Senior Early Childhood Educator

Senior Early Childhood Educator

Senior Early Childhood Educator

Date Posted: October 15, 2024

Competition Number: 170-24/25

Location: Kelowna, BC (Martin Avenue Club)

Bgc Okanagan is hiring a Senior Early Childhood Educator for our multi-age Club in the downtown Kelowna area. Step into a world where every day is an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of children and their families!

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Key Duties and Responsibilities:

- Plans, assigns, mentors and guides staff, volunteers, and practicum students. Conducts the program orientation and training.
- Welcomes new children and their families to the program. Ensures enrolment information is in order including medical and emergency information, dietary instructions and parental forms comply with childcare licensing requirements.
- Plans, carries out and evaluates developmentally appropriate and age specific activities and experiences for children using modelling, observing, questioning, demonstrating, and reinforcing techniques.





Develops daily program schedules that include indoor/outdoor, active/quiet and individual and group activities.
- Ensures activities adhere to Childcare Licensing Regulations
- Identifies the abilities, interests and needs of children and develops individualized and group curriculum based on these. Recommends referrals or additional services for children with professionals such as behavioural therapists, occupational therapists and speech language pathologists.
- Reports on progress, behaviours and other issues. Contributes to reports for special needs children moving on to elementary school. Maintains required records, care plans and statistics.
- Participates in short- and long-term planning and evaluation of programs offered by the organization. Provides recommendations for change to the supervisor.






- Model developmentally appropriate activities and positive behaviour management techniques through daily contact with children and early childhood staff in the classroom.
- Attends to the children’s physical needs that may include diapering, toileting, eating and sleeping.
- Establish positive relationships and open communication with parents/guardians. Communicates with families about children’s growth and development. Requests input from and participation of parents in the development of programs. Confers with parents with regard to unusual or problematic issues.
- Performs other related duties as required.

Qualifications:

- Early Childhood Education Certificate with current License to Practice
- Two (2)





years of recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Successful completion of the agency screening process, including clear criminal record check

Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, between 7:30 AM-5:30 PM.

Rate of Pay: $28.92 per hour, plus cost-shared benefits, vacation, and sick time (includes the ECEWE)

Closing Date: Open until filled

As an equal opportunity employer, BGC Okanagan is committed to the prioritization of equitable and inclusive employment practices. Our goal is to be representative of the communities we serve, and we encourage applications from communities which are structurally marginalized based on race, disability, age, sex, religion, sexual orientation, nationality, social or ethnic origin, gender identity and/or expression.





If any candidate needs any accessibility support throughout the hiring process, we will accommodate such requests when made. You will only be considered for a position with BGC Okanagan if you’re legally entitled to work in Canada. Eligible applicants include: Canadian citizens, permanent residents and refugees in Canada with legal status.

We appreciate and thank all applicants for their interest, however only short-listed candidates will be contacted.