Competition No: 2025-RIK
Duration: Contract Instructor
Salary: $30.60 per hour (2024 Rates)
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Last Updated: 2/20/25
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Our Parks, Recreation and Culture Department is looking for Contract Kayak Instructors to provide lessons to children and adults. Kayak Instructors ensure participants learn kayaking in a safe and enjoyable environment while planning creative and fun lessons that incorporate specific kayaking skills. The kayak program operates out of Deer Lake and Barnet Beach. Programs include group and semi-private lessons and guided tours for youth and adult participants.
Hours of work per week are dependent on the kayak program schedule and registration levels. This is a casual position that offers flexible hours between April and October. Candidates must be available to work most weekdays, 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM and also evenings and weekends.
Qualifications include:
Strong kayaking skills and previous instruction experience with a wide variety of ages.
Experience in customer service and in leading recreational programs is preferred.
Required certification:
SKGABC or RCABC Flatwater Instructor Certification with current RCABC instructor membership dues paid.
Valid Wilderness First Aid or equivalent 20+ hour First Aid certification with CPR Level C
Pay Rate: $30.60 per hour (2024 Rates)
Locations: Deer Lake and Barnet Beach
Please apply online at www.burnaby.ca/careers. This position will remain open until it is filled.
Applicants under consideration will be required to consent to a Police Information Check.
The City of Burnaby acknowledges that we are on the ancestral and unceded homelands of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Sníchim speaking peoples, and we are grateful to be on this territory as we dedicate ourselves to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects our vibrant community and welcomes applicants of all backgrounds, genders, ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and life experiences.
Copies of relevant professional certificates, degrees, or tickets will be required at the time of the interview.
Please contact People and Culture at 604-294-7303 if you do not receive a confirmation email within one hour of submitting your application online.
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those considered for an interview will be contacted.