Early Years Partnerships Officer

**Hours per week**: 38

**Remuneration**: Band 6 salary from $104,133.36 per annum plus superannuation and a fortnightly RDO

**Location**: Werribee based with potential for a hybrid work arrangement

**About the role**

Wyndham City is seeking passionate and community-minded **Early Years Partnerships Officers** to join our dedicated team in the Family & Sector Partnerships**Unit. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the design and delivery of integrated early years systems that place children and families at the centre.

In this role, you’ll play a key part in delivering Wyndham’s Early Years Partnership Framework; a wholistic community approach focused on creating seamless, place-based support for children and families. Your work will involve building and nurturing collaborative relationships with a diverse network of stakeholders, including community organisations, service providers, developers, government agencies, and families themselves.

You’ll provide strategic advice on infrastructure and service planning to ensure early years environments are welcoming, fit-for-purpose, and aligned with best-practice frameworks. You'll also help ensure our services are responsive, equitable, and continuously improving by guiding regulatory compliance, contributing to project planning, and supporting the monitoring and evaluation of partnerships and agreements.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in collaborative environments, understands the importance of integrated service systems, and is committed to improving outcomes for children from birth to school age, especially in fast-growing, diverse communities like Wyndham.

This position is a full time, permanent role and will require flexibility to work occasionally after hours and, weekends/public holidays as required, in accordance with the community and stakeholder expectations and meetings after business hours. You may be required to work at other sites across Wyndham City to meet operational and business requirements.

**What your day will look like**
- Drive infrastructure design decisions that support high-quality early years services and align with key frameworks and guidelines
- Contribute to the implementation of the Early Years Partnership Framework by delivering expert regulatory advice, overseeing service agreements, and managing proposals
- Build and maintain strong partnerships with community organisations, developers, government agencies, and other key stakeholders
- Collaborate with the Family and Sector Partnerships team to develop and deliver clear project briefs, action plans, and communication strategies
- Monitor service provider performance, ensure budget compliance, and champion continuous improvement to boost service quality and efficiency
- Role model our organisational values through your actions, decision-making, and relationships
- Take initiative and contribute to a wide range of projects and priorities that support team and organisational goals.

**What you will bring**
- Degree or diploma course in a relevant discipline such as community development, public policy, public health, social sciences or related field with some relevant experience or lesser formal qualifications and substantial relevant experience
- Experience in developing and facilitating partnerships to build relationships, to achieve joint outcomes.
- Experience working collaboratively with community groups, businesses and organisations to achieve joint outcomes.
- A current driver’s licence is required.
- A current Working with Children Check is required.

If you progress past the interview stage, you may be required to complete pre-employment screening, which may include police checks, a medical, qualification verification, and an Australian work rights check.

**Why join Wyndham**

We are one of Australia’s fastest growing and most diverse cities.

By 2040, we will have more than 500,000 residents and our people are hard at work designing the precincts, building the infrastructure, developing the policies and delivering the programs that will ensure the City is prepared.

Look at our job opportunities and you may be surprised at what you discover: a future-focused culture, a sense of purpose and possibility, and real opportunities to strengthen our diverse community. It all adds up to make Wyndham City a great place to belong.

Our people are our most valued asset. We are focused on building a culture that empowers every person to do their best work. Flexibility is built right into our DNA and we are committed to cultivating an inclusive workplace that celebrates a diverse workforce.

**How to apply**

**Applications close at 11:59PM on Wednesday 3 September 2025.**

If you have further role-specific questions, please contact **Victoria Richards, Service Lead Early Years & Partnerships**on **8734 1326.**

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