Early Years Registration and Support Officer

**Job no**: 495874
**Work type**: Permanent Full-time
**Location**: Knox Civic Centre
**Categories**: Children's Services, General Administration

**Your new role**:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Early Years Department. As the Early Years Registration and Support Officer you will join the new Early Years Partnerships Team that is largely focused on supporting Early Years Service Providers (internal and external) within the municipality to ensure the children and families in Knox can access quality services.

This position will undertake the administration of the Kindergarten Central Enrolment process for registrations and allocation into sessional kindergarten programs, liaising with families of children attending and registering for sessional kindergarten and maintaining up to date data in relation to the provision of sessional kindergarten. The role will also provide administrative support to the Strategic Planning and Partnerships Team.

This is a Band 4 classified role, remuneration will be $71,212.94 - $75,849.47 (depending on experience) plus superannuation in accordance with the superannuation guarantee.

**What you will need to thrive**

The key selection criteria for this role are:

- Demonstrated relevant experience in business administration
- Demonstrated experience in providing high quality and responsive customer service.
- Understanding of administrative and funding requirements of early years services, in particular kindergartens.
- Relevant experience in the use of databases such as Central Registration System, Pathways and TRIM is desirable or the ability to learn and implement new software systems.
- Demonstrated experience in developing and maintaining relationships with stakeholders and ability to prioritise and organize workload to meet deadlines and competing demands.

**How to apply**:
Please provide a resume and brief cover letter addressing the ‘what you need to thrive’ section from the to outline how your experience and skills relate to the role.

To view a copy of the please visit our Knox City Council Careers Page.

**Why work at Knox**

Discover your future at Knox City Council, where you will deliver meaningful impact, find great opportunities and work with committed people to shape our community. As an employee of Knox, you can enjoy:

- Accrued or rostered days off available for full-time roles, depending on operational requirements
- Broad range of leave options including up to 16 weeks primary and up to 4 weeks secondary parental leave
- Salary sacrifice option for Council-owned childcare fees
- Opportunities to take on temporary roles or work in different teams to build skills and support career growth
- Support towards further study
- 50% off Knox Leisureworks memberships
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for support in managing personal and work-related challenges.

**To find out more about the benefits of working at Knox City Council, visit**knox.vic.gov.au/why-work-knox**

**Inherent requirements**

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**Our commitments**
- Knox City Council has zero tolerance for child abuse and all forms of harm to children. All children and young people who access our services, programs, events and facilities have the right to feel safe and be safe. This includes spaces owned or managed by Council. We take the wellbeing and safety of children and young people in our care seriously. We maintain a child safe organisation by embedding the protection of children into everyday thinking and practice. All Knox City Council employees, contractors and volunteers are responsible for ensuring children and young people are valued, heard and protected from abuse._
- Knox City Council acknowledges our offices are located on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation._

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**Advertised**: 21 Jan 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
**Applications close**: 02 Feb 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time