If you are detail oriented and enjoy working in a fast paced, goal orientated environment and are looking for an opportunity to make a long-term commitment where you can grow, this could be the job for you.

• Receive and register invoices and other records onto Excel spreadsheets
• Verify accuracy and completeness of data
• Facilitate compilation and delivery of weekly material to customers
• Correspond with customers and contractors regarding payment discrepancies
• Follow up with customers and contractors on various issues
• Distribute payments to contractors
• Participate in the analysis and reporting of sales information
• Perform a variety of accounting projects as may be assigned

Required Skills

• Excellent interpersonal communication skills in English is a must
• Multi-tasking and organizational ability
• Enthusiasm, energy, and a positive attitude
• Exemplary phone etiquette and pleasant personality
• Intermediate Word and Excel Skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Work well to deadlines under pressure
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Understanding of basic office procedures such as data entry, filing and photocopying
• Flexibility to assume a variety of duties as required
• Bilingual oral and written French language skills is an asset

Compiling financial statements including:

• Basic bookkeeping when needed
• Preparing support for the compiled financial statements
• Adjusting journal entries as required
• Preparing financial statements
• Preparing Corporate tax returns (T2’s)

Preparation of personal tax returns (T1’s) including:

• Basic bookkeeping and organization of client information
• Preparation of T1’s (some training provided)

Basic tax planning

Required Skills

• Excellent English written and oral communication skills
• Knowledge of Simply and QuickBooks Software
• Knowledge of Caseware, Caseview and Profile software is an asset
• Keyboarding and calculator skills must be proficient

We will train on Profile, Caseware and T4 software

Working at the BC & Yukon Provincial Office in Port Coquitlam, the Media & Public Relations Assistant will work closely with the Provincial Director to develop the profile of the Foundation in the media and promote events.

Assist the Provincial Director in developing a communications plan for BC & Yukon

• Liaise with the media and public as required, regarding the event
• Write and distribute media releases, articles and newsletters
• Develop media / press information kit
• Coordinate with companies in regards to distribution of posters & pledge sheets
• Plan events, such as an organizers workshop, press conferences & media tour
• Maintain the updating and organizing of files and media / PR databases
• Organize and file all media clippings
• Track and update website information

As a member of a small staff, you would be expected to assist in other general office duties and other projects as required. Examples of what might typically be required are:

• Assisting with volunteers
• Answering the phone
• Receiving / Shipping

• Public Enquiries

Skills Required

• Commitment to the mission of The Terry Fox Foundation
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Good organizational skills
• Excellent initiative
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

How often does an opportunity come along to build a product that will end up in the hands of millions of customers and shape the future of the mobile entertainment industry?

At our organization, we develop mobile communities and wireless social networking products that resonate with the hip and trend defining 18 – 30 demographic. We’re working with industry leaders such as Bell Canada, Verizon, Sprint Nextel, Cingular and T-Mobile to define an entirely new way of interacting on your mobile phone. In our ideally situated office on fashionable Robson Street in Vancouver, we’re creating products that enable millions of customers to experience a sense of being connected.  Wirelessly.

Our organization has the fastest growing social network on mobile phones with more than 10 million unique users worldwide and is available on more than 85 mobile operators in 33 countries, and growing!  To further accelerate this rapid growth, we are in search of a talented and motivated Customer Service Representative to join our team! As a Customer Service Rep, your responsibility is to monitor and provide customer service to our mobile community users from around the world.  This is a non-selling job and training will be provided.

The successful candidate will enjoy working in a fun, casual environment working from our downtown office (close to SkyTrain and Transit). 

Skills Required

• A highly motivated and energetic team player, you are ready to take your retail, sales or hospitality experience and apply it to a new and exciting office role
• Over the past few years, you have worked in fast paced and customer driven environments. 
• Your customers and the people you work with are important to you
• You always have a positive and professional attitude and you are known for being punctual, reliable and great at multi-tasking
• You also have a genuine desire to help others and you will do whatever it takes to get the job done
• You are eager to learn new technologies and are proficient with computers and the internet
• You may or may not be a member of a chat room, but you are familiar with the norms and etiquette necessary to provide a positive online experience.  There have been many occasions when you’ve noticed unacceptable online behavior but were not in a position to take action.  Our organization wants to give you an opportunity to do just that!  You will use your strong decision-making and problem solving skills to keep the chat rooms safe and appealing for every customer

The successful candidate may be involved in the installation, upgrading or support of any of the following:

Hardware:

• New Netware (IPX) Networked Compaq workstations and remote laptops
• Various Intel based application servers and file servers
• Other network devices e.g. concentrators and network printers
• Upgrade as required to the above

Software:

• The major DOS and Windows packages supported on our networks are Office 2003, Outlook and remote control software such as ReachOut and PCAnywhere as well as in-house developed applications
• DOS, Windows 95/NT/2000/XP

Network:

• We have a growing WAN consisting of a large number of Novell Netware 3.12 and Windows XP file servers. These are linked by Ethernet routers and switches via HighSpeed T1’s
• We also have SCO UNIX and Novell UnixWare on Intels and AIX UNIX on RS/6000s

Required Skills
Experience in basic computer hardware and Windows & Novell Netware is an asset.

Be an integral part of a dynamic core of Java developers advancing and supporting the leading mid-market J2EE e-commerce solution available.

As an Intermediate Java Developer working within the Professional Services team, you will be involved in developing and delivering powerful, scalable and reusable J2EE software solutions, built on our platform, to a global client base. During these projects, you will participate in all aspects of the software development lifecycle including planning, technical design, construction, documentation, testing and deployment. Periodically, you will also assist the Product Development team in adding new features to our quarterly product release of our organization.

Required Skills

• Proficient in English
• Proficient in Java / J2EE web application development (JSP, Servlets, XML, etc
• Proficient in SQL
• Experience building software applications in a team environment
• Experience with at least one of the following databases: Oracle, DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, mysql, postgresql
• Experience with at least one Java application server (ie. Tomcat, Caucho Resin, Jetty, BEA WebLogic, IBM WebSphere, JBoss, etc
• Experience developing test cases in Junit
• Experience with at least one version control system (ie. CVS, Visual SourceSafe, ClearCase, Perforce, etc
• Object-oriented programming
• Design patterns

The following skills are not required, but will be considered an asset:

• Experience with multiple databases and application servers
• Velocity
• Jakarta struts
• EJB or another object/relational mapping framework such as hibernate, TopLink, Castor Or CocoBase
• Web services development (Soap, WSDL, AXIS, SAAJ, IXRETAIL, UBL, EBXML, etc)
• Xml Schema, XSLT, JAXP, TRAX, SAX, DOM, XALAN,&HELLIP
• Java portal development (JSR-168)
• Eclipse IDE
• Experience implementing java e-commerce applications
• Experience interfacing with ERP systems such as Sap, PeopleSoft, J.D. Edwards, etc
• Experience interfacing with accounting, inventory, supply chain management and other business applications
• Experience interfacing and communicating directly with clients
• Multi-lingual