Pregnancy and Infant Loss Network Educator - Women & Babies, PAIL Network - Casual - 2025-15716

Job Description:

Pregnancy and Infant Loss (PAIL) Network is seeking an addition to their Education Team.  A vacancy currently exists for a Family Educator.  Reporting to the PAIL Network Manager, the Family Educator is a person with a lived experience of pregnancy or infant loss who is responsible for the delivery of educational content across Ontario in collaboration with the broader Education Team.  Teaching in a dyad (Family Educator and Health Professions Educator), the Family Educator contributes to the fulfillment of PAIL Network’s provincial mandate to provide education about pregnancy and infant loss to care providers and professionals in Ontario.  This is a casual role requiring approximately 1-2 days of work/month.  The ability to travel across Ontario is required.

Summary of Duties:

• Teach approximately 10-12 full-day workshops per year using a co-facilitation model
• Travel to education sites (as required) or deliver content remotely
• Ability to work a full day (8 hour workshop) and travel outside the workshop times as required
• Remain up-to-date on educational curriculum
• Contribute to a positive and productive education program that is culturally sensitive to the diverse needs of communities in Ontario
• Attend occasional team meetings and trainings, as required (remote and on-site at Sunnybrook’s Bayview Campus)

Qualifications/Skills:

• Successful candidates must have a lived experience of pregnancy and infant loss
• Evidence of consistent ongoing continuing education and professional development
• Previous teaching and facilitation experience preferred
• Knowledge of adult learning/teaching styles
• Ability to contribute to a positive culture of ongoing curriculum improvement
• Self-motivated and committed to personal professional development
• Promotes an anti-racist, anti-oppressive, diverse, and inclusive work and team environment, consistent with Sunnybrook’s Anti-Racism Policy and Equity and Social Accountability strategy
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to foster a supportive and collaborative environment with colleagues
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Willingness to take direction
• Ability to travel (within Ontario)
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with individuals and organizations (i.e. host organizations)
• Builds trust with key stakeholders and peers through honesty, integrity, professionalism, and accountability
• Proficiency with presentation technology (computer, Zoom, presentations, AV equipment)
• Flexibility and adaptable to changing environments and the needs of workshop hosts/participants