet or exceed the above-noted qualifications. Resumes with a Cover Letter unique to Atira are guaranteed a review. Candidates who lack the experience and qualifications set out in the posting may not be considered, although an exceptional cover letter and transferable skills may overcome lack of experience for some positions. Please go to atira.bc.ca/careers for a current list of postings.
About Atira Women's Resource Society
Our mission at Atira Women's Resource Society is twofold: to provide direct services to women and children fleeing violence, and to raise awareness of all forms of gendered violence through education and advocacy.
Since 1983, Atira has offered safe and supportive housing to women and children impacted by violence, as well as a range of services in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, Burnaby, Surrey, White Rock, and Richmond.
These services include: long-term and transitional housing, shelter programs, housing outreach and homelessness prevention programs, outreach to senior women and First Nations, Metis and Inuit women affected by violence, support for parents and children who witness abuse, legal support, Stopping the Violence counseling, the 16-step program, and self-employment initiatives.
Our programs are accessible to anyone who identifies and lives full time as a woman and who experiences gendered violence and misogyny, including trans, two spirit and intersex women and or those who identify with a femme of centre non-binary gender.
Critical to the development of our programs and services, Atira's work is informed by the understanding that women's experience of violence often intersects with poverty, racism, substance use, and lack of support for mothering. We also recognize that in addition to providing safety and respect, all of our programs must invite and encourage women’s collaboration and that women must have the opportunity to be active participants in all of our services.
Every woman and child has the right to live without abuse. To learn more about Atira's philosophy, mission, and work in the Metro Vancouver Area, please visit www.atira.bc.ca
Department Coordinator -Early Childhood Learning Center
Top Benefits
About the role
Requisition Number: DEPAR002082
Type: Internal &External Candidates-Full-Time (Indeterminate)
Hours of Work: 40 hours per week; Days (Monday through Friday; 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)
Compensation: $25.95/ hr. Plus, a competitive leave and benefits package after an initial disqualification period
Program & Location: Various sites in Richmond, Surrey, and Vancouver.
Union: BC Government Employee’s Union (BCGEU)- This position requires union membership
Deadline: By noon Wednesday August 6th, 2025
About Us:
Atira Women's Resource Society, an award-winning nonprofit organization known for its inclusionary hiring practices and where a job is more than a pay cheque. We offer the opportunity to work alongside a remarkable group of women working to make the world a more just place, one woman, one child, one home, one job at a time.
About the Job:
The Department Coordinator -Early Childhood Learning Center is responsible for undertaking a variety of day-to-day administrative tasks and ensuring the portfolio operations run smoothly. Their primary responsibilities will include receiving and directing communications between the public and the Early Care & Learning Centre they are inquiring about; identifying and supporting the submission of grant applications; administrative tasks related to data collection for reporting to funders; supporting Supervisors across the portfolio with administrative tasks as required; maintaining e-files and re-records with effective e-filing systems; supporting the planning and execution of forums or staff education opportunities; plus other administrative tasks assigned by direct supervisor.
About You:
You are an organized and competent professional with excellent communication skills. You are comfortable dealing with people and able to carry out administrative duties with accuracy, speed, privacy, and confidentiality. Your goal is to ensure the office operations are efficient and add maximum value to the Society.
You are a detail-oriented person who can prioritize and manage your time well and is committed to attending work regularly and on time. Your enthusiasm and eagerness to learn/grow are your most important attributes for the position. You may have a year or two of experience in a customer service or other office environment, and perhaps even some formal training in administration work. You are a feminist, passionate about the work of ending violence against women and children.
You embrace Atira’s mission, vision, values and philosophy. You have a well-developed understanding of and commitment to anti-oppression work and intersectionality. You are familiar with colonialism especially as it applies in Canada, and you understand the impact of the residential school system.
Resumes from qualified First Nations, Métis and or Inuk women are encouraged, as are resumes from Black women, women of colour, trans women, women who are disabled and women from other equity seeking groups. Fluency in a language(s) other than English is an asset.
Additional Requisites/Assets:
- Completion of Grade 12
- One (1) year recent related experience Or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience
- A BC Early Childhood Educator license to practice is an asset
- Covid-19 and annual flu vaccinations are recommended, unless become required by BC’s public health authority.
- All positions are subject to a Criminal Records Review (Paid by Atira)
- Legal authorization to work in Canada
Application Process:
Provide a cover letter with a current resume describing how you meet or exceed the above-noted qualifications. Resumes with a Cover Letter unique to Atira are guaranteed a review. Candidates who lack the experience and qualifications set out in the posting may not be considered, although an exceptional cover letter and transferable skills may overcome lack of experience for some positions. Please go to atira.bc.ca/careers for a current list of postings.
About Atira Women's Resource Society
Our mission at Atira Women's Resource Society is twofold: to provide direct services to women and children fleeing violence, and to raise awareness of all forms of gendered violence through education and advocacy.
Since 1983, Atira has offered safe and supportive housing to women and children impacted by violence, as well as a range of services in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, Burnaby, Surrey, White Rock, and Richmond.
These services include: long-term and transitional housing, shelter programs, housing outreach and homelessness prevention programs, outreach to senior women and First Nations, Metis and Inuit women affected by violence, support for parents and children who witness abuse, legal support, Stopping the Violence counseling, the 16-step program, and self-employment initiatives.
Our programs are accessible to anyone who identifies and lives full time as a woman and who experiences gendered violence and misogyny, including trans, two spirit and intersex women and or those who identify with a femme of centre non-binary gender.
Critical to the development of our programs and services, Atira's work is informed by the understanding that women's experience of violence often intersects with poverty, racism, substance use, and lack of support for mothering. We also recognize that in addition to providing safety and respect, all of our programs must invite and encourage women’s collaboration and that women must have the opportunity to be active participants in all of our services.
Every woman and child has the right to live without abuse. To learn more about Atira's philosophy, mission, and work in the Metro Vancouver Area, please visit www.atira.bc.ca