Coordinator Early Years Partnerships

1 month ago


Wantirna South, Australia Knox City Council Full time

**Job no**: 495774
**Work type**: Permanent Full-time
**Location**: Knox Civic Centre
**Categories**: Children's Services

**Your new role**:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Early Years Department from January 2025. As the Coordinator Early Years Partnerships you will join the Early Years Leadership Team to establish a new team that is largely focused on supporting Early Years Service Providers within the municipality to ensure the children and families in Knox can access quality services.

Working within the Strategic Planning and Partnerships Team, the Coordinator Early Years Partnerships is responsible for developing and maintaining effective partnerships with early education and care service providers and external/internal stakeholders to support the provision of and access to quality early childhood education for the children within the Knox municipality. This includes providing advice and coordinating the planning of kindergarten service delivery with stakeholders. This role provides leadership and oversight to the Early Years Partnership Team to deliver support functions to early years stakeholders both internal and external, including systems and resourcing support, procurement, leases and the Kindergarten Central Registration System.

This is a Band 7 classified role, remuneration will be $107,507.54 - $120,572.47 (depending on experience) plus superannuation in accordance with the superannuation guarantee.

**What you will need to thrive**:
The key selection criteria for this role are:

- Proven detailed knowledge of early education and care service delivery, regulations, frameworks, funding and policy agenda.
- Specialist knowledge and understanding of current issues facing children and their families with demonstrated experience of the early years’ service system and operational issues in a local government context.
- Demonstrated experience in stakeholder management and effective relationship building with various stakeholder groups.
- Proven experience in delivery customer and community focused services in line with strategic objectives
- Procurement and project management experience that demonstrates an ability to deliver objectives on time and within budget.
- Excellent written communication skills with the ability to produce high quality reports and deliver professional presentations for various audiences.
- The ability to review and analyse systems and processes to ensure they remain effective, efficient and customer focused.

Please provide a resume and brief cover letter addressing the ‘what you need to thrive’ section from the to outline how your experience and skills relate to the role.

To view a copy of the please visit our Knox City Council Careers Page.

**Why Us**:
At Knox, making a difference to others and our community is at the heart of everything we do. We are inspired by empowering our community inside and out to thrive and prosper through living our values. We support hybrid and flexible working and embrace diverse and inclusive environments. We succeed by recruiting for excellence through investing in our people, encouraging their unique talents and supporting them to bring their whole selves to work.

We believe in our people and provide a supportive, driven and inclusive culture we are proud of, that focuses on wellbeing.

Beyond that, we also offer:

- accrued days off for full time employees;
- growth and learning opportunities;
- career development;
- reward and recognition programs; and,
- a supportive Employee Assistance Program.

As an employee (in accordance with Knox City Council's Covid-19 Vaccination Policy) you may be required to provide evidence that you are compliant with the vaccination requirements prior to commencement. It is highly recommended that all Council staff are vaccinated.

To view the inherent requirements for this position please see attachment below.
- Knox City Council has zero tolerance for child abuse and all forms of harm to children. All children and young people who access our services, programs, events and facilities have the right to feel safe and be safe. This includes spaces owned or managed by Council. We take the wellbeing and safety of children and young people in our care seriously. We maintain a child safe organisation by embedding the protection of children into everyday thinking and practice. All Knox City Council employees, contractors and volunteers are responsible for ensuring children and young people are valued, heard and protected from abuse._

Knox City Council acknowledges our offices are located on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation.

**Advertised**: 11 Nov 2024 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
**Applications close**: 24 Nov 2024 AUS Eastern Daylight Time



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