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Employment Opportunities with the Park Board
The Vancouver Park Board offers a wide variety of summer employment
positions which are listed below. As you’ll see, some jobs are hired directly
through community centres, the aquatic’s section or concession operators
and others through applications for general outdoor work available at Park
Board Office at 2099 Beach Avenue.
Whatever your employment bent, the Park Board offers a select menu
of summer experiences featuring outdoor jobs that could lead to memorable
seasons under the sun or even full-time careers. Park maintenance, general
horticulture, golf course maintenance, playground leaders, swim instruction,
life guarding and more are all on tap each summer.
Read on and see if being a member of the green team is for you!
Park Operations, Golf Courses and Cashiers
Applications for Laborers and Gardeners are available at the Park Board Administration Office at 2099 Beach Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V6G 1Z4. Concession Stands
Concession stand staff are recruited directly by the individual facility operators. Refer to the blue pages of the telephone directory under City of Vancouver- Parks and Recreation Board -Concession Stands - for phone numbers. Recreation Services
Anyone wishing to work in recreation facility programs must apply in
person to any one or all of the recreation facilities as mentioned below.
Recreation positions vary, and include classified auxiliary positions and
short term grant positions. Summer staff are not recruited from either
of the above applicant categories.
Classified Auxiliary positions are recruited as follows:
Beach/Outdoor Pool Lifeguards: applications are available from the Vancouver Aquatic Center, 1050 Beach Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V6E 1T7; Fax:(604) 665-3455. Contact the Supervisor of Beaches and Outdoor Pools at the Aquatic Center regarding Vancouver's Annual Lifeguard School, held January through April.
Outdoor Pool Swim Instructor and Cashier Positions: Forward applications/resumes to the Vancouver Aquatic Center,1050 Beach Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V6E 1T7. Fax:(604) 665-3455. All indoor pool staff are recruited at local community based facilities, year round.
Playground Leader Positions (July-August) contact recreation programmers at our 23 local community centers. Refer to the blue pages of the telephone directory under City of Vancouver- Parks and Recreation Board - Community Centres- for phone numbers. applications/resumes are accepted at each center in March/April.
Positions as Special Needs Program Leaders, contact the Stanley District
at 604-718-5853.
Local Community Association grant positions are recruited as follows:
Summer Day Camp Program Positions working with children under 13, jobs will target full-time students only. Contact the recreation programmer responsible for summer day camps at each center, March/April. For numbers refer to the blue pages of the telephone directory under City of Vancouver- Parks and Recreation Board - Community Centres.
Other Programs, contact the center recreation programmer for information, year round. For numbers refer to the blue pages of the telephone directory under City of Vancouver- Parks and Recreation Board - Community Centres.
** Please note: Recruiting procedures in Recreation services are highly decentralized, with the exception of outdoor pool/beach lifeguard recruiting. There is little, if any, sharing of resumes between centers. To be certain that applications or resumes are received at each center, they must be sent to each community center.
Park Board and Association staff, including outdoor lifeguards, who work with children or vulnerable adults will be required to submit to a criminal record check.
For more information about employment with the Board of Parks and
Recreation,
contact the center nearest you, (all in Vancouver)
Stanley District at 604-257-8486,
Queen Elizabeth District at 604-257-8689,
Vancouver East District at 604-257-8613 or Park Board Administration
Office,
2099 Beach Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6G 1Z4, at 604-257-8400, Fax 604-257-8501