Complex Needs Educational Assistant

**IB Complex Needs Educational Assistant** **Temporary** **Internal/ External Posting** **Posting Date: November 5, 2026** **Closing Date: November 12, 206** **Posting #2026090** **Hours** 0.60 FTE Monday to Friday **Start date:** November 2026 **End Date:** June 2027 **Salary** $33.05 – $34.70 depending on years of service with SMS. This is a bargaining unit position in the Professional Employees Association. **Summary** St. Margaret’s School (SMS) is Western Canada’s only girl-centered, independent day and boarding school located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada on the unceded traditional territories of the Esquimalt Nations, Songhees Nations, and W̱SÁNEĆ Nations. Founded in 1908, SMS is an international centre for girl-centered learning and leadership development, providing empowering education for girls from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12 (boarding grades 7–12). St. Margaret’s School is an International Baccalaureate (IB) School offering the Diploma Program. The Complex Needs Educational Assistant (CNEA) is a specialized educational support professional who enables students with complex learning, communication, behavioural, sensory, medical, mobility, and self-regulation needs to access learning safely and meaningfully within the school environment. Working as a member of the Personalized Learning & Enrichment Team, the CNEA applies specialized training, professional judgment, and evidence-informed practices to support student communication, engagement, independence, regulation, personal care, and safety. The role requires advanced competence in individualized support strategies, collaborative problem-solving, and the implementation of student-specific educational, behavioural, and health plans. **Core Competencies** * Integrity & Trust * Service Orientation * Communication & Collaboration * Adaptability * Innovation * Resilience * Interpersonal Savvy **Duties and Responsibilities** The Complex Needs Educational Assistant role requires specialized knowledge and skills beyond those typically associated with general classroom support. Employees in this position are expected to develop and maintain competence in areas such as augmentative communication, autism support, self-regulation strategies, sensory supports, behaviour intervention, physical assistance, personal care, student safety planning, and collaborative multidisciplinary practice. * Implement and contribute to the ongoing monitoring of Individual Education Plans (IEPs), behaviour support plans, communication plans, and individualized health and safety protocols, providing regular feedback to support continuous student growth, under the direction of the PYP Personalized Learning & Enrichment Specialist and student’s teacher and the Personalized Learning & Enrichment Coordinator. * Facilitate student communication and participation through the skilled use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems, visual supp