Early Childhood Educator

**Are you looking to make a difference in your community?**
**Join the Norwood team and start making a difference today**

Norwood provides the following:

- Strong focus on employee wellness and work-life balance
- Supportive training
- A compassionate team environment

**This position requires a flexible work schedule that includes occasional evenings and weekends as scheduled to meet the needs of families.**

Norwood staff are guided by the following Team Charter: (SPIRIT)
- **Support - **We utilize one another's strengths to take on challenges and opportunities using positive communication, collaboration, and compassion.
- **Passion -** We have the energy, attitude, and enthusiasm to be fully committed and engaged in our work with each other.
- **Integrity - **We are honest, trustworthy, transparent, and accountable with each other.
- **Respect -** We accept others without judgment and recognize that every individual is a person of value.
- **Inclusivity -** We celebrate diversity and welcome people of all abilities, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives.
- **Team -** We are all one group working towards improved outcomes for children and families.

If you share our values and support our mission and vision, please consider joining our team.

**Reporting to Norwood’s Program Managers, the Early Childhood Educator is responsible for the following**:

- Providing a safe environment that maintains orderly, clean, and appealing facilities, removing known and potential safety hazards
- Maintaining on-going positive interactions with the children during classroom activities on an individual, small or large group basis
- Using a variety of strategies to guide children's developmental skills in accordance with policies and procedures as set out in applicable regulations and standards
- Supporting family education and family/child groups and services that reflect the needs and interests of the participants
- Providing child minding to the children while their parent/caregivers attend parent education groups
- Post-secondary education.
- Must meet the Canada Summer Jobs youth eligibility requirements.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Possess a current Childcare First Aid certification.
- Criminal Record Check and Child Welfare Intervention Record Check (findings will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis).

**The following qualifications are considered an asset**:

- Experience working with young children.
- Child Development Certification.
- Knowledge of program planning for young children.
- A valid driver’s license and access to a reliable vehicle.

The wage for this role is $18.10 per hour.
- We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted._
- Immunization against COVID-19 is the most effective means to prevent the spread of COVID-19, to protect the children and families we serve, our workers, and the public; to prevent outbreaks at the Agency; and to preserve workforce capacity. This policy strengthens work Norwood has done throughout the pandemic to keep our staff and participants safe (i.e., distancing, hand hygiene, infectious disease protocols, PPE use, masking, and staff education)._

**Job Types**: Full-time, Seasonal

**Salary**: $18.10 per hour

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Evening shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Edmonton, AB: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Are you between the ages of 18 and 30 to meet the youth funding eligibility requirements set out by Canada Summer Jobs?

**Education**:

- Secondary School (preferred)

**Experience**:

- program planning for young children: 1 year (preferred)
- working with young children: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Childcare First Aid certification (preferred)

Work Location: In person