Great Starts Birth & Family Education

A Program of Parent Trust for Washington Children

 

 

 

Available Positions

 

 

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The following positions are currently available:

  • Administrative Assistant
  • Breastfeeding Instructor

To apply please send a letter of inquiry with a summary of qualifications to Great Starts via mail, e-mail or fax.

Great Starts - Parent Trust
1601 2nd Ave, Suite 410, Seattle, WA 98101
E-mail: jdurham@parenttrust.org


Administrative Assistant

1.       Assists with phones, email, online registration system, accounts payable, and other office support roles. Position is for 25 hours per week, which must include being at our office (downtown Seattle) Monday through Friday 10 – 2:30, plus an additional 2.5 hours per week, scheduled at your convenience. Payrate is $14 per hour. See job description for more details.

Breastfeeding Instructor

Qualifications: IBCLC is strongly preferred. Will also consider individuals who have taken Professional Education in Breastfeeding and Lactation (or similar 6 day training) and have experience in assisting women with nursing, and/or with teaching breastfeeding classes.

We need someone to teach approximately 15 times per year. Classes are held weeknight evenings from 7 - 9 pm, and Saturday mornings from 9:30 - 11:30 am in several locations - Edmonds, Northgate, Eastlake, Capital Hill, Burien, and Redmond.

Wages: $18 - 28 per hour, based on experience. (Set-up and clean-up time paid at half that rate)

 

Certified Childbirth Educator

Qualifications:

  • Certification as a childbirth educator is required. (Great Starts, Birth Education NW, Lamaze and ICEA are best. CAPPA, Hypnobirthing, and Birthing from Within are also accepted, dependent on teaching experience.)

  • Experience with birthing women essential: as a nurse, doula, or other professional.

  • Must be supportive of Great Starts and our mission. (In our classes, we teach a broad range of options, from hospital to home birth, from medical to "natural". We encourage our instructors to provide unbiased, research-based education.)

Wages: $16 - 28 per hour, based on teaching experience. (Set-up and clean-up time paid at half that rate)

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1601 2nd Ave, Suite 410, Seattle, WA U.S.A. 98101
Tel: 1 (206) 789-0883 FAX: 1 (206) 233-0604
greatstarts@parenttrust.org

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