Advisor, Early Years

**Job Description**:
**Advisor, Early Years**

**Human Services
- Early Years & Child Care Services**

**Contract Duration: Approximately twenty-four (24) months**

Are you looking for an opportunity to make a positive difference in the early years and child care community in Peel? Are you a
**_systems thinke_**
**r**? Are you passionate about supporting Early Years & Child Care system outcomes of quality, affordability, viability, accessibility and inclusion? Do you have a background in
**project management** and
**process improvement**?
- We require an_
**_ innovative advisor_**:

- who thinks _
**_strategically_**:

- to achieve desired outcomes on a _
**_systems & operational level._**

The Advisor considers opportunities for supporting service providers to meet funding, accountability and quality service provision expectations and puts forward program and process recommendations that support service provider capacity building, efficiency and effectiveness in meeting funding and accountability requirements.

The Advisor uses strategic thinking,
**critical analysis**, problem solving and
**data analytic**
**skills** to provide system and operational level advice and guidance to the Early Years and Child Care Services Division and programs. The Advisor will be responsible to devise
**strategies** and
** implement recommendations** that ensure the successful implementation of Child Care and Early Years programs.

**What you will do**:

- Create and implement program and procedural recommendations to improve the delivery of services and the client/service provider experience
- Supports strategic oversight of the $150M+ budget for numerous Early Years and Child Care (EYCC) funding programs and system accountabilities
- Collaborates with local and provincial partners and leads service system manager responsibilities to help ensure provincial and local priorities are being met
- Supports the ability to make evidence-informed decisions that are aligned with evolving EYCC system priorities
- Ensures the development and updating of existing EYCC policies and procedures and accountability frameworks as they relate to SSM responsibilities in alignment with changing provincial and local direction, EYCCS service outcomes, service plan and priorities
- Provides strategic policy, analytical, evaluation, data gathering and planning support and establishes metrics and business intelligence mechanisms to support service system manager responsibilities as they relate to assessing the economic viability of Peel’s EYCC system and the impact of public funding
- Informs ongoing policy development and system level analysis to ensure funding is being used to maximize system outcomes, meet evolving local need and align with provincial and local direction
- Provides guidance, expertise, analysis and advice to support service system management responsibilities and accountabilities within a period of rapid system change
- Oversees a Specialist, Early Years & Child Care responsible for supporting oversight of Peel’s EYCC system by moving forward ongoing system change through various initiatives and projects
- Develops new policy approaches for Peel’s EYCC system with the ability to identify and assess implications as they relate to different service delivery models and policies and their corresponding impacts on system partners and families
- Responsible for staying current on rapidly evolving provincial direction to identify the need for new local policies and updating of existing policies and accountability frameworks as they relate to broadened service system manager responsibilities/accountabilities. This involves regular communication with provincial and local partners, internal colleagues with shared service system manager responsibilities, undertaking research, analysis and being able to quickly interpret new policies/legislation
- Staffing responsibilities include a variety of activities such as hiring, coaching, motivating, developing job objectives, managing performance, assigning and delegating work and ensuring quality and service standards are met; develops and empowers staff by providing regular feedback, strategic direction and ensuring involvement in key decision-making processes where appropriate

**What we require**:

- Post-secondary education in Human Services or related field with at least five (5) years of related work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Proven leadership skills (direct or indirect) in order to support staff and the ability to manage through a changing environment and culture
- Demonstrated knowledge of project management concepts and techniques and the ability to plan, organize and manage multiple projects
- Superior report writing, presentation and facilitation skills for a wide array of audiences, including departmental senior leadership and system partners
- Specialization in development and implementation of transformational policies and servi