Supervisor, Early Years Partnerships, Quality and Growth

Supervisor, Early Years Partnerships, Quality and Growth

**Job Number**:3491

**Job Type**: Temporary Full-Time
**Temp Contract Length**: Contract is expected to end on March 12, 2027
**Location**: 20 Weber St E - 20 Weber
**Job Category**: Health Care and Social Assistance
**Number of Positions**:1
**Department**: Child Care Development
**Division**: Community Services
**Hours of Work**: 35
**Union**: Management/Management Support
**Grade**: Management/Management Support Grade 06
**Salary Range**: $ 91,291.20 - $ 114,114.00 annually

**About Us**

The Region of Waterloo is a thriving, diverse community committed to fostering opportunities for current and future generations. Waterloo Region is part of the Dish with One Spoon wampum, a treaty guiding our commitment to:

- Taking only what we need
- Leaving some for others
- Keeping the dish clean
- This agreement underpins our vision, mission, and core value, and reinforces our dedication to meaningful reconciliation and equity.
- Waterloo Region is home to over 674,000 residents and expected to grow to nearly one million by 2051.
- Guided by our 2023-2027 Strategic Plan, “Growing with Care,” we prioritize homes for all, climate aligned growth, equitable services and opportunities and a resilient and future ready organization. Our mission is to provide essential services that enhance the quality of life for all residents, while our core value emphasizes caring for people and the land we share. Join us and be part of a team dedicated to making a meaningful difference in our community.

**The Role**
- Works with community partners to support the operation of the early learning and child care service system, including quality initiatives, partnerships with service providers (e.g., special needs resourcing agencies, EarlyON child and family programs, professional resource centre), and the centralized waitlist registry.- Leads the implementation of plans to increase the supply of quality licensed child care spaces in Waterloo Region in alignment with provincial and federal growth strategies.

**Duties/Responsibilities**
- Supervises program and administration staff (Early Years Analysts, coordinator).
- Establishes, coordinates, and implements quality initiatives for the child care and early years (CCEY) community. Leads community-based quality initiatives and ensures quality standard and practices in CCEY programs are met. Coordinates policy development and planning related to the quality initiative.
- Engages stakeholders (working groups, consultation sessions) in the development of community-wide quality standards and supporting tools, resources, and evaluation measures and communicates to parents and practitioners. Provides linkages to community resources and training, incentives, and supports to participants to achieve benchmarks and goals. Develops partnerships with community agencies, professionals, researchers, and consultants.
- Consults with the professional resource centre and other community groups and services to plan and develop professional learning. Collaborates with partners to develop and deliver training plans, identify and encourage use of resources, identify gaps in services, and make recommendations.
- Leads the implementation of plans to support the creation of new child care spaces based on strategic directions and Ministry and Region of Waterloo standards and requirements. Ensures growth addresses system gaps, priority populations, geographic areas, and other equity-focused priorities for those facing the greatest barriers to child care access, including special needs, Black, Indigenous, Racialized, and other under-represented families.
- Recommends funding approaches and develops policy and guidelines for management approval. Interprets provincial guidelines and develops local strategies for home-based and centre-based child care as well as other early years service providers and operators to support dispensation of funding.
- Leads RFP and procurement processes. Develops specifications, reviews submissions, and recommends awards for approval. Responds to questions and leads information sessions to groups and agencies.
- Works with community partners such as school boards and community organizations to identify opportunities for child care growth. Monitors impacts of growth and makes recommendations to mitigate impacts for other early years service providers.
- Meets with providers to review operational plans and practices to ensure compliance with agreements. Provides advice, coaching, and support to centre-based and home-based licensed child care operators to build capacity related to child care operations and practices and recommend the incorporation of inclusive, equitable, accessible, and best practices into operations, including design of spaces, curriculum, internal procedures and practices.
- Supervises funding distribution and contract administration for service providers (e.g., SNR agencies, EarlyON, Conestoga College, police