Preschool Field Officer

**Part Time Permanent Position**

**30 hours per week over 4 days (days are flexible)**

**Salary Range $124,844 - $127,027 per annum pro rata + 11.5% Super**

**About Melton City Council**

The City of Melton is a community where everyone belongs. Ours is a vibrant and diverse municipality—one of the fastest developing in Australia. Our organisation strives to provide our community with state-of-the-art amenity and facilities, engaging health and wellbeing options, and support to become active members of our Lifelong Learning City.

We invest in innovation, offering professional and personal development, and generous leave and flexibility to staff, while also fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture. You’ll be able to work close to home in a dynamic setting featuring cafes and retail options set amongst heritage buildings and open green spaces.

**The Opportunity**

The successful applicant will join a dynamic team who work closely with the early childhood educators in State Government funded 3- and 4-year-old Kindergarten programs to enhance their capacity and confidence to provide an inclusive program that is considerate to the needs of all children.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Provide a variety of consultancy supports, information, and resources, to early childhood educators to inform inclusive programs for children within the kindergarten environment.
- Identify referral pathways and link families to a range of child and family supports, including more specialised assessments and services when necessary.
- Support educators’ confidence and capacity to build relationships with families and navigate difficult conversations about children’s learning and development.
- Build professional partnerships and collaborative relationships with kindergarten educators and other relevant professionals.
- Actively promote the PSFO program to funded kindergarten programs, families, within appropriate networks and to relevant services to work towards funding targets.

To view the **Position Description**, click **here**.

**About you**

**_ To be successful in this role you will have the following:_**
- Tertiary degree in early childhood education or regulatory equivalent.
- Demonstrated understanding of and experience in implementing inclusive environments within early childhood programs.
- Highly established skills in coaching, mentoring, and developing collaborative partnerships with early childhood educators, professionals, and families.
- Demonstrated ability to independently manage caseload with highly developed assessment and referral skills including knowledge of referral pathways and local community supports to assist the inclusion of children in state funded kindergarten programs.
- Current Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) registration or Current Working with Children Check.
- Current valid Victorian driver’s licence.

**Benefits**

There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council:
Staff Benefits | Melton City Council
- 5 weeks annual leave*
- Flexible Working Hours
- Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
- 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave **(Super is paid during parental leave)**:

- 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave*
- Family Room available including Breastfeeding Facilities (Melton City Council | Australian Breastfeeding Association)
- Wellbeing initiatives
- Subsidised Uniforms
- These benefits are pro rata.

**How To Apply**

If you require further information about the position, please contact **Natasha Harries**, PSFO Service Lead on **0447 111 241**.

**Applications must include a Resume and address the Key Selection Criteria outlining your suitability to the role. To address the Key Selection Criteria, you will need to write short statements explaining how you meet the criteria, or how you demonstrate the capability. We encourage you to keep your responses concise.

**To be eligible for employment at Melton City Council you must be legally entitled to work in Australia.**

All successful applicants will need to undertake pre-employment requirements including but not limited to a satisfactory criminal history record check. Successful applicants must be able to comply with any COVID-19 Public Health Orders applicable to Local Government employees.

**Melton City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and has Zero tolerance for child abuse. Melton City Council is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is at the centre of our everyday thinking and service delivery.**

Applications close **11:59pm** Monday **19 May 2025