Early Childhood Service Manager

4 weeks ago


Newcastle, Australia Northcott Full time

Support our vibrant & inclusive Early Childhood Team
- Rewarding career opportunity to enhance the lives of children and families
- $104,968.5781 + Super + Salary Packaging
- **Support our vibrant & inclusive Early Childhood Team**:

- **Rewarding career opportunity to lead a team of coordinators to enhance the lives of children and families**:

- ** $104,968.5781 **+ **Super + Salary Packaging**

**Who are we?**

The NDIS Partners in the Community Program (PITC) supports the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) to be implemented at a local level.

As a NDIA partner, Northcott will deliver the NDIS Early Childhood Approach (ECA) service to local communities in Northern NSW, Mid North Coast, Hunter New England and Western Sydney. The EC approach supports the activities that will improve independence and social participation of children aged 0-6 years with developmental delay and/or disability.

**What does this role look like on a daily basis?**

The Early Childhood Service Manager for the Hunter New England Region will involve leading teams across our Hunter and Tamworth Regions. The role will provide operational leadership, effective management, and support to a highly mobile workforce of Team Leaders and frontline Coordinators including the maintenance of smooth logistic processes, facilities and resources.

**About you**:
The ideal Early Childhood Service Manager will be able to demonstrate the following:

- Ability to provide Early Childhood strategic direction and leadership to Early Childhood staff and community members in the Hunter New England region.
- Be goal focused and drive to meet key deadlines
- Demonstrated strong understanding of typical early childhood development and the impact of disability and developmental delay on a child and their family and carers.
- In depth knowledge and understanding of best practice models in Early Intervention
- Excellent negotiation and influencing skills including the ability to stay calm and communicate effectively under pressure.
- Appreciation and acceptance of diversity for wellness, culture, understanding the importance of implementing a tailored and personalised approach to children and their families.
- Comprehensive knowledge of the local service environment where customers reside, including funded and non-funded services.
- Ability to exercise sound judgement and provide timely, accurate advice and reporting to Senior Management and the NDIA.

For more insight into the knowledge and experience required, please see the position description attached.

**The essential requirements we would like you to have, are**:

- Tertiary qualifications in Social Sciences, Early Childhood Education, Allied Health Professions or other relevant professional field.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience managing a team against KPI’s.
- Extensive experience working with children with a disability and their families.
- Experience in connecting and building working relationships with local community and mainstream services
- Demonstrated experience in working with, reporting to and negotiating with government departments.
- Demonstrated experience supporting and implementing early childhood intervention strategies with families using a capacity building approach.

**Other requirements to work at Northcott include**:

- Current Driver's Licence - P1 minimum
- Valid Working with Children’s Check Clearance - mandatory
- Valid NDIS Worker Screening Check (NDIS WC) or willingness to obtain - mandatory
- Working Rights in Australia for Full Time Employment
- ** **Fully vaccinated (including boosters) in accordance with current Northcott & NSW Health Regulations & Requirements _(unless granted an exemption)_**.** _The health and safety of our people, customers and communities is our number one priority._
- Successful pre-employment probity check

To apply, please provide an updated Resume along with a covering letter giving an overview of your skills and experience relevant to the requirements of the role.

**Applications close: Wednesday 1st March 2023**

**Covid Vaccination Status**
The health and safety of our people, customers and communities is our number one priority. This means that we require all of our employees to be fully vaccinated against Covid 19 and maintain regular booster shots (unless granted an exemption). Evidence of your current vaccination status or medical exemption will be required.

**Diversity and Inclusion Statement



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