The College of Early Childhood Educators regulates the early childhood education profession in the public interest by ensuring Ontario’s early childhood educators meet requirements set out in the Early Childhood Educators Act, 2007. The College issues Certificates of Registration, has established a code of ethics and standards of practice for the profession and responds to complaints through a complaints and discipline process. The College has over 50,000 current members.
We are seeking an experienced project manager with superior communication and organizational skills to directly support our Registrar and CEO in three keys areas: project management, policy development and research, and executive support to the Office of the Registrar and two Council Committees. This is a full time, permanent position.
Responsibilities:
Project management
Communicates policy direction from the Registrar and Council to departments and follows through to ensure compliance.
Develops and maintains a multi-year project plan which encompasses the College’s strategic priorities and all major departmental and organization-wide initiatives.
Develops and implements tools to manage and coordinate multiple projects.
Tracks and evaluates projects against milestones and prepares progress reports for the Registrar and Council.
Identifies and recommends any remediation strategies to keep projects on track.
Works closely with internal subject matter experts to inform the development of project plans and monitoring tools and to identify critical dependencies between projects.
Policy development and research
Under the direction of the Registrar or Deputy Registrar, gathers, summarizes and interprets information from a variety of sources to support the development of evidence-informed policies and procedures.
Develops and implements a College-wide policy review cycle to ensure consistency, quality and accuracy.
Facilitates the internal coordination of policy proposals to ensure all appropriate factors are considered and addressed.
Administrative Coordination:
Undertakes project related department scheduling including committee and working group meetings and stakeholder consultations.
Assist in developing and maintaining effective project management systems.
Prepares or provides input into a variety of organizational documents.
Coordinates a wide range of documents, schedules and workplans to ensure the effective operations of the department and the College as a whole.
Manages correspondence and scheduling for the Registrar.
Qualifications:
Minimum five to seven years of relevant work experience coordinating and managing multiple projects within a regulatory or similar environment.
Superior project management, organizational and time management skills.
Demonstrated understanding of:
Principles and practices of the policy development and approval cycle.
Governance structures and processes guiding the work of regulatory bodies in Ontario.
Legislation and policy issues in the early learning and care and/or professional regulation sectors.
Superior oral and written communications skills.
Well-developed research and analytical skills and a keen attention to detail.
Professionalism, judgment and demonstrated ability to work in teams.
Diplomacy, negotiation, facilitation and consensus-building skills.
Information management and computer skills.
Undergraduate degree in a related field or combination of education, work experience and/or professional designation.
Bilingual, English and French (an asset).
Please submit your cover letter and resume on line by March 26, 2017. We thank all applicants however only those considered for an interview will be contacted.
https://www.college-ece.ca/en/About-Us/Career-Opportunities