WAGE Project Coordinator and Equity Support

Job Type: Contract

Hours and Schedule: 35 hours/week – Monday to Friday

Anticipated Start Date: August 26, 2026 

Anticipated End Date: March 31, 2027

Please apply by August 1, 2026

Starting Salary Information: $26.68 per hour to 31.17 per hour

Job Posting Declarations:

 Compass Early Learning and Care does not use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to make hiring decisions. We value authentic applications that accurately reflect each candidate's skills, experience, and qualifications. Applicants are responsible for ensuring all information submitted is truthful and represents their own work and experience.

This position is being posted to fill an existing vacancy.

About Compass Early Learning and Care: 

Compass Early Learning and Care (CELC) has been in operation since 1981 and is one of the largest not-for-profit child care organizations serving East-Central Ontario. With over 700 Staff and 80 Home childcare providers, we offer 46 high-quality licensed childcare centers and over 50 licensed homes serving over 4,000 families. For over forty years, Compass ELC has been dedicated to early learning and child care. We believe in creating nurturing environments that celebrate children's curiosity and whole selves. Our organization fosters a culture of growth, collaboration, and inclusivity, where every team member has the opportunity to thrive. We are committed to supporting children and families in our community.

Please see our attached Vision Framework for more information: https://www.compasselc.com/about/values/

Why does this role exist? 

Compass ELC is currently developing an equity strategy that includes internal work and sector advocacy. This role will be part of our Women and Gender Equity Project and equity circle until the project's end date of March 2027. This role plays a central coordinating function, helping to connect people, projects, and equity initiatives across the organization.

Purpose: To coordinate Compass ELC's advocacy and equity initiatives by bringing together community partners, staff, and stakeholders to advance learning, strengthen inclusion and belonging, and address barriers experienced by racialized immigrant workers in the child care sector.

About the role

As a Compass ELC (CELC) Project Coordinator, you will be working alongside our Women and Gender Equity (WAGE) project team to support in identifying barriers that affect equity-deserving people in childcare. You will spend your time engaging, connecting, and learning alongside staff and community partners. You will collaborate with external consultants and CELC teams, in particular Corporate, Human Relations, and Communications, to move forward with the work plan.

Key Responsibilities of the Role

Project Coordination & Collaborative Leadership

• Working collaboratively to coordinate and lead activities that support the project (e.g., daily logistics, scheduling meetings, setting agendas, taking meeting notes, setting workplans, managing documents, and keeping team members on track). 

• Monitor, organize, and support the implementation of the project work plan set out by community partners, stakeholders, and the Compass ELC team.


• Supporting and coordinating the multiple project consultants as they bring forward research on best practices and develop and implement an EDI action plan 


• Making recommendations for sustainable project practices.


• Working collaboratively with the Organizational Lead for Human Relations, Human Relations Coordinators, and the Women and Gender Equality (WAGE) Grant Project team

Relationship building and community engagement

• Engaging with municipal partners and community stakeholders.


• Working towards systemic change through creating an understanding among municipal partners and equity-seeking community organizations of the barriers facing newcomer and racialized immigrant women entering the field of childcare to drive services that reflect their needs for income stability.


• Building and maintaining relationships with staff and community partners.


• Engagement and administrative support and coordination for the EDI Advisory Committee. 


• Engagement with Working Groups within CELC and the communities we serve

Knowledge Building and Research Support

• Support the identification and removal of barriers affecting newcomer and racialized immigrant women entering the workforce.

Knowledge Sharing and Documentation

•  Managing the equity newsletter, communicating advocacy activities, including staying informed and sharing emerging issues and changes in equity issues around the field

Professional Learning and Growth

•  Supporting the creation and facilitation of professional learning; develop resources to ease entry into this career pathway for newcomer and racialized and immigrant women


• Working with the Organizational Lead for Pedagogy and the project consultants to support the development of learning opportunities connected to inclusion and belonging.


• Champion intersectional and inclusive practices across all levels of the organization (i.e., staff, children, and families)

Skills and Qualifications

• 2-3years of experience with project development and coordination 


• 2-3 years of experience working within a leadership role


• A diploma or post-secondary education in Project Management or another relevant field is valued but not required.


• Familiarity with the Child Care Early Years Act and licensing standards is valued but not required 


•  You have valid certifications, including a Clear Police Vulnerable Sector Check.


• You have a passion and experience for supporting Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion work


• You are comfortable with technology, primarily Microsoft 365, and have experience collecting data.


• Experience working alongside Early Childhood Educators is valued but not required


• Experience mobilizing advocacy campaigns, building coalitions, or engaging with partners for systems-wide change is valued, but not required 


• Skilled in problem-solving, multitasking, and communicating


• Strong collaborative and facilitative approach, able to bring teams together and align across various stakeholders and interests.

How to Apply:

To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter directly to our Bamboo job board, or you can email your application to [email protected] by indicating the specific job posting you are applying for. Please note that only successful applicants will be contacted for the next steps in the recruitment process.

Inclusivity and Accessibility:

To address issues of systemic inequity within our communities, we strongly encourage individuals from communities and groups that have historically been disadvantaged and/or marginalized, including First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples, Indigenous Peoples of Canada, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, individuals who identify as women and/or gender diverse, 2SLGBTQ+ persons, and persons with lived or living experience of homelessness to apply.

We are committed to reducing barriers to employment, providing accommodations upon request, and ensuring an accessible interview process. We encourage you to bring your true or whole self and way of being to the interview process. For assistance, please contact our Human Relations – Recruitment and Hiring Coordinators at 705-749-3488 ext. 217 and ext. 245 or [email protected].