30 hours per week over 4 days (days are flexible)
Salary Range $124,844 – $127,027 per annum pro rata + 11.5% Super
About Melton City Council
The City of Melton is a community where everyone belongs. Ours is a vibrant and diverse municipality—one of the fastest developing in Australia. Our organisation strives to provide our community with state-of-the-art amenity and facilities, engaging health and wellbeing options, and support to become active members of our Lifelong Learning City.
We invest in innovation, offering professional and personal development, and generous leave and flexibility to staff, while also fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture. You’ll be able to work close to home in a dynamic setting featuring cafes and retail options set amongst heritage buildings and open green spaces.
The Opportunity
The successful applicant will join a dynamic team who work closely with the early childhood educators in State Government funded 3- and 4-year-old Kindergarten programs to enhancetheir capacity and confidence to provide an inclusive program that is considerate to the needs of all children.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide a variety of consultancy supports, information, and resources, to early childhood educators to inform inclusive programs for children within the kindergarten environment.
* Identify referral pathways and link families to a range of child and family supports, including more specialised assessments and services when necessary.
* Support educators’ confidence and capacity to build relationships with families and navigate difficult conversations about children’s learning and development.
* Build professional partnerships and collaborative relationships with kindergarten educators and other relevant professionals.
* Actively promote the PSFO program to funded kindergarten programs, families, within appropriate networks and to relevant services to work towards funding targets.
To view the Position Description, click here .
About you
To be successful in this role you will have the following:
Tertiary degree in early childhood education.
Demonstrated understanding of and experience in implementing inclusive environments within early childhood programs.
Highly established skills in coaching, mentoring, and developing collaborative partnerships with early childhood educators, professionals, and families.
Demonstrated ability to independently manage caseload with highly developed assessment and referral skills including knowledge of referral pathways and local community supports to assist the inclusion of children in state funded kindergarten programs.
Current Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) registration or Current Working with Children Check.
Culture and Values
Our vision for our community is to be:"A vibrant, safe and liveable city accessible to all" and that means there’s a place here for you too.Our organisational values represent us as an established growth Council and the values are reflected in everything we do; our decision-making, our actions and our service provision to the community. Council has a diverse and vibrant organisation and we’d love to have you join us to help shape a city for the future.
We are Vibrant MELTON. Our values are:
* Motivate
* Empower
* Lead
* Trust
* Open
* Nurture
There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council:
* 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave (Super is paid during parental leave)*
If you require further information about the position, please contact Sarah Bowen, Coordinator Early Childhood on 0417 535 485.
Applicationsmust include a Resume and address the Key Selection Criteria outlining your suitability to the role. To address the Key Selection Criteria, you will need to write short statements explaining how you meet the criteria, or how you demonstrate the capability. We encourage you to keep your responses concise.
To be eligible for employment at Melton City Council you must be legally entitled to work in Australia.
All successful applicants will need to undertake pre-employment requirements including but not limited to a satisfactory criminal history record check. Successful applicants must be able to comply with any COVID-19 Public Health Orders applicable to Local Government employees.
We strongly encourage job applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.If selected for an interview and you require any additional support or adjustments regarding interview arrangements, please advise the contact listed above in advance.
Melton City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and has Zero tolerance for child abuse. Melton City Council is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is at the centre of our everyday thinking and service delivery.
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You must address each of the Key Selection Criteria. You will need to write short statements that clearlyshow how your personal values, knowledge, skills and experience meet each of the criteria .
Are you an Australian citizen, permanent resident of Australia or legally entitled to work in Australia? *
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Melton City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and has zero tolerance for child abuse.
Have you had any allegations made against you under the reportable conduct scheme that were substantiated? *
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Have you left any organisation whilst you were subject to a pending reportable conduct investigation? *
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Hold a current Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) registration or an Employee Working with Children Check. *
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Current Level II First Aid Certificate (CPR must be within the last 12 months) *
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o Degree in Early Childhood Education. *
o Demonstrated understanding of and experience in implementing inclusive environments within early childhood programs. *
o Highly established skills in coaching, mentoring, and developing collaborative partnerships with early childhood educators, professionals, and families. *
o Well-developed verbal and written communication skills and competence in delivering detailed and accurate reports, referrals, and information. *
o Demonstrated ability to independently manage caseload with highly developed assessment and referral skills including knowledge of referral pathways and local community supports to assist the inclusion of children in state funded kindergarten programs. *
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