Team Leader Children and Youth

2 weeks ago

City of Darebin, Australia Darebin City Council Full time

At Darebin, diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of how we work. Our commitment to these values is unwavering, they are central to our mission, to our impact and to help us better serve our community. We know that having varied perspectives and lived experiences helps generate better ideas to enable a diverse, inclusive and connected community.

Darebin encourages applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people of colour. We value people of all abilities and diversity of culture, faith, gender identity and sexual orientation. We welcome unique contributions and perspectives of all people to ensure our workforce is representative of the communities we work with and live in.

About Darebin Libraries
Darebin Libraries provide welcoming, inclusive and accessible spaces for our community members to connect, discover and learn. Our libraries in Fairfield, Northcote, Preston and Reservoir provide equitable and easy access to information, support, facilities, technology and programs that range from improving personal wellbeing to tackling climate change to educating the community about the safe use of technology. We aim to enrich the lives of our diverse community and create opportunities for their lifelong learning.

About Darebin City Council
Located in Melbourne's northern suburbs, Darebin City Council is home to one of the largest, most diverse communities in terms of culture, language, religion, socio-economic background, occupation, and housing needs. The city has one of the largest populations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents in metropolitan Melbourne. Our Vision is for a community that works together to advance community life.

About the Role
This role will provide leadership to the Darebin Libraries Children and Youth team to deliver a safe and inclusive service to the community. You will lead the team to design, plan and deliver early years, middle years and youth programs to activate library spaces. The role leads the delivery of services to engage with children and young people from diverse backgrounds to positively connect with their local library and enhance their literacy levels, reading and social wellbeing needs.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead, motivate and develop the team to ensure a consistent community development approach to the delivery of children and youth programs.

• Lead the development, implementation and evaluation of literacy and learning services, programs and resources to enhance literacy levels in the community and provide opportunities for children and youth, their parents and carers to engage with library services.

• Design, plan and deliver a calendar of early years literacy, middle years, and youth programs and events to activate library spaces and engage with children, young people and carers.

• Develop and enhance collaborative partnerships with Council work units, primary and secondary education providers, children and youth focused organisations and learning providers to deliver a range of sustainable programs and services.

• Support branch leadership activities to ensure the delivery of customer service, resolution of operational and facility issues, and branch employee teamwork and communication.

• Monitor designated budgets and contracts, including making recommendations for budgets and initiatives in relation to area of responsibility.

• Work one evening shift per week and a minimum of one rostered Saturday and one rostered Sunday shift in each 8-week cycle.

Skills & Experience
When you join the Darebin Libraries team you will:

• Be passionate and enthusiastic about developing the literacy and social wellbeing of our children and young people.

• Have experience in the building, development and leading of teams, especially those located across difference locations.

• Embrace internal and external partnerships and continually explore opportunities for collaboration.

• Bring excellent customer service experience working in libraries, retail or hospitality.

• Have skills in project management, reporting and budget maintenance.

Culture
As a progressive leader in Local Government, Darebin City Council is passionate about social inclusion, sustainability, engagement and service excellence. We are proud of the diversity of our workforce and recognise the strength this provides in meeting the needs of the community we serve. We are committed to upholding a positive and supportive work environment that values the contribution of all employees and treats all employees with dignity and respect.

Benefits
We offer a range of benefits to our employees including opportunities for personal and professional development, flexible work practices, Employee Assistance Program, recognition and reward program - Appreciate Great and a variety of generous paid and unpaid leave options.

How to Apply
If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, please submit your application including a resume, and address the Key Selection Criteria in the Position Description in your cover letter.

We're also happy to adjust our recruitment process to support your accessibility needs.

Contact Caz Smith, Coordinator Collections and Community Programs on or for a confidential discussion.

Applications close on Thursday 20 June 2024 at 11.30pm.

Darebin is committed to providing a safe working environment that embraces and values child safety, and thorough 'Safety Screening' processes apply.

To work at Darebin City Council, you will be required to supply proof of work rights, a Victorian Employee Working with Children Check and comply with Child Safety standards. All employees are required to undertake an Australian Criminal History Check and may be required to complete a Functional Health Assessment.

Council requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as outlined in the Staff Covid-19 Vaccination Policy.

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