Program Manager, All Kids Belong: Merrymount Family Support & Crisis Centre

All Kids Belong provides special needs resourcing support to licensed child care centres and other community early years programs in London, St. Thomas and Middlesex and Elgin Counties. Merrymount is seeking a new leader for the highly-respected AKB program, and a new member for the Merrymount management team.

We are seeking an established professional in the field of special needs resourcing who is thoroughly familiar with needs of licensed child care programs, has exceptional abilities to lead a strong professional team in delivering and continuously improving high quality services, and can maintain excellent communications and collaborative working relationships with a program advisory committee and a wide variety of community partners and stakeholders.  



This person must have post-secondary education (preferably degree level) and training related to inclusion of children who have physical, mental or developmental disabilities or behavioural or medical challenges, and ideally, will be a Registered Early Childhood Educator with a Resource Teacher certificate or have recognized equivalent qualifications. Several years of experience in special needs resourcing, preferably including supervisory responsibility, is essential. The successful candidate’s accomplishments should demonstrate his/her abilities and skills in the following areas:

• creating and maintaining collaborative relationships and effective partnerships with other agencies, professionals and community stakeholders.



• working with funders and regulatory authorities.



• representing the agency and program at community planning and specialized services tables.



• program management and evaluation, including annual and multi-year strategic planning.



• leading, coaching, instructing and directing staff.



• generating, encouraging and implementing creative ideas, innovations and improvements.



• communicating and working with diverse groups and individuals.



• budget planning, and managing expenses within approved budgets and financial procedures.



• problem-solving, research, analysis and decision-making abilities.



• commitment to continuous learning, professional growth and adapting to change.



• working with a collaborative, team approach.



• group facilitation, training and/or teaching.



• written and oral communications; presentation skills.



• hands-on administration, including database management and tracking and reporting detailed statistical information.



• fluency in spoken and written French as well as English a desirable asset.

To apply for this exciting opportunity, please send your résumé by September 6, 2016 to:

Merrymount Family Support & Crisis Centre



attn.: Tom Patterson, Human Resources Coordinator



1064 Colborne Street, London, Ontario N6A 4B3



Fax: 519-434-6851  E-mail: employment@merrymount.on.ca
Merrymount provides accommodation upon request to applicants with disabilities in its recruitment and selection processes.

We thank all applicants for their interest. Only those selected for interviews will be contacted.