Education Officer - Geroge Town Child And Family Learning Centre - 700631

This is a Department built entirely for children and young people and their communities. Our ultimate goal is to work together to ensure that every Child and young person in Tasmania is known, safe, well and learning.

The child is at the centre of everything we do and the way we do it.

To develop, implement and manage appropriate educational opportunities and quality early learning environments, to achieve learning and developmental outcomes. To assess individual progress for children aged birth to five through observation, intervention, and modelling. To guide, lead and assist in the formulation of CFLC programs; aligning these with the Early Years Learning Framework. To liaise with, and collaborate where appropriate, with schools and the early years teaching teams to provide strong continuity of educational provision for successful transitions to school.

Ongoing - Start date of 6 May 2024

73.5 hours per fortnight

Essential Requirements

The Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013 requires persons undertaking work in a regulated activity to be registered. A regulated activity is a child related service or activity defined in the Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Regulations 2014. This registration must remain current and valid at all times whilst employed in this role and the status of this may be checked at any time during employment.

o Current Tasmanian Registration to Work with Vulnerable People (Registration Status - Employment).

• Qualifications as established by the Tasmanian Industrial Commission in the Teaching Service (Tasmanian Public Sector) Award, 2005.
• Under the Teaching Service (Tasmanian Public Sector) Award;

o Classification and progression is based upon training, qualifications, and satisfactory performance.

• Progression to Band 1 Level 13 requires an employee to have been at Band 1 Level 12 for 12 months or more and have full teacher registration as certified by the Teachers Registration Board (Tasmania).

Desirable Requirements

• Four years or more training as defined in the Teaching Service (Tasmanian Public Sector) Award 2005.
• Current certificate of registration; or provisional registration granted by the Teachers Registration Board (Tasmania).
• Specific Early Childhood Education qualification.

Statement of Duties and a reference guide to assist with applying online can be found here:

Statement Of Duties (PDF)

Information for Applicants (PDF)

Electronic submission of application is preferred, please click the blue 'Apply Now' button.

Applicants should forward/include:

• a statement addressing the selection criteria;
• a resume that contains relevant personal details and work history.

All applicants are required to supply a valid email address with their application for the purposes of email communication.

The cost associated with obtaining a Tasmanian Registration to Work with Vulnerable People (Registration Status - Employment) is the responsibility of the individual.

Applications should be made via the Apply Now button and submitted online by 11.30pm AEDT on the advertised closing date.

Should you have any difficulties regarding applying for this vacancy online, please contact Department for Education, Children and Young People, HR Recruitment and Employment via phone +61 3 6165 6285 or email recruitment@decyp.tas.gov.au.

Applicants needing more information are encouraged to request specific details of the vacancy from the Contact Person.

Name: Trudi Cross
Title: Centre Leader - George Town Child and Family Learning Centre
Phone: (03) 6702 6092
Email: trudi.cross@decyp.tas.gov.au