Child Care Resource and Referral Consultant

**Date Posted**: August 28th 2025

**Position Title**: Child Care Resource and Referral Consultant - Merritt/ Princeton/Ashcroft

**Location**: 2990 Voght St, Merritt, BC V1K 1C8

**Terms**: Full-time, Permanent

**Hours**: 35 hours a week

**Start Date**: October 2025

**Salary**:$51,000-$52,400 annually

**Shift**: Monday 10am-6pm Tuesday
- Friday 9am-4pm

Rotating Saturday mornings and occasional evenings to meet contract needs

**Reports To**: Coordinator, CCRR Kamloops

**Benefits**:

- Competitive vacation (starting at 10 days) and paid sick time
- Generous employer-matched pension plan
- Eligibility for Extended Medical and Dental Benefits
- Training and Professional Development Opportunities
- Extensive Employee assistance program
- Reduced childcare rates and priority placement for YMCA Staff
- Be part of a charitable organization that positively impacts the community
- _Some benefits may vary based on employment terms_

**Nature & Scope**:
At the YMCA, we’re dedicated to supporting children, families, and childcare providers so communities can thrive. Through our Child Care Resource and Referral (CCRR) program, we offer a wide range of services across School District 58 (Merritt and Princeton) and, occasionally, the Goldtrail area of School District 74 (Ashcroft, Cache Creek, Lytton, Lillooet, and Clinton). Our goal is to enhance the quality and accessibility of childcare by providing families and providers with valuable resources, information, and referrals.

Families benefit from support in finding childcare, understanding subsidy options, accessing community resources, and participating in engaging programs like playgroups, Parent-Child Mother Goose, Infant Massage, and Circle of Security Parenting. Childcare providers receive assistance with start-up and administration, access to workshops and networking opportunities, and use of our resource and toy library.

**Major Responsibilities**-**_in this position, you will_**:

- Provide strong customer services and support to those individuals and organizations utilizing the services of the CCRR program
- Provide childcare information, consultations, and referrals to families
- Facilitate workshops, courses, programs, networking, community events and conferences for childcare providers, early childhood educators and parents
- Recruit, register and conduct home visits of registered License Not Required Family Child Care providers
- Plan and implement outreach activities to childcare providers and families including story times in the park.
- Provide consultation, networking, training, and resource development to childcare providers
- Demonstrate the ability to be highly organized, efficient, and detail-oriented in order to meet the needs of School District #58.
- To work in collaboration and partnership and maintain positive working relationships with other community agencies and service providers
- To know, understand and maintain all BC Government CCRR Program Standards and YMCA BC legal requirements

**Qualification**-**_you bring_**:

- Early Childhood Education Certificate or equivalent training.
- Experience working in childcare and/or within the early years sector (asset)
- Proven computer skills and ability to work with Microsoft Office Suite
- Strong communication skills
- Facilitation skills an asset
- Valid Class 5 driver’s license and ability to use vehicle for travel within SD 58
- Excellent time management and ability to work independently and within a larger team
- Child Care First Aid/CPR certificate an asset

**About YMCA BC**:
By igniting belonging and championing health equity, YMCA BC strengthens the foundations of community. With over 3,000 employees and volunteers, YMCA BC serves 150,000 individuals of all ages, backgrounds and abilities across hundreds of service locations, from the Sunshine Coast to Fort St. John.

As a charity, YMCA BC promotes equitable access to healthier outcomes by providing vital programs and services to help address many of our communities' most pressing social issues, including health and wellness, affordable child care and camps, mental health, employment services and community health.

We believe there is potential inside all of us and envision vibrant, healthy and inclusive communities for all.

YMCA BC is firmly committed to equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging (EDIB). By taking an intersectional approach to our programs and services, the YMCA is committed to creating spaces and experiences where everyone feels safe, welcome, and like they belong. Learn more at bc.ymca.ca.

**Application Process**-**_ready to make a difference?_

**Application Deadline**:Friday September 19th, 2025 at 4pm
- If short-listed for a position: We will contact, you to move forward to the next step.

**Note**: Depending on the role, we may be required to prioritize internal applicants. At YMCA BC, we approach each hiring process individually, recognizing that people bring diverse experiences and strengths. If this