Employment Opportunities
with the Park Board
Join
the Green Team!
The Vancouver Park Board offers a wide variety of summer employment
positions, some of which are listed below. Some jobs are hired
directly through community centres, the aquatics section or concession
operators and others through applications for general outdoor work, available
at the
Park Board Administration Office at 2099 Beach Avenue (Mon-Fri, 8:30 am to 5 pm).
Whatever your employment plans, the Park Board offers a broad range
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,
lifeguarding and more are all on tap each summer. Read on and see if
being a member of the green team is for you!
Seasonal Employment
Labour (Operations Worker - Horticulture)
Application forms can be faxed to 604-257-8185, mailed, or dropped off to the Park Board Administration Office at 2099 Beach Avenue (Mon-Fri, 8:30 am to 5 pm).
Vancouver Parks and Recreation Application for Parks Operations and Golf Course Maintenance 
Seasonal hiring generally takes place in April/May but may occur at any time in the year.
Golf Course, Pitch & Putt and Garden Cashiers
or Building Workers
In order to apply for seasonal employment opportunities please print out an application form and submit it with your resume (if you wish to provide one) by faxing it to 604-257-8185, or by mailing or dropping it off to the Park Board Administration Office at 2099 Beach Avenue (Mon-Fri, 8:30 am to 5 pm).
Vancouver Parks and Recreation Application for Employment
We want to thank all applicants in advance for their interest, however, only those under consideration will be contacted.
Recreation Services
If you wish to work in recreation facility programs, you must apply
in person to 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
Centre, 1050 Beach Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V6E 1T7; Fax: 604-665-3455.
Contact the Supervisor of Beaches and Outdoor Pools at the Aquatic Centre
regarding Vancouver's Annual
Lifeguard School, held January through April.
Outdoor Pool Swim Instructor and Cashier Positions:
Forward applications/resumes to the Vancouver Aquatic Centre,
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 centres. For phone numbers, refer to the blue pages of the telephone directory
under City of Vancouver-
Parks and Recreation Board - Community
Centres, or check the Community Centres pages on our website. Applications/resumes are accepted at
each centre in March/April.
Day Camp Inclusion Support Worker Positions (July-August):
For further information, please contact the Integration Program Assistant
at the Queen Elizabeth 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 centre,
March/April.
Other Programs, contact the centre Recreation Programmer for
information, year-round.
For more information,
contact the Community Centre nearest
you. For phone numbers, refer to the blue pages of the telephone directory
under City of Vancouver-
Parks and Recreation Board - Community
Centres, or check the Community Centres pages on our website.
** Please note: Seasonal and auxiliary 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 centres. To be certain that applications or resumes
are received at each centre, they must be sent to each community
centre.
Park
Board, Association staff, and outdoor lifeguards who work with children
or vulnerable adults will be required to submit to a Criminal Record
Check.
Concession Stands
Concession Stand staff are recruited directly by the individual facility
operators. Refer to the Dining in Parks page for Concession phone numbers.
Regular Full-Time, Part-Time And Temporary Full-Time Employment
Regular positions are posted at City Hall, 453 West 12th Avenue,
Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1V4
Phone: 604-873-7663
or visit the website at www.vancouver.ca/jobs
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