Competition #: 000C8-Jul1724AR1
Position: Pre-Primary Substitute List
Location: Various Locations (See Notes)
Department:
Assignment: Pre-Primary Substitute List 2024-2025
Status: Casual/Sub
Start Date: Thursday, May 30 2024
End Date:
Posted: Wednesday, July 17 2024 12:00 PM
Deadline: Friday, May 30 2025 12:00 PM

Details:

The Halifax Regional Centre for Education is accepting applications for the Pre-Primary Substitute List for the 2024-25 school year.

The Pre-Primary Substitute will support the children in the Pre-Primary program by understanding and responding to their needs, and providing support with material and snack preparation when required. The Pre-Primary Substitute will ensure the well-being and safety of children, support with possible toileting needs and dressing needs for indoor and outdoor play. The Pre-Primary Substitute will play with children engaging their natural curiosity.

Candidates must create an online resume in order to apply. Please ensure your resume is completed in full, including the questionnaire section of the online resume, and outlines any relevant qualifications and experience.

Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Qualifications

(a) Recent experience (within past 5 years) working with pre-school children;

(d) Current certification in First Aid is an asset;

(e) Training and/or experience in a play-based learning environment is an asset.

Rate of Pay is $27.78 per hour.

Following completion of a successful interview and positive reference checks , candidates will be contacted and required to provide the following before being added to the substitute list:

• Current Vulnerable Sector Check - available from your local Police or RCMP detachment, please print this letter and submit it with your VSS application to the Police/RCMP detachment or online via http://www.backcheck.net/halifax/ ). Must be issued within the past six months. Please wait until after the interview process to apply for a Vulnerable Sector Check.
• Current Child Abuse Registry Search results - issued within six months of employment start date (you will be mailed your CAR results to provide to HRCE as part of your new hire package). CAR applications may be made online https://beta.novascotia.ca/apply-child-abuse-register-search

You do NOT have to be a substitute to apply and be considered for term and permanent job postings with HRCE.

Please refer to job description for further details.

Nova Scotia's Regional Centres for Education and the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial (CSAP) are committed to an inclusive education system that supports the well-being and achievement of every student and is high-quality, culturally and linguistically responsive.

The Halifax Regional Centre for Education (HRCE) is actively working to hire individuals from under-represented groups, particularly people of African Nova Scotian, African Canadian and African ancestry and Mi'kmaw/Indigenous ancestry, to work toward equitable representation within all employee groups. Equitable hiring strengthens the knowledge and expertise in our schools, and supports our public education system in establishing schools as safe, caring, and accessible learning spaces that support all students. This will provide opportunities for students to see themselves reflected throughout their schools, learning resources, and within their learning experiences.

HRCE has a Recruitment, Selection and Hiring of Staff Policy and we actively encourage applications from under-represented groups, particularly people of African Nova Scotian, African Canadian and African ancestry and Mi'kmaw/Indigenous ancestry, in compliance with the applicable collective agreements or terms and conditions of employment. Applicants are encouraged to complete the Diversity Management section under the Questionnaire heading in the online resume.

Thank you for your interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Employment with the Halifax Regional Centre for Education is contingent upon providing a satisfactory Criminal Records Check with a Vulnerable Sector Search and Child Abuse Registry Search.