Administrative Assistant

Unity Christian School; Chilliwack; On-site; CAD 39,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Unity Christian School in Chilliwack, BC, is seeking an Administrative Assistant to join the team for a January 4, 2027 start. The role provides admin and communications support across admissions, records, website updates, publications, and events.

Candidates should be organized, discreet, and capable of managing a varied workload in a fast-paced school environment. The successful candidate will work with digital systems, spreadsheets, and databases, and contribute to a positive, faith-based

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of administrative experience, preferably in a fast-paced office environment.
• Strong organizational skills, exceptional attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and interruptions.
• Experience handling confidential information with professionalism and discretion.
• Strong working knowledge of Google Workspace, including Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Forms; working knowledge of Microsoft Word.
• Proficiency in spreadsheets and comfort working with databases, administrative systems, and digital platforms.
• Ability to learn new systems and software quickly.
• Experience in a school, non-profit, or communications-related environment is an asset.
• Experience with website content updates, Canva, Formsite, student information systems, or database/records systems is an asset, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Provides administrative and communications support in admissions, student records, website administration, publications, assigned school systems, and school and fundraising events.
• Helps keep important processes organized, accurate, and moving forward with consistency and care.
• Comfortable managing a varied workload, handling confidential information, and working with digital systems.
• Moves between detailed administrative tasks and polished communications support.

Skills

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Discretion with confidential info

Communication skills

Tools

Google Docs

Google Sheets

Google Forms

Microsoft Word

Canva

Formsite

Student information systems

Job description

Position: Administrative Assistant

Employment Type: Full-time

Start Date: January 4, 2027

Salary Range: $ 28.58 to $32.28 /hour (dependent on experience)

Unity Christian School, located in Chilliwack, British Columbia, is inviting applications for a warm, organized, and dependable Administrative Assistant to join our school community beginning January 4, 2027.

The Administrative Assistant provides administrative and communications support in admissions, student records, website administration, publications, assigned school systems, and school and fundraising events. This role helps keep important processes organized, accurate, and moving forward with consistency and care. The successful candidate will be

comfortable managing a varied workload, handling confidential information, working with digital systems, and moving between detailed administrative tasks and polished communications support.

Please review: Administrative Assistant Job Description

About Unity Christian School:

Unity Christian School is a vibrant Pre-K - 12 Christ-centered learning community serving over 643 students in the Eastern Fraser Valley. The mission of Unity Christian School is to “nurture our students God-given potential as they humbly serve God’s world.”

We are looking for a passionate and growth minded individual that is ready to live into our staff core values:

1. Mission Oriented - nurturing our students' God-given potential as they humbly serve God's world.

2. Growth Seekers - keeping a growth mindset and being committed to growing in our profession using our PGP (Professional Growth Plan).

3. Kingdom Builders - serving our students and providing opportunities for them to serve one another and their local and global community.

4. Joyful Collaborators - working closely with colleagues and learning together.

5. Sabbath Keepers - prioritizing time to refrain from work and to focus on health and wellness; intentionally setting time aside to pray and commune with God and His people

Each candidate must be:

• A committed Christian

• Dedicated to Christian education

Preferred qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years of administrative experience, preferably in a fast-paced office environment.

• Strong organizational skills, exceptional attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and interruptions.

• Experience handling confidential information with professionalism and discretion.

• Strong working knowledge of Google Workspace, including Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Forms; working knowledge of Microsoft Word.

• Proficiency in spreadsheets and comfort working with databases, administrative systems, and digital platforms.

• Ability to learn new systems and software quickly.

• Experience in a school, non-profit, or communications-related environment is an asset.

• Experience with website content updates, Canva, Formsite, student information systems, or database/records systems is an asset, but not required.

Unity Christian School

Nathan Boersema – Head of School