Director, Early Years Child Care Programs & Service Integration Branch

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The Ministry of Education is seeking a passionate leader and excellent relationship builder interested in impacting the ministry's mandates focused on early years and child care programs and initiatives. If you want to bring your transformation, policy and program skills to life and influence change in the early years and child care sector, consider this exciting opportunity to make a difference in the lives of Ontario's future generations.

As the Director, you will be responsible for leading the implementation of province-wide early years initiatives to deliver the government's objective to create an increasingly integrated early years' system and provide Ontario children with integrated high quality programs that help lay the foundation for a healthy and productive life.

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About the job

Reporting to the Assistant Deputy Minister of Early Years and Child Care Division, some of the highlights of this role will be to:

• Work with municipal, school board, First Nations, early years and child care partners and parents to modernize, stabilize and strengthen the early years and child care system.

• Ensure that children have the opportunity to benefit from the continued integration of child care, early years and the education system.

• Work collaboratively with external stakeholders, Ministry colleagues and across government to address issues and develop options to meet Ministry priorities.

• Provide direct implementation support to partners through the Ministry's regional offices.

• Manage the selection process and funding agreements with school boards and provide oversight of Consolidated Municipal Service Managers and District Social Service Administration Boards related to their service system management roles and responsibilities.

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What you bring to the team

Senior Executive Leadership:

• You are a senior leader who has demonstrated experience leading and motivating high-performing teams.
• You embrace diverse perspectives and are considered an inclusive, collaborative leader.
• You have experience working with other levels of government.

Operational Planning and Change Leadership:

• You have demonstrated experience in leading and affecting positive change.
• You have experience leading service delivery operations and implementing the large scale implementation of initiatives/programs.
• You are experienced working with communities and transfer payment partners.
• You have an understanding of policy development and have experience contributing to policy development and legislative changes.

Passion for Early Learning:

• You have an understanding and demonstrated commitment to an integrated early years' system that is responsive to the needs of children and families in their communities.
• You understand the education and child care systems in Ontario and have worked with ministry stakeholders.

Influence and Relationship Management:

• You have experience communicating and successfully influencing across a broad spectrum of stakeholder groups.
• You have created collaborative relationships with colleagues across government which you leverage to promote the integration and implementation of programs.

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Additional information:

Note:

• Interviews will take place the 3rd or 4th week in May, 2018.

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Language requirements and assessment:
All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.

Exigences en matière de langue et évaluation:
Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichées en français et en anglais. Consultez la section « Langue du ou des postes » en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaître les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont évalués en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/français), vous devrez également passer un test de compétences linguistiques en français.