##Job Description

**Section:**Children Services
**Division:**Children and Social Services
**Department:**Community Well-Being
**Initial Reporting Location:**199 Larch Street

**Job Status:**Limited Positions - Funded Positions
**Estimated Probable Duration:**One (1) Year

**Union Affiliation:**CUPE 4705 Inside Unit
**Hours of Work:**70 hours bi-weekly
**Shift Work Required:**No
**Range of Pay:**Group 12 - $35.12 to $44.31 per hour (Range in effect April 1, 2026)

The start date will follow the selection process.

Avulnerable sector checkis required for this position and will be requested by the Hiring Manager should you be the candidate of choice. Please do not submit your vulnerable sector check with your application.

**Characteristic Duties:**Under the general supervision of the Co-ordinator of Quality and Early Years Programs.

1. Identify service delivery needs and issues; develop options and resolutions.
2. Identify priorities and assist in service negotiations defining quality of and access to the service and outcomes, performance indicators and reporting processes.
3. Develop methods to monitor quality, and monitor agency’s participation and compliance to legislation, regulations, professional standards, and contract. Report compliance breaches to supervisor. Identify and assess variances and prepare options for the resolution of issues.
4. Conduct on site consultations to assist families in applications to service and evaluate early years programming and physical premises of agencies with which CGS maintains Legal Agreements, share observations; make recommendations to providers on the environment, service description and overall program; prepare reports and make recommendations as it relates to operations, administration, and quality of service and/or service levels.
5. Develop and implement professional development and communication in keeping with corporate goals (media relations, advertising, online communications, publications, and promotions).
6. Research and act as a content expert for website, digital media, and information flyers by ensuring content is correct, current, and relevant.
7. Recommend, develop, and implement strategies to enhance internal and external communications within the sector including but not limited to social media, online videos, photo sharing and social bookmarking.
8. Review best practices and identify positive elements; develop training modules to support providers in implementing equitable access policies and effective intervention approaches to quality improvements.
9. Develop mechanisms to review program statements and core services for all programs and provide options to further align programs with provincial initiatives.
10. Investigate complaints and serious occurrences; provide consultations to consider options for resolution. Offer support and make recommendations, as required.
11. Responsible for the organization and delivery of various training programs including facilitation and evaluation.
12. Develop methods of professional awareness and promotion; support workforce development including recruitment and retention.
13. Respond to general inquiries and prepare information packages, as required.
14. Prepare various reports (e.g., site visit reports, statistical data, etc.).
15. Develop and maintain confidential child care and family support program file system.
16. Liaise with relevant government ministries, local agencies, community groups, and CGS staff as required.
17. Develop and maintain a thorough working knowledge of CGS’s Safety Manual and the applicable Provincial Legislation listed therein.
18. Perform other related duties as required.

Qualifications

• Successful completion of a Community College Diploma in Early Childhood Education.
• Current valid registration with the College of Early Childhood Educators (CECE) required.
• Over two and one half (2½) years up to and including five (5) years of directly related experience, in the early childhood education field including experience in leadership in the sector, specifically supervision and/or facilitation of professional learning.
• Knowledge of children services network in the community and familiarity with the Child Care and Early Years Act, current child development theories including Ontario’s Early Years Pedagogy and the College of Early Childhood Educators Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice.
• Knowledge of applicable legislation and related regulations, specifically the Early Childhood Education Act and the Child Care and Early Years Act.
• Knowledge of best practices within areas of responsibility; ability to act as content expert and demonstrate leadership.
• Demonstrate professional practice that holds a high image of children, families, and the profession.
• Horizontal linkages to other relevant governmental levels and services as well as the private sector.
• Ability to identify training needs and trends.
• Ability to build business relationships, to develop strong and productive working relationships with the community, internal teams, and agencies.
• Demonstrate ability related to computer software and administrative systems in a Windows environment (e.g., file maintenance, word processing, spreadsheet applications, information input and retrieval, etc.) including technical skills to manage social media platforms.
• Demonstrate excellent communications skills, both verbal and written including the ability to communicate effectively and through social media.
• Demonstrate research and planning skills to investigate complaints, assessing service needs, review operations and recommend plan of action and/or best practices.
• Demonstrate analytical skills to determine the urgency and nature of issues, to assess and interpret the degree to which incidents form general trends and practices.
• Mental and physical fitness to perform essential job functions.
• Excellent use of English; verbally and in writing.
• French verbal and written skills an asset.
• Provide, at own cost, a current Vulnerable Sector Check.
• Must be physically capable of operating a vehicle safely, possess a valid driver’s licence, have an acceptable driving record, and personal insurance coverage.

Competencies: (click to view) Competency Library - Level 2 Proficiency (Individual Contributor)

This job is also being posted as a development opportunity. Should there be no fully qualified candidate for this position, a candidate who can be expected to meet the required qualifications within a reasonable period of time may be considered for this position as a development opportunity.

Development opportunity range of pay: $32.74 to $40.69 per hour (Range in effect April 1, 2026). The successful candidate will be paid at the reduced range until the minimum qualifications have been met.

##How To Apply

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We must receive your resumebefore 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. For those providing a French language resume, please also include an English version.

• Follow the step by step application process.
• Ensure you attached a cover letter and resume. Acceptable file types are:
  • .doc
  • .docx
  • .txt
  • .pdf
  • .rtf
• Upon submission of your application, you will get a confirmation on the screen that your application has been successfully submitted. You will also receive an e-mail confirmation to the e-mail address on your profile.

All applicants are thanked for their interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. If contacted, and you require a disability related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process you must advise the Hiring Manager.

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