Are you looking for a new and exciting opportunity? Enjoy working with students of all ages and backgrounds? This may be the opportunity for you!
We are currently looking for someone to complete our Boarding Team. Brookes Westshore strives to support its boarders’ academic, social, cultural and personal growth within a safe and inclusive community where boarders experience a sense of welcome, belonging, value and respect. Boarding staff play a key role in the lives of our boarding students.
What we offer:
- Room and Board provided as a taxable benefit and as part of employment
- All meals provided on campus as a taxable meal benefit plan (with the exception of school breaks)
- Paid time off during winter and spring breaks
- Free parking including an electric car station
- Eligibility to participate in our Employer and Employee paid Extended Health Benefit plan after successful completion of 3-month probationary period
- 20 minutes from downtown Victoria
- Walking distance to many hiking trails, beaches, and amenities (Royal Roads University, Charlie’s Trail and Colwood Corners Shopping Centre,Juan De Fuca Recreation Centre)
- On the job training and opportunities in other areas of the school along with continued living in the dormitory throughout the summer months
Accommodation:
As part of employment as a Live in Dorm Parent we provide room and board as a taxable benefit. It is a beautiful unfurnished 900 square foot 2-bedroom suite with full kitchen, eating area, dishwasher, large living area and ensuite laundry.(This suite is valued at $2500/month). The room and board benefit also includes utilities (wifi, hydro,water).
Compensation: $22,991.86 for the school year September-June (10 months) with additional meal taxable benefit. Please see link for photos of a suite and compensation details.
https://westshore.brookes.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Live_in_Dorm_Parent_Join_our_Team_2026.pdf
Please note: As this is a shared building with students no pets allowed
Primary Job Objective as a Dorm Parent:
Dorm parents are responsible for ensuring students live in a safe and stable environment, offering assistance to both students and staff through effective facilitation of day-to-day activities. Dorm parents will be part of a specific team while on duty, and as part of an overall larger residence staff team. We support our students 7 days a week during the school year; morning, evening and weekend work is required. Please note that Dorm parents are on-call on your days off unless approved in advance.
Responsibilities
- Ensuring effective implementation of an orientation program for new Boarders
- Providing care that ensures each student is receiving one/one contact on a weekly basis to make sure the student is emotionally and academically stable, birthdays and special events are celebrated, and the dorm is made to feel like a home
- Building a rapport with residents to help facilitate open lines of communication for questions, problems, and concerns
- Ensuring overall student needs are met including health, social well-being, behaviour management, and emotional support
- Supervising evening curfews and morning wakeup procedures and following Lock up and Lights out procedures
- Be available during the night in case of emergencies
- Advocating for students’ best interests by maintaining liaison with parents, agents, and teachers when required
- Consistently acting as a mentor, supervisor and a positive role model for all students
- Being an active listener for students experiencing academic and/or personal difficulties
- Working with students to develop a sense of respect for self, others and community
- Dealing with first level behaviour issues/consequences
- Ensuring that all of the students in their care are aware of the school’s safety rules and emergency procedures, (fire, earthquake, medical emergency, lock down, and shutting down gas and water supplies)
- Holding weekly meeting with all students in their House to review announcements
- Structuring and fulfilling duties related to students’ daily schedule, including support around uniform needs and health needs ie: ensuring proper uniform is worn daily
- Playing a coordinating role in verifying all requests for weekend and holiday leaves and follow appropriate guidelines regarding transportation
- Teaching and promoting life skills
Education, Experience and Skills
- Must complete and successfully pass a Ministry Criminal Record Check as a condition of employment
- Diploma in Education, Child & Youth Care or equivalent an asset
- Leadership experience and experience working in a Boarding School is preferable
- CPR Level C First Aid certification to be obtained within one month of employment
- Experience dealing with people, and in particular, adolescents, sensitively, empathetically, tactfully, consistently and professionally at all times
- Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
- Ability to establish priorities, organize, schedule and solve problems and tasks.
- Class 4 driver’s license an asset
If this sounds like an opportunity for you, please forward your cover letter and resume.
Please provide a cover letter and resume to [email protected]
We thank all applicants for their interest in this position, however only those applicants that are shortlisted will be contacted.
