Lead Education and Administration Officer

**Lead Education and Administration Officer**:
**Job no**: 497845

**Work type**: Temporary Full Time

**Classification**: Band 5 ($74,858- $84,918 pa)

**Categories**: Administration & Support, Early Childhood Education, Child & Family Services

**Create our future together at the City of Greater Geelong**
At City of Greater Geelong, we are committed to working together for a thriving community. We do this by delivering over 130 services to our rapidly growing population and working hard to protect and improve what it is that makes Greater Geelong on Wadawurrung country such a great place to live, work and study.

We’re going through an exciting period of change that will help us serve our community better. From digital modernisation to the contemporary, sustainable office we've built in Central Geelong, now more than ever is a great time to join our team at the City of Greater Geelong.

Our Community is made up of diverse people from all walks of life, and it’s important to us that our workforce represents and celebrates this strength.

We encourage great people from all backgrounds to join us. We encourage authenticity, because inclusion makes us stronger.

If you’re excited about working together to create a Clever and Creative Greater Geelong, and joining a workplace where all people can thrive, then hit **apply** - we’d love to meet you

**About the role**
In this role, you will play an integral part of the service’s effective and efficient operations and delivery of responsive quality programs and provide essential support and advice to the Centre Manager to ensure the efficient and effective strategic management of the service, under the direction of the Early Childhood Education and Care Coordinator.

This is a temporary full-time position for 12 months, based at Boorai Centre in Ocean Grove.

Key responsibilities include:

- Assisting in the leadership of a multi-disciplinary team of early childhood professionals, including maternal and child health nurses, teachers, and educators, to ensure compliance with City of Greater Geelong policies and procedures and relevant State and Commonwealth Government regulations and legislation
- Ensuring service culture embraces the principles and practices of an integrated service delivery model.
- Assisting with and work collaboratively with the Centre Manager to ensure the efficient administrative functioning of the service, including maintaining accurate family records, invoicing, procurement of stock and equipment, reception duties, rostering, processing, and monitoring of agreements, licenses and leases and other administrative tasks as required.
- Providing Educational Leadership through mentoring, guidance, and support to educators in collaboration with the Centre Manager and assist in staff performance reviews.
- Supporting staff recruitment, induction, on boarding, line management and training for staff as directed by the Centre Manager.
- Actively encouraging families and the broader community to authentic participation and engagement with the service via the development of a family engagement plan.

**About you**
To be successful in this role, you will have a Bachelor qualification in Early Childhood Education. A Diploma in Children’s Services will also be considered.

Essential Experience:

- Current First Aid, Management of Anaphylaxis, Asthma and CPR.
- Current Employee Working with Children Check
- Experience in managing and providing leadership and professional support to staff within a children’s service.
- Proven high level of skills in business administration of ECEC services, organisation and time management.
- Thorough understanding of the National Early Childhood Quality Framework and the Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010.
- Sound understanding of the principles of integrated service delivery and an ability to undertake a leadership role within an integrated service model.
- Ability to undertake consultations with children, parents, and the local community in relation to the review and development of programs and services within the service.

**A career with us**
With flexible working options, our people have choice in how and where they work. Our employees connect with us from across the Greater Geelong region and beyond.

Central Geelong-based City employees are now based in our new Civic Precinct, Wurriki Nyal. Meaning ‘speak and talk together’ in local Wadawurrung language. Wurriki Nyal sets the benchmark for what a sustainable, inclusive and culturally safe workplace can be, including industry leading sustainability standards, a flexible and people-focused design, safe and inclusive spaces and public realm.

We’re committed to supporting better accessibility for our customers and our people. We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process, as well as how this role can be flexible for you.

We offer:

- flexible work arrangemen