A Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada family needs a full-time babysitting caregiver and is unusually flexible about when the hours fall. The Job Bank advert, posting 49748398, lists early morning, daytime, evening, and weekend options, because the parents work the kind of staggered rosters common in Moncton’s hospitals, warehouses, and shops.
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No wage is quoted. New Brunswick’s going rate for in-home caregivers sits around CA$16 to CA$18 per hour as a market average, not an employer commitment, so settle the number at interview. Moncton remains one of the cheapest cities in Canada to live in, which makes those rates stretch noticeably further than in Ontario or BC.
Here is the door-opener: experience is listed as an asset, not a requirement. If your childcare background is looking after younger siblings, cousins, or a neighbour’s kids, this employer will still consider you, provided you can demonstrate maturity and total reliability. Positions that pay to train you into the field are rare; treat this one accordingly.
Consider pairing this role with a first aid course at the Moncton Red Cross or St. John Ambulance branch. The employer does not demand it, but walking into the interview with a booking confirmation in hand converts “experience an asset” into “candidate we should not lose”, and the certificate follows you to every childcare job afterward.
Moncton’s transit network covers the main residential areas, but early-morning shifts start before some routes run. Check the schedule against the family’s neighbourhood before promising a 6 a.m. arrival, and mention your solution in the application; shift-working parents respect candidates who have already solved the commute.
Company Overview
The hiring family posted through Job Bank, the Government of Canada’s employment site, and duplicated the advert across mainstream job boards to widen the net. Your workplace is their home, your manager is the parents, and your responsibility once trained is to run their children’s day solo. Moncton is officially bilingual and growing fast, and its supply of dependable caregivers has not kept pace with its young families, which is why postings like this recur.
Responsibilities
- Take charge of the children and household whenever the parents are absent.
- Provide constant, attentive supervision across your assigned block.
- Cook nutritious meals and serve them to the family’s plan.
- Coach the children in hygiene and social behaviour.
- Apply the parents’ chosen discipline approach exactly as requested.
- Keep up light housekeeping, dishes, and children’s laundry.
- Maintain a safe, healthy home environment throughout.
- Support each child emotionally and escalate concerns promptly.
Qualifications and Requirements
- High school completion or an equivalent background of practical experience.
- Formal childcare experience an asset; informal experience considered.
- Legal right to work in Canada.
- True availability for early, late, and weekend blocks.
- Self-directed and organised enough to run a home unsupervised.
- Functional English, with French a genuine advantage in this bilingual city.
Benefits and Perks
- Full-time hours under one roof with one employer.
- Wages benchmarked to New Brunswick caregiver rates.
- Shift patterns that can flex around study or a second commitment.
- Real entry route for candidates without formal childcare history.
- Government-listed vacancy with transparent terms.
- On-the-job training in the family’s own routines.
How to Apply
Send your updated CV to the employer through the official job listing. Name the exact morning, evening, and weekend blocks you can cover, mention any French, and quote posting 49748398. Families running shift work hire the applicant whose schedule slots straight into theirs.
If your experience is informal, do not hide it — frame it. Two or three sentences about the children you have minded, the ages, and one situation you handled well will beat a thin formal CV here. This family asked for reliability first; give them evidence of yours.
