Number of Positions: 1
Dates of Employment: July 6 to August 28, 2026
Canada Summer Jobs Program
Canada Summer Jobs is a government program that helps employers create summer jobs for young Canadians across the country.
To apply, you must be:
- Between 15 and 30 years of age.
- Legally entitled to work in Canada (which means you must have a valid Social Insurance Number).
Location
Virtual. Candidate may be located anywhere in Ontario.
Description
The Administrative Assistant will be responsible for providing administrative support to management, employees, board, and advisory group members of Building Blocks for Child Care (B2C2).
This is a position scheduled for 35 hours per week for eight weeks at a wage rate of $20.00 per hour. The successful applicant will work primarily from home.
Building Blocks for Child Care is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and encourages applicants from equity seeking groups. An applicant may wish to provide this information, on a voluntary basis.
Working Relationship
The Administrative Assistant will work under the supervision of a B2C2 Director.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Providing administrative support to management, employees and board and advisory group members of B2C2.
- Aiding clients of B2C2.
- Handling office ad-hoc duties such as organising files, drafting letters, and scheduling meetings
- Maintaining databases and tracking important deadlines
- Planning meetings and arranging Zoom calls
- Managing calendars via email, phone, and face-to-face meetings
- Answering emails with an appropriate greeting, salutation, signature, or standard closing
- Arranging travel plans for managers and employees, including flights, car rentals, hotel accommodation
- Purchasing airline tickets and other travel tickets when necessary
- Initiating contact with clients by email, letter, or telephone to answer questions or providing information concerning projects
- Following up on client issues until they are resolved
- Coordinating travel arrangements and catering for meetings
- Preparing expense reports
- Developing and managing spreadsheets (B2C2 database and G-drive)
- Scheduling meetings and events for employees and potential visitors
- Assisting committees to schedule and prepare meetings, taking notes, and ensuring appropriate follow-up
- Organizing internal business operations primarily through G-Drive
Required Skills and Experience
- Post-secondary level education
- Demonstrated administrative and organizational skills
- Good computer literacy and familiarity with Microsoft Office and Google suites
- Experience working on website and social media platforms
- Effective interpersonal and team skills
- Strong writing and editing skills
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ability to maintain files and records
- Ability to follow oral and written instructions
- Fluency in English
- Strong customer service background and approach
Assets
- Educational background or relevant experience in administration
- Knowledge of the field of early learning and child care or studies in a related field
- Knowledge of Early Learning and Child Care issues
- Familiarity with database management
- Understanding of French an asset
Summer Communications Assistant
Number of Positions: 1
Dates of Employment: July 6 to August 28, 2026
Canada Summer Jobs Program
Canada Summer Jobs is a government program that helps employers create summer jobs for young Canadians across the country.
To apply, you must be:
- Between 15 and 30 years of age.
- Legally entitled to work in Canada (which means you must have a valid Social Insurance Number).
Location
Virtual. May be located anywhere in Ontario.
Description
The Communications Assistant will be responsible for providing communications and administrative support to Building Blocks for Child Care.
This is a position scheduled for 35 hours per week for eight weeks at a wage rate of $20.00 per hour. The successful applicant will work primarily from home.
Building Blocks for Child Care is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and encourages applicants from equity seeking groups. An applicant may wish to provide this information, on a voluntary basis.
Working Relationship(s)
The Communications Assistant will work under the supervision of a B2C2 Director.
Duties and Responsibilities
The Communications Assistant will be responsible for:
- Building and maintaining effective working relationships with partners and stakeholders in the Ontario Early Learning and Child Care community to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the B2C2 role.
- Monitoring issues of concern to B2C2 (and discussions relating to the organization) in media spaces and being able to respond to audiences in a timely manner.
- Monitoring and analyzing any benchmarks or metrics regarding B2C2’s reputation and being able to make recommendations for improvement
- Developing an overall communications strategy which could include events, social media, website content, press conferences, or emails
- Developing a Social media strategy on B2C2’s platforms.
- Creating timely and engaging content that is optimized for whatever platform it will be published on
- Managing, planning, and coordinating media and public events
- Writing and developing media materials which can include press releases, media advisories, public service announcements, and blog posts
- Organizing online events, such as webinars
- Working with mass email programs to send invitations to guests
- Managing reservations
- Developing content plan for events
- Other Tasks as assigned
Required Skills and Experience
- Some post-secondary level education
- Good computer literacy and familiarity with Microsoft Office and Google Workspace
- Effective interpersonal and team skills
- Strong writing and editing skills
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ability to maintain files and records
- Ability to follow oral and written instructions
- Fluency in English
Assets
- Educational background or relevant experience in communications projects, early learning and child care or studies in a related field.
- Knowledge of Early Learning and Child Care issues
- Experience with websites, communication platforms
- Experience with WordPress
- Understanding of French
Start date
Position starts on July 6, 2026 and ends on August 28, 2026 (or as close to these dates as possible).
To Apply
Please send your resume and a covering letter to [email protected].
Please ensure that your name and the position you are applying for is in the file name of any files you send. In addition, please indicate whether you are available to work during the first half or the second half of the summer.
Applications must be received no later than 5:00 PM (ET) on Wednesday, June 17, 2026. Interviews will take place with shortlisted candidates later that week.
Only applicants who are selected for an interview will be contacted.
* Some flexibility regarding hours of work and number of weeks may be negotiable
