Intensive Support Partner

**Role**: Intensive Support Partner
**Location**: Victoria East (Covering The City of Casey, The Mornington Peninsula and The Gippsland Region of Victoria)
**Employment Type**: Permanent, Full time
As an Intensive Support Partner, you’ll play a pivotal role in providing targeted leadership and support to centres requiring intensive assistance.
Leveraging your experience as a Centre Director, Area Manager or similar, with a proven track record in performance turnaround, you’ll partner with Centre Teams, meeting them where they are in their capability and experience, to drive their involvement in achieving immediate performance goals and action plans.
This role requires an Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) qualification to enable working in ratio if required, along with sound knowledge of the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and National Quality Framework (NQF).
**Your Impact**:
Work with State Performance Leads to identofy the priority challenges and focus areas for the centre and act as Centre Director / Nominated Supervisor
Support Centre Leadership Teams to contribute to the development and implementation of action plans to improve performance in the priority focus areas
Work collaboratively with state and national expert services to support performance uplift and centre team capability build in the priority areas agreed with State Performance Leads
Empower Centre Teams in their areas of individual expertise and document goals/ action plans and commitments with Centre Teams
Provide observational data and insights to State Managers and State Performance Leads in relation to Centre Team capacity and performance to support ongoing capability build
Grow leadership in others by recognising and developing individual and team skills and capabilities
Use reflective practices as part of a regular routine to promote growth and adaptive thinking
Support and coach Centre Teams to action safety recommendations and remedy compliance concerns, pulling on state and national expert services as needed
Ensure that appropriate policies and procedures are implemented, and that safety culture exists within the centre
Participate in Health and Safety Training and mandatory training such as Emergency Management Training
**What Goodstart can offer you**:
Fully Maintained Company Car or Car Allowance, Laptop and Phone
Flexible work arrangements giving you choice about when and how work will be done in order to better manage your work and non-work needs (as approved by leadership)
Salary Packaging benefits which reduce your taxable income to increase take home pay
Access to discounted childcare (up to 15%)
Discounted health care and access to employee wellbeing program with BUPA
Exclusive discounts on travel, gym memberships, Apple and Dell products, and more.
Free annual flu shot (optional)
Option to purchase extra leave for even greater work life balance
First Nations Support and Cultural Leave
Work for a company that has an aspiration to be globally recognised for early years practice and learning outcomes
Gain significant investment in your growth and development with support, tools, training and experiences that will truly enhance the progress and outcomes for children in their earliest years.
**You’ll bring to the table**:
Hold an Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Diploma qualification
Possess strong business acumen across all domains of centre performance and experience of supporting multi
- site teams
Experience in developing and executing strategic plans to uplift performance
Experience identifying and addressing centre performance challenges
Experience building capability and confidence within centre teams
Demonstrated ability to build trust and establish collaborative relationships at all levels of the organisation
Valid Working with Children Check Card (relevant to state or territory)
Current Police Clearance
Current Open Driving License
Any required immunisations
How to apply
Supporting our people and protecting our children
We’re an equal opportunity employer that is proud of our inclusive and diverse work environment. We know that Goodstarters from diverse cultures, backgrounds and experiences strengthen our teams and help us grow. We’re also deeply committed to Reconciliation and creating an environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People feel a strong sense of belonging and connection.
**Posting Notes**: PORT MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE || VIC || Australia (AU) || | SF: LI || Diploma - Children's Services or equiv || Full-Time