Description
A great place to go school and to work!
Job Posting
Educational Assistant 2 positions
Permanent (.917 FTE 27.5 hours/week)
O.M. Irwin School
Competition #3703
The Chinook School Division is proud to serve over 6,000 students in 60 schools, with over 1,000 collegial and student-centered teachers and support staff. We are a vibrant and progressive school division located within Saskatchewan's great Southwest. Our Division is committed to our guiding principles; Communication, Shared Responsibility, Positive Relationships and Ongoing Monitoring and Improvement. The Division affirms the right of all students and staff to be contributing members of a school community that is safe, caring and respectful of all people.
Start Date: March 7, 2025
Qualifications:
- Educational Assistant certification or early childhood training is considered an asset
- Ability and experience in working with children
- Physical ability to work with active students
- Strong interpersonal and relationship skills, and an ability to work in a team environment
- A positive and flexible attitude to change
- Demonstrates a commitment to truth and reconciliation
- Demonstrates a commitment to supporting diversity and inclusion
Duties may include but are not limited to the following:
- Willingness to meet the health and hygiene needs of children as required
- Work one on one with students and within a classroom setting
- Willingness to accompany a student on the bus to and from school as required
- Based on needs of individual students, provide individual students with assistance in speech, motor, and language development and social and life skills
- Work as part of a team in development and implementation of Individual Improvement Plan
Benefits:
- Pay range: $19.25 - $25.73 per hour
- Employee benefit package
- Positive work environment
Successful applicants must agree to a criminal records check including a vulnerable sector search. Interested applicants are asked to Apply Online via the Chinook online employment page found at www.chinooksd.ca/Employment. Please upload a cover letter (indicating competition #3703), a résumé, complete with three references and copies of any supporting documents, including relevant certification, to Ken Garinger, Superintendent of Human Resources, by 3:00 p.m. on February 24, 2025. For further information, please contact Arron Kohlman, Principal, at 306-778-9270.
While all applications are appreciated, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
By virtue of the submission of an application, the applicant agrees that the Director or designate can contact previous employers for the purpose of conducting confidential reference checks whether or not the applicant has listed a reference for that employer
