Early Childhood LOOKOUT Learning Advisor

4 days ago


East Loddon Shire, Australia Victorian Government Full time $104,000 - $136,000 per year
Overview

Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time

Salary: $113,022 - $136,747

Grade: VPS 5

Occupation: Education and training

Location: Loddon Mallee

Reference: VG/DE/SRS/1884168

We are excited to offer an 11-month fixed term position joining the LOOKOUT Team as an Early Childhood Learning Advisor, covering the Mallee and parts of Loddon Campaspe. This opportunity would suit someone who can work from either the Mildura or Swan Hill office and is able to travel to parts of Loddon Campaspe as required.

About the Department

The role of the Department of Education is to support Victorians to build prosperous, socially engaged, happy and healthy lives. It does this by supporting lifelong learning and healthy development, strengthening families and helping to equip people with the skills and knowledge for a 21st century economy and society.

About the Group

Schools and Regional Services (SRS) offers central, regional, and local expertise to enhance learning and development outcomes, supported by a diverse and geographically dispersed workforce. It comprises 17 areas within 4 regions, backed by 5 central office divisions, all collaborating to deliver improved outcomes for early childhood services, schools, communities, and learners, in line with Education State commitments. SRS regions serve as a bridge between the central office, schools, and service providers, ensuring smooth transitions for learners and achieving the department's ambitious targets. Each region includes divisions specialising in school performance, student wellbeing and early childhood support, working with area-based teams to tailor local interventions and practices. The 17 areas provide crucial insights into local trends and issues, facilitating effective policy and program development and driving child and learner outcomes across all services and programs.

The Student Wellbeing and Engagement Division is responsible for promoting and implementing regional and statewide consistency in areas relating to school services, student health, wellbeing, inclusion, and engagement supports. The LOOKOUT Centres address the educational disadvantage of children and young people in out-of-home care (OoHC) and raise the profile of the Out-of-Home Care Education Commitment. LOOKOUT improves outcomes for children and young people in OoHC through capability building of school staff and leadership teams to understand children's needs and strategies to engage them and their carers to best support their education, strengthening relationships between the service systems (DE, Department of Families, Fairness and Housing, community service organisations and Aboriginal community controlled organisations) and improving monitoring and reporting of children in care, ensuring that they can be tracked and identified within the system and prioritised for support.

About the Role

As a LOOKOUT Early Childhood Learning Advisor, you will work in alignment with the Early Childhood LOOKOUT Practice Guide to:

  • increase participation and engagement of children in Out-of-Home Care (OoHC) with high quality early years services so that all children can have their learning, social and emotional needs effectively met before entering school
  • increase capacity for system partners to support children in OoHC prior to school entry
  • increase support to ensure children subject to statutory Out-of-Home-Care Orders are accessing high quality kindergarten

Attributes

To be successful in this role you will be motivated and committed to improving educational outcomes for our most vulnerable children, requiring strong influencing, diagnosing, decision-making and leadership skills. Your capacity to establish and maintain productive and collaborative relationships will be critical, as will the ability to deliver outcomes and influence change in a complex environment.

This is an excellent opportunity for the successful applicant to join and contribute to a team of committed professionals and undertake work that is challenging in nature but rewarding in the outcomes it delivers for vulnerable children and young people. The ideal candidate for this role will have in-depth understanding of early childhood education and care (ECEC), and experience in the sector.

This position is covering the Mallee and part of the Loddon / Campas pe Areas. The successful applicant may negotiate to be based in any of the NWVR regional offices but will be expected to travel across the NWVR region with overnight stays required.

Qualifications and Experience

  • Essential: Bachelor's degree Early Childhood Education or other relevant discipline.
  • Demonstrated experience in the early childhood sector is highly desirable for this role.

The successful applicant will be required to provide a current Working With Children Check.

How to Apply

Please ensure that you address the requirements of the role and the capabilities, KSC, in your application.

Further Information

For more details regarding this position please see attached position description for the capabilities to address in application.

The department values diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information about our work, working for the Department, diversity and inclusion, and our employment conditions visit the Department website and our Diversity and Inclusion page

Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person.

Information about the Department of Education's operations and employment conditions can be located at

For further information pertaining to the role, please contact Betty Deris: Team Leader – Early Childhood, LOOKOUT Centre via or

Preferred applicants may be required to complete a police check and may be subject to other pre-employment checks. Information provided to the Department of Education will be treated in the strictest confidence.

Please let us know via phone or email if you require any adjustments to ensure your full participation in the recruitment process or if you need the ad or any attachments in an accessible format (e.g large print) due to any viewing difficulties or other accessibility requirements.

Applications close 11:59pm on 24 September 2025

Applications close Wednesday 24 September 2025 at 11.59pm

Posted

9 September 2025



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