Team Leader - Forrest And Narrabundah Early Education And Care Centre

Team Leaders Early Childhood Education and Care – Forrest and Narrabundah

• Do you think about the impact you’d like to have in your career? Or are you looking for a career with an impact?
• Would you consider a career that leaves a lasting impression in the lives of children and their families?
• Ongoing learning, career progression, and development opportunities

Join CS#1 for opportunities for meaningful work and have an impact in the education of the children we care for!

At Community Services #1 we believe that the early years of a child’s life are full of questioning and curiosity.

Early Childhood Education and Care is an important career that is currently in demand. A career with CS#1 offers you a pathway providing progression and Career opportunities. Benefits such as salary packaging give you the ability to increase your take home pay.

As we continue to grow our services, we also continue to grow our team. We are now looking for a full-time Team Leader at our Forrest Early Education and Care Centre and our Narrabundah Early Childhood Education and Care Centre to help us run their day-to-day operations. 

Where if you are successful, you will be supported by an experienced team of educators to ensure that the children in our centres receive the best quality education. 

Make a real difference

We are seeking skilled and experienced Team Leader (or somebody ready for their next step in their career) to assist our respective teams. Forrest is known or its expansive and well curated outdoor play area and prides themselves on creating a happy, engaging environment, providing high quality care and education with an inclusive play-based curriculum. Where Narrabundah Cottage is a unique as they cater to children 6 weeks to 2 years old provide secure nurturing environment catering to individual needs of babies and families.

In this role, you will support the leadership staff in the day-to-day activities of the program and ensure all Families and Children are welcomed and feel a sense of belonging.

Core duties:

• Lead and be accountable for the day-to-day room operations and provide direction and mentoring for team members on running program activities, supervising, and interacting with children and applying their daily care routines.
• Lead and be accountable for student placements, including associated administration and supporting student placement outcomes.
• Create a friendly, secure, and stimulating interactive learning environment for children aged 0-6 or 2 (for Narrabundah Cottage).
• Develop and implement age-appropriate curriculum-based experiences and activities and evaluate weekly with team members.
• Maintain records of observations for individual children for program planning and assessment of each child’s short- and long-term development needs. Ensure records are accurate and adhere to ethical privacy and confidentiality principles.

Benefits on offer

This role comes with a competitive wage $30.84-32.48 per annum (commensurate with experience and Qualification). You will also have access to fantastic benefits, including:

• Generous salary packaging arrangements that can provide up to $18,550 of your gross pay tax free - for a variety of eligible expense items. 
• Portable Long Service Leave
• Professional Development 
• Face-to-face professional development opportunities
• Online learning management system with access to thousands of courses on professional development, wellbeing, and compliance
• Professional development opportunities to take your career to the next level.
• Structured performance and 1 on 1 development check ins and secondment opportunities
• Access through our Healthy Me Healthy Us program to a suite of financial, physical, emotional, and mental well-being resources such as discounted gym memberships, private health cover and free flu vaccinations
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program

We have a culture of ongoing mentoring and learning and development which means we offer our Educators the opportunity to develop their careers as well as their knowledge and skills through our extensive professional learning and mentoring programs. 

Moreover, you will be part of an excellent team that truly supports each other and is dedicated to making a real difference in the lives of children. 

What you will bring to the team

To be considered for this role, you'll hold a Diploma in Children Services (or ACECQA approved equivalent). All levels of teaching experience are welcome to apply as CS#1 will support your professional development and offers ongoing training.

Further you will be required to have or willing to obtain:

• Working Vulnerable People Card
• Current First Aid Certificate

You must be able to communicate positively and effectively with children and their families, delivering stimulating educational programs based on the needs and interests of the children in your care.

Most importantly, you will be a caring, positive, and nurturing individual committed about the growth and development of young children.

This role will see you building strong relationships with our educators, the children in our care and their families. This will ensure that we continue providing quality services and that our children are set up for a bright and successful future.

How to apply 

If this sounds like you, apply now! Indicate your interest by submitting your resume with a cover letter to **************@communityservices1.org.

For more information about our recruitment process, please call Jolly (People and Culture) on 02 6126 4*** and visit our website to view the Position Description.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

At Community Services #1 we recognise that our people are multi-dimensional. We take a human approach to create a work environment where all people feel like they can bring their authentic selves to work, every day.

We believe that equality drives innovation. Our commitment to accelerating equality starts at the top with our board and CEO and extends across every part of the organisation. This comes to life when our people own the equality agenda, making it part of their jobs – every decision, every day – and feel free to speak up and to act.

We do not tolerate discrimination because of differences, such as age, ability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, religion, or sexual orientation. We want a workplace that is inclusive and diverse, and we are set bold goals and taking comprehensive action. To achieve these goals, we collect information that allows us to track the effectiveness of our Inclusion and Diversity programs.

Community Services #1 acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander people as traditional custodians of the land on which we meet, work, live and play. We honour their continuous connection to country, water, sky, and communities.  We celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander stories, traditions and living cultures and pay our respects to elders past and present.