Registered Early Childhood Educator (RECE)

Give Me A Break Childcare; Hamilton; Hybrid; CAD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Founding-team role

Close collaboration with Supervisor

Flexible full-time or part-time hours

Professional learning support

Job summary

Give Me A Break Childcare is opening a licensed centre on Hamilton Mountain, offering full-time, part-time and on-demand care for 18 months to 6 years. You would join the founding team to shape rooms, routines and culture from day one, with a voice in how the environment evolves.

We seek RECEs for toddler and preschool rooms, with opportunities to cover across rooms in a flexible, supportive setting. Early childhood education credentials and strong community focus are valued.

Qualifications

• Diploma or degree in Early Childhood Education from a recognized institution.
• Registered Early Childhood Educator in good standing with the College of Early Childhood Educators.
• Working knowledge of the CCEYA, O. Reg. 137/15 and How Does Learning Happen?
• Current Standard First Aid with infant and child CPR from a WSIB-approved provider.

Responsibilities

• Plan and lead inclusive, play- and inquiry-based experiences that follow children's interests, strengths, cultures and languages.
• Observe and document children's learning, and use what you see to shape the environment and the materials.
• Keep children safe through active supervision, ratio awareness and consistent health and sanitation routines.
• Support personal care, meals and rest in a way that protects every child's dignity and builds their independence.
• Administer authorized medication and follow individualized and anaphylaxis plans exactly as written.
• Build warm, responsive relationships with children, and partner openly with their families.
• Keep accurate attendance, daily, medication and incident records.
• In the part-time position, provide qualified coverage across rooms and age groups, keeping supervision, ratio and safety standards constant through hand-offs.
• With training, take on Supervisor Designate responsibilities when the Supervisor is off site, if you want to grow in that direction

Education

Diploma or degree in Early Childhood Education

Registered Early Childhood Educator in good standing

Tools

CCEYA knowledge

O. Reg. 137/15 familiarity

How Does Learning Happen? familiarity

First Aid with infant and child CPR

Job description

Give Me A Break Childcare is a new licensed centre opening late fall 2026 at 976 Stone Church Rd E on Hamilton Mountain. We offer full-time, part-time and on-demand care for children 18 months to 6 years, with hours that run into the evening and across the weekend, so families with real-life schedules have somewhere to turn.

Our program is grounded in Ontario's How Does Learning Happen? and inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach. You would be joining the founding team, helping shape the rooms, the routines and the culture from day one.

We are hiring RECEs for our toddler room (18 months to 2.5 years) and our preschool room (2.5 to 4 years). You would be building a room from an empty one: the environment, the routines, the relationships with families. Because we are small, your voice carries. Because we are new, there is no 'how it has always been done'.

Two of these positions are full-time and hold one room each. The third is part-time and works differently: it provides qualified coverage wherever the centre needs it, across toddler, preschool and kindergarten-age children, including our evening and weekend on-demand groups. You would know every room and every child, and the team would lean on you on the days that do not go to plan. If you are building a schedule around school, family or another job, that is the one built for you.

Hours

• Full-time is 35 to 40 hours a week, most shifts falling Monday to Friday 7:30 am to 6:00 pm.
• Part-time is about 23 hours a week, across days, evenings and weekends.
• Those are paid hours. The daily meal break is unpaid, and you are free to leave the site.
• Evening and weekend shifts grow as our on-demand care does.

What you will do

• Plan and lead inclusive, play- and inquiry-based experiences that follow children's interests, strengths, cultures and languages
• Observe and document children's learning, and use what you see to shape the environment and the materials
• Keep children safe through active supervision, ratio awareness and consistent health and sanitation routines
• Support personal care, meals and rest in a way that protects every child's dignity and builds their independence
• Administer authorized medication and follow individualized and anaphylaxis plans exactly as written
• Build warm, responsive relationships with children, and partner openly with their families
• Keep accurate attendance, daily, medication and incident records
• In the part-time position, provide qualified coverage across rooms and age groups, keeping supervision, ratio and safety standards constant through hand-offs
• With training, take on Supervisor Designate responsibilities when the Supervisor is off site, if you want to grow in that direction

What you bring

• Diploma or degree in Early Childhood Education from a recognized institution
• Registered Early Childhood Educator in good standing with the College of Early Childhood Educators
• Working knowledge of the CCEYA, O. Reg. 137/15 and How Does Learning Happen?
• Current Standard First Aid with infant and child CPR from a WSIB-approved provider
• Availability for the hours you are asking for, including some evenings or weekends

Nice to have

• Experience in licensed toddler or preschool rooms
• Experience with pedagogical documentation or Reggio-inspired practice
• Supply, float or multi-room experience
• Interest in leadership, including the Supervisor Designate role

Conditions of employment

• A Vulnerable Sector Check completed before your start date, with ongoing offence declarations as required under the Child Care and Early Years Act
• Health and immunization documentation as required by Hamilton Public Health
• Completion of GMAB's orientation, including our policies, program statement, allergy and anaphylaxis procedures and emergency plans

What we offer

• A founding-team role, joining before the doors open
• A small team, working directly with the Supervisor
• Full-time or part-time hours, and a say in which one suits you
• Support for your professional learning, including College of Early Childhood Educators CPL requirements where they apply

Start dates are set with each successful candidate ahead of our late fall 2026 opening. The Supervisor starts first and helps build the rest of the team.

Give Me A Break Childcare is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from people of every background, and accommodations are available on request at every stage of the recruitment process.