Job Details

About us:
LifeWays Childcare has an opening for an ECE working towards BC ECE. We are in North Vancouver, offering care and exploration for 16 children daily. We strive to offer nurturing support for all children and families who come here. We garden and prepare food daily with the children, as well as offer most of the day for exploration and social connections.

Job Description:
Position: Early Childhood Educator
Vacancy: 1
Working Hours: 35 to 40 hours per week
Wage: 20.00 CAD to 25.00 CAD per hour
Benefits: Dental and Extended health benefits and ECE Wage Enhancement provided by British Columbia Ministry of Children and Family Development.
Job Offer Type: Full-time, Permanent
Work location: 532 E 4th St, North Vancouver, BC V7L 1J6

Main duties:
• Design and create learning programs to meet children’s physical, intellectual, social, cultural, creative and emotional needs.
• Plan and maintain an environment that protects the health, security, and well-being of children.
• Maintain and update the individual record of children handled taking note of the program’s positive and negative results.
• Develop listening, comprehensive skills using approved subjects in storytelling, role-playing, games, music and art activities.
• Guide and assist children in the development of proper eating, dressing and washroom habits.
• Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with colleagues and community service providers working with children.
• Regularly communicate with parents and guardians regarding their children’s development needs and learning process.

Job Requirement:
License: British Columbia Early Childhood Educator License Required
Education: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
Experience: Experience an asset
Security and Safety: Criminal record check, Immunization Records
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities:
Attention to detail, Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Personal Suitability:
Punctuality, Excellent oral communication, Reliability, Dependability, Flexibility, Team player
Children's Ages:
Newborn (including expecting mother), Infant (3 months - 11 months), 1 year, 2 years, 3 years
Early Childhood Educators Specific Skills:
Develop and implement child-care programs that support and promote the physical, cognitive, emotional and social development of children, Lead activities by telling or reading stories, teaching songs and taking children to local points of interest, provide opportunities to express creativity through the media of art, dramatic play, music and physical activity, Guide and assist children in the development of proper eating, dressing and toilet habits, Plan and maintain an environment that protects the health, security and well-being of children, Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with co-workers and community service providers working with children, Assess the abilities, interests and needs of children and discuss progress or problems with parents and other staff members

Work Setting:
Child care centre
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.):
Early Childhood Education (ECE) Certificate

Please do not call regarding the posted position. Due to the anticipated volume of responses, we will contact only those candidates who most closely match our requirements.
Please send resume and cover letter to lifeways@gmail.com

Job Description