Responsibilities included but are not limited to: • Supervises employees and children, providing pedagogical leadership, modeling childcare best practice, and mentoring on centre policies and procedures. • Monitors the health and safety of children and staff; ensures that the group maintains standards set by the Nova Scotia Child Care Act to meet licensing requirements. • Create and maintain staff schedules, manage work expectations, and delegate responsibilities. This is a combined position where the Assistant Director will be expected to run the school-age classroom and on full-day PD days, school breaks and the summer program. This position is being advertised both internally and externally. Friends for Life will consider internal applications first before external applications. • Participates in staff hiring and dismissal, staff professional reviews, onboarding, orientation, and training of new staff. • Arranges for replacement staff as needed. • Prepare subsidy claims for reimbursement. • Participates in annual health and safety inspection, licencing inspections, and fire inspections. • Responsible for the administration of medication and temperature taking. • Advises, consults, and assists staff in planning and implementing the daily program of activities while demonstrating appropriate behaviours and skills through modelling, mediating, observing, questioning, demonstrating, and reinforcing. • Provide a safe, flexible, and stimulating environment which facilitates early learning. • Provides a welcoming and nurturing environment by demonstrating ongoing affection, acceptance and support of each child, staff, and family. • Attends to physical needs of children; instructs and assists in developing self-help skills such as washing, dressing, toileting, and eating, as necessary; feeds children and ensures special dietary requirements are met; ensures children are clean, dry, and dressed appropriately; oversees food for snacks. • Maintains children's attendance records, emergency information and the daily logbook; collects medication information from parents and informs staff, develop/maintain prioritized list of equipment and supplies; administers and monitors group equipment, supplies and maintaining allergy board/communication.
• Level 1, 2, or 3 ECE. • All record checks clear and within the department expiration expectations. • Food Handlers Certificate • Minimum of five years’ experience in a group childcare program, pre-primary and/or school age Programs • Strong organizational and administrative skills • Good interpersonal skills • Proven ability to work closely with other team members and maintain professional and confidential relationships with staff, families, and children. • Sensitivity and respect for individual and cultural differences. • High energy level and ability to meet the physical demands of the job. • Ability to provide pedagogical leadership with other educators and team members. • Ability to step into all classrooms with varying age groups as needed.
Friends for Life Childcare Centre - Top of the Hill 35 Andover Street Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B2X 2M1
Krista Hetherington Duffy 35topofthehill@gmail.com Preferred Contact: Email
