About Inner West CouncilInner West Council is among Sydney’s larger local government agencies looking after a vibrant community of 201,000 people living in some of the inner city’s most vibrant, creative, liveable and diverse suburbs.As we continue to deliver quality, innovative and inclusive programs and services, we would love it if you can join in our journey towards becoming the best council for our community.We are committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity, WHS, sustainability, continuous improvement and business excellence. The community is at the heart of the organisation and Council puts its values of Integrity, Respect, Innovation, Compassion and Collaboration at the centre of everything that we do. We are here to be of service to the community and make Inner West a great place to be. We expect commitment to these values from all employees in performing their respective roles.We offer flexible career life balance with hours that allow you to relax and recharge. We offer a variety of flexible work arrangement options (e.g. flexible hours and working from home) where appropriate giving you even greater quality of work life balance.Permanent employees benefit from our great value gym membership from $15.50/week giving access to a vast network of gyms in Sydney.About Children’s ServicesInner West Council operates 11 Long Day Care Centres, 2 Out of School Hours Care, an Occasional Care service, a Pre-School and a Family Day Care network. We currently have multiple vacancies for Diploma qualified Early Childhood Educators to join our professional and friendly Children’s Services team.Our educators take pride in their Early and Middle Childhood Education profession. We adhere to the guidelines, practices and regulations surrounding the National Quality Standards (NQS) and regularly review Quality Improvement Plans and are implementing the Self Assessment Tool. We strive for excellence and all our centres are meeting or exceeding the NQF standards as rated by ACECQA.Our staff appreciate that we are a culturally diverse, united and supportive team. Our teams value a positive, inclusive, motivated and collaborative workplace culture.The purpose of this role is to provide financial and general administrative support to the Children’s Centre Director. This includes administration of the wait list and applications for placements; relevant childcare subsidies; provision of fortnightly financial and operational reports on activity, utilisation and fees income; and assist in the process of child enrolments in the service.As Administration Officer you will develop and maintain effective relationships with children, families, Educators, community and stakeholders.You will also contribute to a collaborative teamwork approach and work as an active member within the service team and wider Children’s Services team to ensure efficient and effective administration of the Service Unit as a whole, maintaining a high degree of collegiality.We are offering a Temporary role that is Full Time and a Permanent Part Time role that is for 15 hours per week.Please read the to familiarise yourself with all the requirements and conditions of the role.$58,478.68 - $68,166.80 + 11.5% Superannuation at Full Time hours.$25,062.29 - $29,214.34 + 11.5% Superannuation prorated to 15 hours per week.Some of the required skills, experience and qualifications * Demonstrated ability to prioritise tasks, work both independently and collaboratively within the team and achieve agreed outcomes on time and to the agreed standards.
- Demonstrated experience of accurate financial monitoring, recording and reporting, including ordering and budgeting.
- Experience in the administration of Childcare Subsidy under the Federal Government’s ChildCare Package or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated skills and competency with Microsoft Office applications, accurate data entry and word-processing skills, including proficiency in CCS approved software packages and corporate software packages, such as Finance 1 or other related systems.
- Demonstrated ability to provide excellent customer service including interacting and communicating effectively with children, parents, staff and other stakeholders, both internal and external.
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- Please provide details of your experience in Early Childhood Administration, including experience and knowledge of Childcare Subsidy, experience using approved childcare administration software and relevant programs.*
- Tell us about your ability to prioritise tasks, work both independently and collaboratively within a team and achieve agreed outcomes on time and the required standard.*
- Tell us about your ability to build meaningful and professional relationships, provide excellent customer services including interacting and communicating effectively with Educators, Families and Local Community.*
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