Educational Leader

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Ongoing - Full-time

**Salary**: Salary not specified

**Grade**:Early Learning Victoria - Educational leader

**Occupation**:Early childhood

**Location**:Loddon Mallee - Greater Bendigo

**Reference**:1485887

**Location Profile**:
**Educational Leader - Early Learning Victoria Nyernilang Lar (Eaglehawk North)**

**Salary: $86,037 - $109,521**

Early Learning Victoria has established a new government-owned early learning and childcare centre at Eaglehawk North Primary School. Opened in 2025, this 102-place centre offers childcare, and Three and Four-Year-Old Kindergarten, eventually transitioning to include Pre-Prep

**Role Purpose**:

- The Educational Leader is responsible for leading the centre to provide high quality early childhood education and care by ensuring that staff within the centre work in accordance with the National Quality Standards, approved learning frameworks, the Child Safe Standards and in line with Early Learning Victoria's (ELV's) philosophy and practice guide.
- The Educational Leader is an integral part of the centre leadership team, responsible for ensuring the centre delivers on key organisational and local pedagogical priorities and will develop strong educational practices across all programs and partnerships onsite.
- The Educational Leader will also oversee the service integration portfolio at the centre and work strategically with community partners and the co-located school (where applicable) to ensure effective and meaningful uptake and utilisation of additional services and to support continuity of learning for children.

Key responsibilities:

- Guides and monitors a standard of educational programs that uphold all elements of the Early Learning Victoria philosophy, the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework, Child Safe Standards, the Education and Care Services National Law and Regulations and the National Quality Standards
- Coaches and mentors across the centre to promote a strong culture of ongoing learning and continuous improvement through reflective practices and continuous cycle of feedback and self-evaluation
- Actively contributes to the centre's quality improvement process
- Builds respectful relationships with families, staff and relevant community partners
- Coordinates an environment where children can flourish and thrive, informed by contemporary research evidence and practices
- Communicates with staff, families, children and stakeholders ensuring that all children feel safe and valued within supportive learning environments
- Ensures all legislative requirements, policies and procedures are met.

**Capabilities**:
**Educational Program and Practice**: Coaches, mentors and guides staff in the implementation of the educational program in accordance with the ELV educational program policy. Role models evidence informed practices to support positive child outcomes and inclusion. Ensures effective documentation of the educational program across the centre supports team and individual reflective practices and the planning cycle. Is cognisant of different strengths, abilities and learning styles for both children and adults so that approaches can be individualised dependant on their needs.

**High Quality Practice**: Is committed to providing learning environments where children can flourish and thrive, supported by evidence-informed pedagogy and practice that upholds all elements of the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework, the Education and Care Services National Law and Regulations and the National Quality Standards and is guided by the philosophy of Early Learning Victoria.

**Compliance and Child Safety**: Ensures the centre, educational program and practices are compliant with all aspects of the Education and Care Services National Law and Regulations, National Quality Standards, Child Safe Standards, Approved Frameworks and all Early Learning Victoria policies and procedures.

**Service Integration and inclusion**: Establishes collaborative communities and fosters effective partnerships and inclusion. Engages stakeholders at various levels and from a range of sectors including local government, not-for-profit and community organisations. Leads service integration planning and assists in establishing frameworks, processes and procedures to guide service integration, inclusion and co-location within ELV services.

**Communication**: Utilises effective communication skills to develop and maintain meaningful relationships with staff, families, children and other partners and stakeholders, fostering a supportive and collaborative centre environment. Promotes respectful relationships and conflict resolution.

**Personal Attributes**: Demonstrates the public sector values of responsiveness, integrity, impartiality, accountability, respect, leadership and human rights.

**Flexibility and adaptability**: Operates well in a flexible and changing environment and manages workload efficiently to meet