Posted 8 months ago
Customer Support & Administration – Seasonal (Part Time)
@ West Coast Gardens
Surrey, British Columbia
Overview
West Coast Gardens is hiring a seasonal part-time administrative support worker for its South Surrey location during the spring peak, March to June with a possible summer extension. The role covers phone, email and online store customer inquiries plus support for the retail team, at $18-20/hr for 30-40 hours per week including weekends.
Pay:
$18 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Answer and direct customer phone calls
- Respond to customer emails and online inquiries
- Assist with online store orders
- Create product signage and labels using POS and label printers
- Support the retail team with admin tasks and break coverage
Requirements summary:
- Strong customer service and communication skills
- Comfortable with phone, email and online communication
- Organized, managing multiple tasks in busy periods
- Attention to detail with POS systems and product information
- Reliable transportation recommended, no bus access
Tools & skills
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-03-22
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-11
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-08
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Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Customer service |
| Hours per week | 35 |
| Schedule | day, weekends |
| Seasonal | Yes |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Store, Office |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer moderate |
| Languages | English |
| Perks mentioned | Flexible hours |
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West Coast Gardens
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Your destination garden centre, growing plants for your garden + home
Full company description
West Coast Gardens’ nursery, garden centre and greenhouses are situated in South Surrey BC. We offer a wide selection of annuals, tropicals, hanging baskets, planters, perennials, shrubs, herbs, veggies and more. Our retail garden centre serves the Vancouver and BC Lower Mainland area and offers high impact plants for your home and garden. Our wholesale division delivers homegrown plants and planter designs weekly throughout the Western Canada and Pacific Northwest markets. Our clients include Costco Canada and USA, Sobeys, Albertsons and large independent garden centres nationwide. West Coast Gardens has a long rooted history, founded by the VanderMey family in 1981. As a third-generation grower, Jason VanderMey literally grew up with the garden as his playground. Jason and his wife, Wybranda, have now teamed up with Nathan and Jill Van Huizen, as owners of West Coast Gardens garden centre and nursery, adding another 15 years of industry experience to the dynamic team. We are always looking for innovative new growing techniques and trends, in order to be ahead of the industry and offer new plant products to all our customers whether wholesale or retail. With 220,000 feet of growing capacity, producing 2.5M plants annually, we provide fresh and unique products for all four seasons. There’s always something happening at West Coast Gardens. Offering a truly unmatched shopping experience, where guests are inspired by the idea of merging home and garden to create an experience for the senses. Stroll through our nursery, overflowing with garden and indoor plants, grown locally and artfully displayed. For the home, a highly curated blend of artisan merchandise, furniture, decor, garden containers and gifts for all seasons. West Coast Gardens merges a local home and garden brand into a celebration of heritage, community and design.
- LinkedIn followers
- 548
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 18
- Reported office locations
- 1420 172nd Street, Surrey, BC V3Z 9M6, CA
- Other recorded names
- West Coast Gardens
- Specialties
- Hanging Baskets
- Succulents
- Home Decor
- Annuals
- Soil
- Perennials
- Trees & Shrubs
- Indoor Plants
- Plants
- Garden
- Cacti
- Vegetable Gardening
- Herbs
- Tropicals
- Christmas
- Trees and Shrubs
- Gardening
- Grow Your Own Food
- Food Gardening
- Landscaping
- Plant Care
- Orchids
- Bonsai
- Fruit Trees
- Patio Decor
- and Seasonal Decor
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
West Coast Gardens’ nursery, garden centre and greenhouses are situated in South Surrey BC. We offer a wide selection of annuals, tropicals, hanging baskets, planters, perennials, shrubs, herbs, veggies and more. Our retail garden centre serves the Vancouver and BC Lower Mainland area and offers high impact plants for your home and garden. Our wholesale division delivers homegrown plants and planter designs weekly…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | Surrey, BC |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 1981 |
| Specialties | Hanging BasketsSucculentsHome DecorAnnualsSoilPerennialsTrees & ShrubsIndoor PlantsPlantsGarden |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 13 |
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Location: South Surrey – West Coast Gardens
Hours: 8:30am–5:00pm | 30–40 hours per week
Pay: $18-20/hr
Duration: March–June (possibility to continue into summer season)
Schedule: Part Time – Weekend availability required
About the Role:
West Coast Gardens is looking for seasonal administrative support during our peak spring season. This role helps ensure we stay responsive to customers by managing phones, emails, and online store inquiries while supporting our retail team when needed.
If you are organized, friendly, and enjoy helping customers, this could be a great seasonal role.
Responsibilities:
Answer and direct customer phone calls
Respond to customer emails and online inquiries
Assist with online store orders and customer questions
Create product signage and labels using POS and label printers
Help maintain POS promotions and product listings
Support the retail team with administrative tasks and break coverage when needed
Assist with basic receiving or office tasks during busy periods
Qualifications:
Strong customer service and communication skills
Comfortable handling phones, email, and online customer communication
Organized and able to manage multiple tasks during busy periods
Attention to detail when working with POS systems and product information
Positive attitude and ability to support a fast-paced retail team
Reliable transportation is recommended as the location is not accessible by bus.
Why Work Here
Supportive, energetic team environment
Flexible Hours
A great workplace if you enjoy plants and the outdoors
We thank all applicants, only those with the skills and qualifications will be considered for this position.
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