Implementation Officer

**Office for Early Childhood Development**
**Job reference**: 664033
**Location**: - NOT APPLICABLE -, 5000 - ADELAIDE
**Job status**: Long Term Contract
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone

**Why work with us**:
The Office for Early Childhood Development was created to champion change and to help build a system that gives all South Australian children a flying start to life.

Guided by the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Early Childhood Education and Care, the Office for Early Childhood Development is the steward of the early childhood development system in South Australia.

The Office is tasked with a significant responsibility: bringing together a holistic, connected system for early childhood development across South Australia, with the goal of reducing the rate of children entering school developmental vulnerable. Critical to this is the roll-out of universal 3-year-old preschool from 2026, giving every child access to 2 years of teacher-led, play-based early learning before school.

**About the role**:
As an Implementation Officer, you will work within the **Change and Local Partnerships Directorate**, collaborating with local teams to guide the early childhood reforms across the state. Your role will directly support early childhood services to navigate and implement their service obligations for delivery and embedment of universal 3-year-old preschool and associated supports.

As an **Implementation Officer, Early Childhood**, you will:

- Support early childhood services to meet their partnership obligations and deliverables.
- Provide advice and guidance on data collection, reporting requirements, and the development of operational plans.
- Provide a high standard of customer service and foster collaboration with service providers, stakeholders, and local communities to drive the success of early childhood reforms.
- Coordinate and monitor partnership arrangements, ensuring compliance and tracking of key milestones and outcomes.
- Provide insights and analysis to support policy development, operational planning, and continuous improvement of partnership arrangements.

**About you**:
To be successful in this role, we are looking for:

- Strong **communication skills** to engage effectively with stakeholders and provide sound advice.
- Demonstrated experience in **project coordination** and **partnership management** including monitoring of milestones and reporting of outcomes to deliver high-quality results. Previous experience in contract/service agreement management and business process improvement is desirable.
- Proven ability to **engage and collaborate** with diverse internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong **analytical skills** to leverage data insights and inform decisions.
- A proactive, solution-oriented approach to **problem-solving** in a dynamic environment.
- Strong **organisational skills**, including meeting deadlines under pressure.
- Ability to **work autonomously**, under limited direction and to navigate complex and competing priorities and workloads.

**Qualifications-**
- **Desirable**: A degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., early childhood education, community development) and an understanding of the early childhood sector.

**Special Conditions**:

- Current driver’s license and willingness to travel.
- Must have a **Working with Children Check** and complete necessary training.
- Some out-of-hours work may be required.

**Number of Roles
- 8**

**Regions Available**:

- Region 1: Adelaide CBD & Eastern Suburbs
- Region 2: Western Suburbs
- Region 3: Inner Southern Suburbs
- Region 4: Inner-Northern Suburbs & Adelaide Hills
- Region 5: Outer Northern Suburbs & Barossa Valley
- Region 6: Outer Southern Suburbs & Fleurieu Peninsula
- Region 7: Yorke Peninsula, Eyre Peninsula, & Outback
- Region 8: Murraylands, Riverland & Limestone Coast

**Application instructions and information**:
Applications should be made through the IWorkForSA website.

Applicants must submit a CV, Pre-employment Declaration, and a cover letter outlining their suitability against the key selection criteria in the attached position description.

**Additional Note**:
This is a full-time 2-year long term contract role (1.0 FTE) with potential to be made ongoing.

**Remuneration**:
ASO5 $85, 790 - $95, 413 (1.0 FTE) per annum plus superannuation

**Enquiries**:
**Special Conditions**:
The successful applicant is required to gain a Department for Human Services (DHS) working with children check (WWCC) prior to being employed which is required to be renewed every 5 years before expiry. The incumbent will be required to undertake RRHAN -EC (Responding to Risks of Harm, Abuse and Neglect - Education Care) Facilitator Lead (Masterclass) extended course or the online (Fundamentals) course which will be required to be updated every three years.

For all other Special Conditions please refer to the attached Position Description.

**Applications close**: 20/04/2025 11:45 PM