About The Role
This is a full-time permanent role based at our exceeding service, Knox Children and Family Centre, Bayswater.
As an integral position within the Early Years Leadership team, the Team Leader Early Years Hubs, acts as Nominated Supervisor and Person with Management and Control for the purposes of the National Quality Standards and person with day-to-day charge of the service for the purposes of Family Assistance Law.
The primary responsibility of the Team Leader Early Years Hubs is to manage the day-to-day operations of the Long Day Care and Sessional Kindergarten programs, to ensure compliance with relevant Laws, Regulations, standards, approved frameworks and all Knox City Council policies and procedures, while supporting the successful integration of co-located services including MCH, Playgroup and Allied Health Services.
The Team Leader Early Years Hubs will work in collaboration with the Early Years Hubs leadership team to provide responsive and high-quality early childhood services, embedded in strong child and family centered and collaborative practice. This position will also uphold Council’s commitment to ensuring child safety and the protection of children against abuse, through complying with, promoting and advocating for Child Safe practices, in line with the Victorian Child Safe Standards and Council’s Child Safe Policy and Procedures.
Council’s Children and Family Centres provide a home for co-located services to the community including Long Day Care, Kindergarten, Maternal Child Health services and playgroups. Information and a virtual tour of our services can be found at Knox Children and Family Centres – Wantirna South and Bayswater | Knox
What You Will Need To Thrive
- Demonstrated personal values and behaviours that align with Knox Values and Behaviours;
- Demonstrated knowledge of and experience applying relevant laws, regulations, quality standards and approved frameworks relating to Early Years services including Child Safe Standards and Reportable Conduct processes;
- Demonstrated experience in operating an early year’s service including budget management, rostering, regulatory and organisation reporting, recruitment, and people management;
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and effectively in a dynamic, busy environment with competing priorities;
- Demonstrated ability to engage, gain co-operation from and communicate with a broad range of stakeholders;
- Commitment to innovation in the provision of high-quality, integrated and inclusive early years services;
- Excellent written communication skills with the ability to produce high quality reports and make presentations.
Why Us
At Knox, making a difference to others and our community is at the heart of everything we do. We are inspired by empowering our community inside and out to thrive and prosper through living our values. We succeed by recruiting for excellence through investing in our people, encouraging their unique talents and supporting them to bring their whole selves to work.
We believe in our people and provide a supportive, driven and inclusive culture we are proud of, that focuses on wellbeing.
Beyond that, we also offer:
- Accrued days off for full time employees;
- Growth and learning opportunities;
- Career development;
- Reward and recognition programs; and,
- A supportive Employee Assistance Program.
Remuneration for this role will be under Band 6 of the Knox City Council Enterprise Agreement with a salary range of $95,488.69 to $104,288.00 depending on experience, plus superannuation in accordance with the Superannuation Guarantee.
How To Apply
Please provide a resume and brief cover letter addressing the ‘what you need to thrive’ section from the position description to outline how your experience and skills relate to the role.
For further information on this role please contact Carolyn Marinic at carolyn.marinic@knox.vic.gov.au or on 0409 535 965.
To view a copy of the position description please visit our Knox City Council Careers Page.
Apply by: 11:45pm Wednesday 29 January 2025
To view the inherent requirements for this position please see Childcare Kindergarten staff - Inherent Requirements Table
Knox City Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to providing a workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion. We are committed to a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application.
Knox City Council has zero tolerance for child abuse and all forms of harm to children. All children and young people who access our services, programs, events and facilities have the right to feel safe and be safe. This includes spaces owned or managed by Council. We take the wellbeing and safety of children and young people in our care seriously. We maintain a child safe organisation by embedding the protection of children into everyday thinking and practice. All Knox City Council employees, contractors and volunteers are responsible for ensuring children and young people are valued, heard and protected from abuse.
Knox City Council acknowledges our offices are located on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation.
