Manager - Early Years - Metropolitan North Region

7 days ago

Brisbane, Australia Education Full time

**About us**: The Department of Education (DoE) is committed to giving all children a great start, engaging young people in learning, creating safe and inclusive workplaces and investing in communities for a stronger Queensland.

**Your Role**:

- Provide high-level leadership in developing, planning and implementing strategic early childhood initiatives supporting effective practice, to optimise learning and development outcomes for children across early childhood.
- Lead the development and management of strategic early childhood initiatives to increase the capacity of key stakeholders to support successful transitions and the participation and engagement of children in early childhood services.

The Manager reports to the Director, Metropolitan North Region, Partnerships and Programs. Early Childhood and State Schools Division.

**Responsibilities include**:

- Lead and manage a team to provide sustained and consistent implementation of early childhood-specific initiatives, prioritising the participation and engagement of all children in development and learning pathways; and in quality transitions, that lead to successful educational outcomes and well-being.
- Identify, assess and deliver on strategic early childhood issues and provide advice to the Director and senior management.
- Provide strategic direction in the development of project plans, including risk management strategies, high level data analysis and key performance measures.
- Establish evaluation and monitoring systems to assess the success of early childhood initiatives, programs, strategies and policies in regions and communicate these outcomes to key stakeholders and clients.
- Monitor performance and capability of staff and develop and implement strategies to strengthen knowledge, business systems and team performance to meet organisational and client needs
- Strong communicator, exceptional management, previous Manager experience relevant to the role.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.

**To Apply**:

- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
- Attach a 2-page written statement about how your achievements and capabilities meet the requirements of the role.

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

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