Mentorship & Capacity Building Integrator

Join CDRCP as our Mentorship & Capacity Building Integrator!

Are you an experienced early years professional who is passionate about mentorship, professional learning, and strengthening quality across the child care sector? CDRCP is looking for a collaborative and knowledgeable professional to lead our Mentorship Program and help connect capacity-building initiatives across Professional Learning, Quality Initiatives, Raising the Bar in Peel, and the Resource Library.

If you are passionate about supporting educators, building sector capacity, and turning research and emerging practices into meaningful support, we’d love to hear from you.

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This position supports the capacity building team to enhance integration of services and optimizing the experience for providers accessing any capacity building supports offered through CDRCP. The Integrator is responsible for leading the development, refinement and delivery of the mentorship program. This position supports Raising the Bar, Professional Learning and the Resource Library as broader capacity building supports.

Salary: $72,000-75,000 per year

Major Overall Responsibilities:

Mentorship Program Leadership

• Lead the ongoing development, implementation, evaluation, and continuous improvement of the Mentorship Program throughout all streams and phases including mentorship frameworks, tools, resources and supporting materials.

• Identify and respond to funder, sector, and community needs to ensure the mentorship program remains relevant, impactful, and aligned with evolving priorities.

• Serve as the liaison for funders, community partners, and stakeholders on matters related to mentorship program.

• Oversee the delivery of the Mentorship Program, including mentor and mentee recruitment, matching, onboarding, engagement, and ongoing program support.

• Facilitate mentorship-related Communities of Practice, and other professional learning opportunities for the early years and childcare sector.

• Monitor, analyze, and report on program outcomes, evaluation findings, and participant feedback to inform continuous quality improvement.

• Integrate current research, evidence-informed practices, and emerging sector trends into program design, implementation, and evaluation.

Integration Across Capacity Building

• Ensure the Mentorship Program, Professional Learning, Quality Initiatives, Resource Library, and Raising the Bar in Peel priorities are aligned to support a coordinated and integrated approach to sector capacity building and quality improvement.

• Monitor sector trends, emerging research, community feedback, funder priorities, and evaluation data to identify learning needs, challenges, opportunities, and innovations that inform departmental planning and service delivery.

• Serve as the department's knowledge mobilizer by connecting, synthesizing, and sharing insights, resources, innovations, and promising practices across portfolios to maximize organizational and sector impact.

• Facilitate communication, collaboration, and information flow across departmental portfolios to promote consistency, resource sharing, integrated planning, and coordinated service delivery.

• Lead Peel's Mentorship Initiative and support the integration of Professional Learning, Raising the Bar in Peel, Resource Library, and other capacity-building initiatives that strengthen educator capacity, practice, and system improvement.

• Translate sector intelligence, quality findings, and emerging priorities into actionable recommendations, mentorship strategies, professional learning opportunities, tools, resources, and capacity-building supports

Qualifications:

• Degree or diploma in Early Childhood Education or related field

• Minimum of 3 years of childcare supervisory experience

• Registered with the College of ECEs; Membership status in good standing

• Strong communication, problem solving, time management and mentoring skills

• Strong working knowledge of adult learning principles, mentorship programs and pedagogical leadership

• Knowledge of the principles/effective practices of quality early learning and childcare programs with diverse philosophies

• Working knowledge of current technology including databases and internal approved platforms

• Strong English verbal and written communication skills, second language an asset

• Acceptable Vulnerable Criminal Reference Check

• Ability to respect confidentiality and abide by all legislation

• Ability to work flexible hours

• Possession of a valid G Driver’s License, a safe driving record and access to independent transportation

This posting is for an existing position.

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