Job Description

Requisition ID: 391862
Position Number: 20067016
Posting End Date: Open until filled
City: Churchill
Employer: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Site: Churchill Health Centre
Department / Unit: Children's Centre
Job Stream: Non-Clinical
Union: MGEU
Anticipated Start Date: ASAP
FTE: 1.00
Anticipated Shift: Days
Work Arrangement: In Person
Daily Hours Worked: 7.50
Annual Base Hours: 1950
Salary: $25.114, $25.654, $26.195, $26.741, $27.281
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Position Overview
The Lil'Cubs Centre Co-ordinator, is responsible for the day to day operations of the Children's Centre including programming for children, supervision of the staff, collaboration with other leaders at the Churchill Health Centre. The Coordinator is also expected to ensure the daycare is in compliance with all provincial standards and policies.
Experience

• Minimum of 3 years supervisory experience in a licensed daycare.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Early Childhood Educator (ECE) 3 designation recognized in Manitoba and/or completed the 40-hour course requirements for working in a Children Centre plus other closely related experience to working with children, vulnerable populations.
• Additional relevant training/education a strong asset.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• Valid driver's license required and must have CPR and First Aide certificates.

Qualifications and Skills

• Successful completion of Criminal Record checks and Child Abuse Registry check and Investigation Authorization (1A) Form.
• Moderate to strong computer skills is an asset.
• Confidence working within Day care related applications, strong competence with Microsoft suite, and other websites or applications.
• Creative problem-solving skills, skilled at change management and the ability to nurture positive change with staff, children and parents.
• Exhibits an empathetic and professional approach to dealing with parents, staff and children in the Children's Centre.
• Maintains the highest standard of confidentiality at all times.

Physical Requirements

• Possible heavy lifting.
• Possible eye strain.
• Possible posture and muscle problems.
• Possible contact with children with aggressive behaviour.
• Other demands as it pertains to position.
• Potential for exposure to various forms of communicable diseases at all times.
• Periods of time working in uncomfortably hot conditions.
• Extreme outdoor weather conditions.
• Required to work long shifts.
• Competing priorities.

Benefits of Working in Churchill

• Starting at 4 weeks vacation, with an additional 5 travel days and 2 wellness days for a total of 5 weeks and 2 days in the first year
• Subsidized housing for the first year of employment may be available
• Travel allowance
• Employee access to health care charter.
• Northern Retention Bonus
• Northern Living allowance - extra $190 per paycheck for an individual, $330 for a family
• Education bonus for pursuing additional training
• Subsidized gym membership
• Subsidized grocery program
• Facility amenities include in house restaurant/cafeteria with priority for staff. Heated salt water pool, weight room, 4 lane bowling alley, Gallery and Library, hockey and curling rink, theater.
• Daycare facility includes full wall panoramic windows with an unobstructed view of the sunrise over the ocean, two indoor playgrounds, two outdoor playgrounds.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.
Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Golden West Centennial Lodge, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.
Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.
Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.
Manitoba healthcare employers, in partnership with the Indigenous community, are committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous People within all levels of our workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as being of Indigenous descent in their cover letter/application.

Skills Required