EarlyON Program Assistant

LOCATION: Toronto, ON

POSITION TYPE: casual hours flexible (varied up to 37.5 hours/week)

POSTING CLOSING DATE: October 13, 2025

Lumenus Community Services is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. We value a recruitment and selection process that is inclusive and barrier-free and we encourage applications from all individuals including, but not limited to, all cultures, religions, racialized communities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions.

The Program Assistant will be responsible for supporting the delivery of child and family centred, welcoming, high quality and inclusive programming for children (birth to 6 years) and their families for the EarlyON Child and Family Centre – Lumenus.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Implement the mandatory core EarlyON services: engaging parents and caregivers; supporting early learning and development and, making connections for families.

Program Implementation

• Support the implementation of the mandatory core EarlyON services: engaging parents and caregivers; supporting early learning and development and, making connections for families.

• Support the development and delivery of programs/services that are guided by the following principles: child and family-centred; welcoming; high quality and inclusive

• Assists with program setup, clean-up, general health and safety of environment

• Collect appropriate program data/evaluation according to Ministry standards.

• Refers families to appropriate community resources as needed.

• Participates in/contribute to monthly team meetings.

• Assists with basic EarlyON outreach and promotion efforts

• Participates in professional development.

• General administrative duties as required.

Admini****stration

• Assist with planning and purchasing of nutritious food for program snacks

• Assist with maintaining program attendance

• Assist and participate in the completion of reports including evaluation/feedback and debriefing.

• Assist with the planning and implementation community events involving health promotion for families with young children

• Participate in monthly team meetings

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE:

• Early Childhood Education degree/diploma and a member in good standing with College of Early Childhood Educators (RECE) OR equivalent training/experience.

• Direct work with young children and families; awareness of community resources

ADDITIONAL****REQUIREMENTS:

• Satisfactory clearance under the Vulnerable Sector Screening process

TO APPLY: Interested applicants are invited to visit our website at https://lumenus.ca/careers/ and submit their cover letter and resume through our Career Centre before October 13, 2025

We ask applicants to make any accommodation requests for the interview or selection process known in advance by contacting the Human Resources Department. Human Resources will work together with the hiring committee to arrange reasonable and appropriate accommodation for the selection process which will enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner.