STRIVE - PROJECT INTERN
Location:
Strive
Position Type:
Intern, Other
Rate of Pay:
Hourly wage rate of $19.50
Start Date:
May 2025
End Date:
August 2025
Hours:
35 hours per week (Monday - Friday). Work hours will include occasional evenings.
Closing Date:
February 28, 2025
Description:
Strive is a collaborative, community driven organization that supports the professional growth and development of early years professionals across London, Middlesex, Elgin, and Oxford with a goal to build capacity within the sector and enhance service provision for children and families. Since 2014, Strive has been meeting to discuss and consider how to enhance a collaborative approach to quality child care and professional learning across all early years and child care programs. Our community is interested in a process that supports reflection and sustainable evolution rather than a prescribed method to measure.
Strive leverages administrative support from a backbone organization; Childreach, and takes all organizational initiatives to the membership for endorsement.
Working with Strive, the Strive Project Intern will demonstrate leadership and innovation in advancing a visionary approach to professional learning and resourcing. They will support strategies for multi-method and multi-modal learning opportunities that will shape the abilities, attitudes, and motivations of early years professionals.
Qualifications:
Bilingual French and English an asset
Education
Current Early Childhood Leadership Degree student
Licenses and Certificate
Current criminal reference check
Valid first aid/CPR
Valid driver’s license or reliable transportation for traveling
Skill Requirements
Knowledge of current provincial early years pedagogy, including How Does Learning Happen?;
Proficiency with technology use, Microsoft Office suite, social media platforms, and other digital communication strategies;
Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills;
Strong organizational and time management skills;
Self-starter with an ability to work in a collaborative, team-centred environment;
Understanding of various approaches to support questioning, researching and reflection; and
Demonstrated prioritization, analytical and research skills;
To Apply:
For full details, please see the following document: Strive Project Intern
If interested and qualified, please email Kayla Bartlett, Interim Project Manager, at kayla@striveswo.ca , with a cover letter and resume by February 28, 2025.
Childreach welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.