DABC is currently hiring for three positions, which are listed below. Full information about all available positions can be found on our careers page: DABC Careers.

Position: Community Advocate | Access DTC Program  

Open: July 24, 2026
Closes: August 20, 2026
Location: Vancouver, BC
Category: Community and Social Services Job
Type: Full-time fixed term until March 31, 2027
Salary: $58,000

Job Description – Community Advocate

You will join a team of advocates, working one-on-one with people with disabilities to provide in-depth support through the DTC and associated benefits. You will help raise awareness about DTC through the development of strategic partnerships and community outreach. You are also an active team member, able to contribute to the additional administrative responsibilities associated with the day-to-day operation of the program.

Position: Vancouver Island Community Advocate | Access DTC Program  

Post Open: July 24, 2026
Post Closes: August 20, 2026
Location: Vancouver Island, BC
Category: Community and Social Services
Type: 7-month term position until March 31, 2027, with possibility of extension
Salary: $46,400 annually (32 hours per week)
Report to: Vancouver Island Community Engagement Specialist, Access DTC Program Manager, Director of National Programs

Job Description – Community Advocate

You will join a team of advocates, working one-on-one with people with disabilities to provide in-depth support through the DTC, RDSP, and associated benefits. You will help raise awareness about DTC and RDSP to people across Vancouver Island through the development of strategic partnerships and community outreach.

Position: Legal Assistant

Open: July 24, 2026
Closes: August 14, 2026/
Category: Non-Profit Legal Job
Type:  Part time – 32 hours per week
Salary: $41,600

Job Description

The Disability Law Clinic  is seeking a part-time Legal Assistant to join our team. The primary focus of this role will be receiving incoming inquiries from our online intake form, email and voicemails, including providing information and referrals as appropriate.

Disability Alliance BC is thrilled to partner with the Victoria Foundation and City of Victoria to scale up the Right Fit Program.

The Right Fit Program is a multi-partner service that matches wheelchair users with accessible housing and independent living supports, preventing homelessness, institutionalization, and unsafe housing situations for people with disabilities.

The program was started in Vancouver and is now expanding to the island through generous grants from the Capital Regional District, Real Estate Foundation of BC, and Alacanastu Family Foundation. Additional financial support from Victoria Foundation and the City of Victoria will allow us to serve more people who need it and improve wellbeing and belonging.

Locally, the program will be delivered with the Victoria Disability Resource Centre to help connect Right Fit staff with community organizations, housing providers and wheelchair users seeking accessible housing.

For more information about the Right Fit, visit: https://therightfitbc.org/

We are currently posting for several volunteer and job opportunities. They are summarized below and full information can be found at https://disabilityalliancebc.org/career/.

CPP-D Community Advocate

Open: June 25, 2026
Closes: July 10, 2026
Location: Vancouver, BC
Category: CPP-D Community Advocate
Type: Full-time
Salary: $58,000

Program Description 

Since 1989, DABC’s Advocacy Access Program has been a place of support, information and one-to-one assistance for people with all disabilities. Each year, our advocates assist hundreds of people in-house to apply for and appeal the denial of provincial (known as PWD) and federal (Canada Pension Plan – Disability) disability benefits. We help hundreds more over the phone and by email. We also support other organizations across BC to assist people with disabilities through our workshops and publications.

Job Description

DABC is seeking a full-time Canada Pension Plan-Disability (CPP-D) Community Advocate to join our Advocacy Access Team. The Advocate will be responsible for individual and community advocacy relating to federal CPP-D benefits.

Responsibilities

• Assist people with disabilities with applications and appeals relating to CPP-D benefits
• Conduct workshops/webinars about CPP-D disability benefits for community organizations, people with disabilities, healthcare professionals, and other interested individuals and groups
• Be a provincial resource for community advocates and individuals on policy and legislation governing CPP-D.

Volunteer Tax Preparer

Open: May 1, 2026
Closes: Until filled
Location: Vancouver BC
Category: Community and Social Services

Program Description

Tax AID DABC partners with the Together Against Poverty Society, the Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society, and the Active Support Against Poverty Society, to provide free support to people with disabilities across BC to file their taxes.

Job Description

DABC is seeking several volunteers who are passionate about community work to join our Tax AID program, year-round. Volunteers will work one-on-one to assist people with disabilities with their income taxes, with supervision of the Senior Tax Advocate. Volunteers will work remotely and will be able to set their own schedule.

Duties

• Complete income tax returns in accordance with Revenue Canada guidelines
• Report questions or concerns to the Income Tax Clinic supervisor

Reception Volunteer

Open: May 1, 2026
Closes: Until filled
Location: Vancouver BC
Category: Community and Social Services
Time commitment: 1 to 2 days a week at 4 to 8 hours a day

Job Description

DABC is seeking volunteers to assist us at our reception desk to provide clients, guests and callers with information on the various services that DABC provides such as applying for provincial and federal disability benefits, Disability Tax Credit, Registered Disability Savings Plan, tax filings and tax credits, legal aid, and wheelchair accessible housing. Reception volunteers will be trained and mentored on an ongoing basis through regular supervision from the Advocacy Access Reception Coordinator, Advocacy Access Program Manager and Director of Tax AID and Access RDSP Programs. All of our current reception volunteers have lived experience with a disability.

Our Reception Volunteers:

• Support our reception team with clerical duties such as transcription of voicemails, scanning and printing projects and filing.
• Greet clients at our reception desk
• Keep detailed and accurate records of visitor requests
• Screen clients for eligibility of our services and conduct intake of client contact information for our waitlists