Description
POSTED: June 16, 2025
CLOSING DATE: 1:00pm, June 23, 2025
COMPETITION # SS2025-19
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT- ELEMENTARY
Permanent Assignment
Bowen Island Community School
Effective August 25, 2025*
*Date is subject to change to an earlier start date
10 - months Position
37.5 hours per week
Salary starts at $ 30.42/hr. at step 1 & 33.77 at Step 2
Why West Vancouver Schools?
West Vancouver Schools, the premier place for learning, has a long-held reputation for excellence and innovation. Our motto endorses our vision that we aspire to provide the finest educational experience in the country - for our children, our employees, our community, and our world. We support this vision in the work we do, and the drive to be the first and best is clear, both inside and outside the organization.
Summary of Duties:
Reporting to the Principal, and/or designate, the Administrative Assistant is responsible for providing various general and confidential secretarial and administrative services for the Principal, and the school, using both computerized and manual systems.
The full job description is available on Inside45 for internal staff. External applicants can request a copy of the job description from the Human Resources Department; email: .
Required Qualifications and Experience:
- Grade 12 Graduation
- Secretarial training at post-secondary level (including courses in accounting and computer software)
- Good command of written/spoken English (grammar, spelling, punctuation)
- Language programs require fluency in both the French and English languages (both written and spoken)
- Ability to use judgment and tact in providing information.
- Working knowledge of office procedures and standard office equipment including personal computers and office software
- Minimum keyboarding speed of 50 wpm
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication (oral and written) skills.
- Ability to meet deadlines, work with minimal supervision and deal effectively with constant interruptions.
- Level 1 Occupational First Aid
Desired Qualifications and Experience:
- Knowledge of School District administrative software
- Knowledge of School District operations
Qualified candidates are invited to submit a resume via under West Vancouver Schools. Please note that email and fax applications will not be accepted. Please visit the Job Opportunities page on for more details on the application process. West Vancouver Schools is committed to an accessible recruitment process and is able to provide accommodation as required for applicants with identified needs. If you require any accommodations at any point during the recruitment process, please reach out to us at .
We thank all interested applicants; however, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Successful applicants not currently employed by West Vancouver Schools are required to sign a “consent for Criminal Record Search” to permit a criminal record review.
