Looking for part-time work or a summer job to complement your education? King’s students have numerous paths to seek paid practical experience.
The Student Employment Board lists opportunities below that are exclusively available to King’s students.
Deadline for applications: 4 p.m., Monday, August 18, 2025
King’s Library is hiring Part-time Student Assistants to manage the Circulation Desk on evenings and weekends, with some daytime shifts available. Mandatory paid training will occur on Sunday, September 7, and regular shifts will begin Monday, September 8, 2025. Shift schedules remain consistent throughout the fall term, with a reassessment based on class schedules for the winter term, though flexibility for coverage is expected when necessary.
This position is only available to current University of King’s College students, and priority is given to students returning for their second year or above.
Student Assistants are responsible for:
Successful applicants will be approachable, reliable, able to work under their own initiative with little supervision, and have good communication and time management skills. They will be familiar with the processes and purpose of the King’s Library and have experience working with the public. Experience with filing, shelving, scanning and copying projects is considered an asset.
Student Assistant schedules are set for the length of the semester. There will be a paid training session on Sunday, September 7, with regular shifts beginning September 8 until the end of the fall term. The schedule is reassessed for the winter term based on the course schedule and availability of all Student Assistants. Successful candidates will have some flexibility for shift coverage as necessary, and will be responsible for organizing coverage of their own regular shifts when necessary.
The applicant must be available for a minimum of 6 hours and two shifts per week. Shifts are outlined in the availability sheet attached.
The base rate of pay is minimum wage + $0.50.
Applicants must submit:
Please send applications to circulation@ukings.ca.
Applications can also be dropped off in person at the King’s Library Circulation Desk.
Deadline
We are accepting applications until 4 p.m., Monday, August 18, 2025.
For More Information
Visit: King’s Library Circulation Desk
Email: circulation@ukings.ca
Call: 902-422-1271 ext. 171
Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. Only those who are invited for an interview will be contacted.
Exhibition Content Developer, Discovery Centre, through a King's Undergraduate Fellowship in Public Humanities
King’s students have the opportunity to work in almost every area of university life, and even beyond the university through facilitated internships and fellowships. Typical jobs include peer mentor, fundraising campaign caller, residence junior don, reporter for the communications team, fitness centre attendant and athletics photographer, just to name a few.
If you are looking for an opportunity to work as an assistant to a professor, look for the Student Assistantship Program (SAP) listings at the beginning of fall, winter, and summer term. Successful candidates will be paired with a faculty supervisor to work on a project such as academic research, publication preparation, new course development, journalistic projects, academic and cultural events, outreach, or archival work. These positions are light on hours—just 30h completed over a term, usually according to the student’s preference—so they offer the opportunity to gain career-building academic experience and skills, while making a minimal impact on study time.
Students have the opportunity to work on campus at one of three student-owned and operated businesses: the King’s Co-op Bookstore, the Wardroom (student lounge) and the Galley (coffee shop). Ask at these locations about openings.
King’s also coordinates several funded summer internships and part-time work experiences at external organizations and businesses that will offer students the opportunity to experience for themselves the value of their liberal arts education.
The King’s Undergraduate Fellowships in Public Humanities is an opportunity to do an experiential learning internship at an organization or business that brings the humanities to bear on the world.
The Scotia Scholars Award, funded by the Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness, is a funded opportunity for two undergraduate students at King’s to be the principal investigator on their own research study in the area of health research.
King’s encourages all student employees to use this workbook as a template for planning, documenting, and reflecting on their work experience. The goal of this document is to help elevate all student work experiences to work-integrated learning, so that students can maximize their personal and professional growth while supported by their university.