Community Pedagogical Consultant - Bilingual - English/French

at  City of Greater Sudbury

JOB DESCRIPTION

Section: Children Services
Division: Children and Social Services
Department: Community Development
Initial Reporting Location: 199 Larch Street
Job Status: Limited Position (Funded Position) - Bilingual - English/French
Estimated Probable Duration: One (1) Year
Affiliation: Inside Unit
Hours of Work: 70 hours bi-weekly
Shift Work Required: n/a
Range of Pay: Group 12 - $33.11 to $41.77 per hour

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 skills and a good working knowledge of written French is required.
• 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: 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: $30.86 to $38.35 per hour. The successful candidate will be paid at the reduced range until the minimum qualifications have been met.

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