At the NSW Department of Education, we educate and inspire lifelong learners - from early childhood, through schooling to vocational education and training.
- **Ongoing Full-Time, 35 hours per week**:
- **Location: Newcastle Hub**:
- **Salary: $120,859 - $133,183 plus super**
**About the role**
Lead and support a team to undertake risk-based regulatory functions to ensure the quality of NSW early childhood education and care (ECEC) services, the safety of children and to foster continuous improvement in the sector.
You'll support your teams role in the implementation of the National Quality Framework, through monitoring and compliance, and quality assessment and rating of ECEC services. Collaborate with other teams to enhance workforce capability and sector engagement. This role offers the chance to impact early childhood education outcomes, with a focus on improving ECEC services to give children the best start in life.
For further information please click here to view the **role description**
**About you**
- Passionate about the health, safety and wellbeing of children and committed to making a difference across Early Childhood Education and Care services in NSW.
- Have knowledge of or experience in the ECEC sector.
- Proven ability to lead and manage people in a regulatory environment.
- Strong decision-making skills and ability to prioritise in a risk-based setting.
- Excellent literacy and communication skills.
- Experience engaging with stakeholders.
- Knowledge of and commitment to implementing the **ECE First Steps Strategy** as well as the**Department's Aboriginal Education Policy** and upholding the **Department's Partnership Agreement with the NSW AECG** and to ensure quality outcomes for Aboriginal people.
- Ability and willingness to travel to meet the requirements of the role.
**Essential requirements of the role**
- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline or demonstrated equivalent knowledge, skills and experience.
- A valid driver licence
- A valid Working with Children Check clearance for paid employment.
- Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the **value of public education**.
**Benefits**
- Flexible working arrangements
- 35 hour working week
- Competitive, salary sacrificing, employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading
- Flex and other leave entitlements
- Opportunities for advancement and mobility across the Department to support your career growth
**How to apply**
Attach your resume (maximum 4 pages), a cover letter (maximum 3 pages) **addressing how your skills and experience meet the role's requirements and capabilities.**
In addition, please also provide a response to the targeted questions, we are looking for you to demonstrate your competence in the focus capabilities as outlined in the **role description** in your answers, so please develop your response with this in mind.
**Targeted questions**
1. Share an example of how you've defined clear roles and expectations for your team to achieve a challenging goal. What was the outcome? **(Maximum 300 Words)**
2. Describe a time when you have led discussions with multiple stakeholders with conflicting priorities. How did you ensure a mutually agreeable outcome? **(Maximum 300 Words)**
**This is a child-related role**. As a condition of employment, you will be required to provide a valid Working with Children Check (WWCC) Clearance number (for paid employment). Visit the website for more information.
**Closing date: Monday, 27 January 2025 at 11:59pm.**
- A recruitment pool may be created through this recruitment process. A recruitment pool is a group of applicants who have been assessed and identified as suitable for this role, and who may be considered for a range of similar roles, including temporary, term or ongoing roles, over the next 18 months._