Service Director Ku Concord- Permanent, Full-time

**The Service**

**KU Concord Children’s Centre **is a welcoming and nurturing space where each child is immersed in a rich tapestry of educationally interactive experiences. This unique service has a playground designed to maximise the use of the natural environment which allows children to play and explore as they would in their own backyard.

Our service has been rated as **Exceeding **the National Quality Standard and has a focus on multiculturalism. We incorporate this into our program through activities such as celebrating cultural events with families and staff and interaction in children’s first languages.

**The Role**

We are looking for an experienced Director with a completed teaching degree to lead the team on a **permanent **basis, you will work **Monday to Friday (Thursday & Friday Admin Days), 8 hours per day accruing a monthly rostered day off (RDO) **.

In addition to sector leading pay rates, staff at KU enjoy a wide range of additional benefits, including:

- Generous paid parental leave,
- Fantastic free professional learning and development opportunities,
- Additional personal leave days,
- Discounted private health insurance,
- Access to salary packaging for cars, IT equipment, mobile phones, mortgage repayments etc,
- Employee benefits progress with access to discounts/cashback from over 400 retailers
- Generous annual pay increases,
- Study assistance.

These are available in line with respective policies and Enterprise Agreements and can be further discussed at interview stage.

**Essential Criteria**:

- Work rights to enable you to work in Australia
- A current NSW Working with Children Check
- Previous Directing Experience, minimum 2 years
- A recognised Early Childhood Teaching degree level of qualification in Early Childhood or similar as approved by Australian Children’s Education and Quality Authority (ACECQA)
- Teacher Accreditation through NESA
- Completed training in Child Protection legislation and its implications for the care and protection of children
- A current First Aid certificate as approved by ACECQA along with current separate approved Asthma and Anaphylaxis Management certificates
- Sound understanding of the Education and Care Services National Law (2010) and the Education and Care Services National Regulations (2011)
- Working knowledge of the Early Years Learning Frameworks (EYLF)
- Professional level of written and verbal communication skills
- Solid computer literacy skills as you would be required to work with financial systems

**COVID19 Vaccination**

**Unlocking Endless Possibilities**

KU has been awarded Employer of Choice each year since 2016, and is committed to continuing the development of a workplace culture of inclusion and diversity. We actively promote the employment of people from across the spectrum of society.

As an inclusive employer KU welcomes all applicants with the skills and/or experience relevant to the position to apply. We value individual differences such as age, colour, religion, gender, sexual identification or orientation, or ethnic origin - including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, members of culturally and linguistically diverse communities and people with disabilities.
- **We Reward**:

- We offer sector leading pay and benefits including salary packaging and discounted private health insurance.
- **We Build Careers**:

- We enable and encourage our people to grow and evolve with us.
- **We Grow Our People**:

- We provide opportunities to learn, grow and enhance your professional practice through KU’s high quality professional learning program.
- **We Offer an Inclusive Culture**:

- We’ve created a diverse and inclusive working culture with a shared vision and common values.

**How do you apply?**
- KU Children’s Services is committed to being a child safe organisation. We put children’s safety and wellbeing at the centre of our practices. Child safety is a shared responsibility across the organisation. All KU staff contribute to maintaining our child safe culture and ensuring the safety and wellbeing of the children in our services and programs. KU has a zero tolerance of harm or abuse of children._

Degree Level : Early Childhood Teacher Degree Equivalent (ALL)