Access Aides for Students with Disabilities

$19.53/hour

Accessibility Services is looking for compassionate, dependable and highly organized students to join the Access Aide team.

As an Access Aide, you will attend assigned classes as an in-class notetaker and provide testing support as a reader and/or scribe with the Accessibility Services Testing Centre. You will work directly with students from diverse backgrounds and learning styles, helping to create an accessible, inclusive and welcoming learning environment where students can fully participate in their educational experiences.

This position is ideal for students who are strong communicators, have excellent written and verbal English language skills and are committed to promoting diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.

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.

We offer the opportunity to do what you do best in an inclusive, collaborative and collegial environment. At Douglas, our goal is to ensure our people are valued and supported by promoting a healthy work-life balance, professional growth, and development, as well as a safe and respectful workplace.

• Transit-accessible campuses
• Hybrid work arrangements for eligible positions
• Competitive salaries
• Excellent Health and Dental Benefits for eligible positions
• Defined-Benefit Pension Plan for eligible positions
• Professional Development opportunities
• Access to our Fitness Centres and Classes

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Key Responsibilities:

• Foster a respectful, inclusive and supportive environment for students with disabilities
• Build positive and trusting relationships with individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences
• Maintain strict confidentiality and adhere to privacy requirements regarding student information, course and exam content and accommodation arrangements.
• Respond to requests for shifts for notetaking, readers and scribes in a timely manner
• Adhere to the Douglas College Scent Free Policy
• Perform other related duties as assigned

In-class Notetaking

• Attend assigned classes regularly and punctually.
• Take clear, thorough, and well-organized notes during lectures, discussions, demonstrations, and other class activities.
• Produce accurate notes that capture key concepts, terminology, course content, including material that may be unfamiliar or outside your area of study.
• Submit notes in accordance with Accessibility Services guidelines and established deadlines.

Reader and Scribe Services

• Read test materials aloud, clearly and accurately
• Accurately transcribe a student’s verbal responses and write or type at a pace that allows the student to complete the examination at their pace
• Use judgement to avoid influencing the test-takers’ answers or exam process in any way
• Follow examination procedures, accommodations requirements and testing protocols at all times.

Qualifications

• Must have successfully completed at least one semester of study at a post-secondary institution where English is the primary language of instruction
• Current student in good academic standing
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
• Strong notetaking, listening, organizational and time-management skills
• Ability to produce accurate, comprehensive, and well-organized class notes presented in lectures across a variety of subject areas
• Ability to accurately transcribe verbal responses while maintaining attention to detail.
• Reliable, punctual and able to attend assigned classes, as well as registered classes, consistently
• Proficiency with Microsoft office applications (Word, Outlook, Teams) and Blackboard LMS
• Ability to work independently and exercise sound judgement, including evenings
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility and respectful service delivery.
• Previous experience supporting individuals with disabilities (preferred)
• Experience as a tutor, mentor, peer helper, notetaker or student leader (preferred)
• Student currently enrolled at Douglas College (preferred)

Domestic students must meet ONE of the following criteria, to be eligible to work as a Student Assistant/Student Research Assistant:

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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:

1. The international student is enrolled in full-time studies at Douglas College, throughout the academic year; OR
2. 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.

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:

1. Fall Semester 2026 – September 8, 2026 – December 19, 2026

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

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

Douglas College is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and equitable learning and working environment. In support of this journey, we welcome all people to apply, including people from groups that are experiencing inequity, including, but not limited, to Indigenous Peoples, racialized or persons of colour, persons with mental or physical disabilities, persons who identify as women, and/or persons of marginalized sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and persons of all faith identities, age, marital status, and parental status.

Click the link at the top of this page to apply directly to this posting.

Please include the following:

• Douglas College Student ID number or indicate if you are enrolled in another accredited public post-secondary institution in B.C.
• Domestic or International student status
• Being eligible to work please indicate the work terms you are applying for: (Fall 2026 or Winter 2027 or Summer 2027).

If selected for an interview, please bring one of the following:

• Proof of enrollment for work term from Douglas College OR
• Proof of enrollment for work term from another post-secondary institution OR
• Domestic students only: proof of registration for the term immediately preceding the work term and indication of intention to enroll at the college in the term immediately following 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.