Competition #: 000C8-Jul1625A
Position: Permit Substitute Teacher
Location: Various Locations (See Notes)
Department:
Assignment: Permit Substitute Teacher 2025-26 School Year
Status: Casual/Sub
Start Date: Tuesday, September 02 2025
End Date: Tuesday, June 30 2026
Posted: Wednesday, July 09 2025 12:00 PM
Deadline: Monday, September 15 2025 12:00 PM

Details:

HRCE is accepting applications from individuals interested in working as Permit Substitutes to fill in when Licensed Substitute Teachers are unavailable.

Interested candidates who hold a completed bachelor's degree and have experience working with children/youth are invited to apply. You are not required to have a completed Bachelor of Education degree to apply. Please outline in your cover letter what experience and training you feel is the most relevant and valuable to succeed as a Permit Substitute with the Halifax Regional Centre for Education.

Priority will be given to candidates in the following categories:

• Enrolled in a Bachelor of Education program
• Fluently bilingual (English/French)
• Hold a degree in the area of Math, Science, or French

Only those being considered will be contacted. Please highlight in your application if you speak French.

Those selected to move forward in the hiring process will be sent an email including a link to complete a recorded interview. Upon a satisfactory interview and positive references, candidates will be contacted by email to complete a Permit to Teach Application and provide required documentation in support, including the following mandatory documents:

• Official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions for all courses completed, including national and international institutions; and
• Criminal Records Check with Vulnerable Sector Search recent within the preceding 6 months; and
• Child Abuse Registry search; and
• Other new hire documents.

Permit Substitutes will be paid the daily substitute rate of $244.86 as of August 1, 2025. Information about the Teachers Provincial Agreement can be found here - https://www.hrce.ca/sites/default/files/2024-05/FINAL%20NSTU-HRCE%20LOCAL%20Collective%20Agreement%202023%20-%202027.pdf

Permit Substitutes will only be engaged when licensed substitute teachers are not available. All permits expire on June 30, 2026.

Questions? Please email us at [email protected].

Please refer to job description for further details.

Nova Scotia's Regional Centres for Education and the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial (CSAP) are committed to an inclusive education system that supports the well-being and achievement of every student and is high-quality, culturally and linguistically responsive.

The Halifax Regional Centre for Education (HRCE) is actively working to hire individuals from under-represented groups, particularly people of African Nova Scotian, African Canadian and African ancestry and Mi'kmaw/Indigenous ancestry, to work toward equitable representation within all employee groups. Equitable hiring strengthens the knowledge and expertise in our schools, and supports our public education system in establishing schools as safe, caring, and accessible learning spaces that support all students. This will provide opportunities for students to see themselves reflected throughout their schools, learning resources, and within their learning experiences.

HRCE has a Recruitment, Selection and Hiring of Staff Policy and we actively encourage applications from under-represented groups, particularly people of African Nova Scotian, African Canadian and African ancestry and Mi'kmaw/Indigenous ancestry, in compliance with the applicable collective agreements or terms and conditions of employment. Applicants are encouraged to complete the Diversity Management section under the Questionnaire heading in the online resume.

Applicants invited to participate in the hiring process (such as an interview or testing) and who require accommodation, should discuss their request for accommodation when invited to the assessment process.

Thank you for your interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Employment with the Halifax Regional Centre for Education is contingent upon providing a satisfactory Criminal Records Check and Child Abuse Registry Search.