Schools and Early Years Coordinator

Posted:

26/09/2025

Closing Date:

26/10/2025

Salary:

$65, $65,025.00

Job Type:

Permanent - Part Time

Location:

Manly and or Work From Home

Job Category:

Administration and Office

This position is offered working Monday-Thursday with the potential to move to full time. Royal Far West has offices based in Manly, NSW but the position could be worked from home and full training and IT equipment will be provided.

Job Description

Reporting to the Schools & Early Years Operations Team Leader, this role is responsible for providing administrative and coordination support for Schools & Early Years Services and ensuring RFW provides high quality, client-centred and timely support to clients.

Working closely with the multi-disciplinary clinical teams, the Schools & Early Years Coordinator will play a key role in ensuring services are running well, sessions and staff are well-supported, and interactions with our clients are of the highest standard.

Desired Skills and Experience

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE ARE

• A minimum of 2 years' experience working in a coordination, customer service or administrative role.
• High quality customer service skills with the ability to build and maintain rapport with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• The ability to work flexibly and autonomously in a dynamic environment.
• A demonstrated ability to prioritise tasks and maintain a high level of attention to detail.
• The ability to self-manage and be resilient to multiple stakeholder demands.
• A proactive and action driven attitude with proven problem-solving skills.
• The ability to navigate and operate multiple complex computer systems and databases, as well as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Present as professional and confident in preparing for and presenting to external groups and individuals.
• A demonstrated ability to exercise judgment, confidentiality, initiative, and diplomacy.
• Understanding and focus on quality assurance and continuous improvement.

Desirable Criteria

• Tertiary qualifications in public health, health promotion or a related field.
• Experience coordinating staff to client needs (appointment booking, scheduling, resources etc.).
• Experience in the not-for-profit sector, health and/or education sectors.
• An understanding of the therapeutic work of allied health professionals
• An interest in child development and rural issues.

OUR CULTURE:

Royal Far West is a rewarding, inspiring, diverse and purpose driven workplace which aims to elevate and harness our people power to support the health and wellbeing of country children for generations to come.

Our core values of Care, Connection, Passion, and Impact are integral to the organisation. Respecting and upholding these values enables us to maintain a positive, innovative and highly collaborative workplace culture.

BENEFITS OFFERED

Royal Far West has been recognised as one of Australia and New Zealand's Best Places to Work in the prestigious annual list, published by The Australian Financial Review and Boss Magazine. Our extensive benefits offered, include:

• Structured induction program
• Meaningful work where you are making a positive difference. You will be supporting children's mental health, their wellbeing and helping them to build resilience.
• Career and professional development opportunities: There are great opportunities to learn best practice, we offer an Impactful Leadership Program to emerging leaders, interactive workshops offered to develop your work skills as well as online mandatory training.
• Attractive remuneration: base salary + 12% superannuation
• Salary Packaging – up to $15,900 of your general living expenses can be offered tax free + meals and entertainment up to $2,650 pa tax free. See details at
• Work/Life Balance – work from our beautiful location at Manly Beach or work from home. A laptop provided to work remotely and we offer a purchase leave scheme.
• Recognition & Reward – Length of service awards and recognition awards aligned to our values.
• Positive Culture – We are an inclusive organisation welcoming people from all walks of life
• Beautiful location at Manly beach: easy access by bus, ferry and parking options. We are based in an architecturally designed building, purposely built to deliver our services. We have showers and towels available for your use so going for a swim before or after work is possible.
• CARE Days - up to 5 days off to look after individuals' health and wellbeing, on top of Annual and Personal Leave, with the intention to provide employees with an opportunity to take regular breaks throughout the year.
• Benefits Program with discounts available on many high street purchases across Australia and access to novated car leasing.
• Pandemic Leave - 7 days paid leave, per calendar year to employees that have been impacted by either a disaster or pandemic which effects their ability to attend work.
• Gifted Leave - gifting leave of up to 3 working days over the Christmas and New year holiday period.
• Paid Parental Leave – 14 weeks full leave pay for the primary care giver and 4 weeks full leave for the non-primary care giver. Access to paid lactation breaks and lactation facilities.

HOW TO APPLY

If you like to take the first step in developing your career in a purpose led organisation, please submit your CV and cover letter, addressing the essential criteria,

For further information please contact Sophie Selles -Operations Manager Schools and Early Years at: A position description is available on the Royal Far West website

Candidates will be reviewed as they are submitted so, please don't delay in submitting your application.

Royal far West is privileged to work with First Nations communities and families. We are committed to the process of reconciliation and we value and respect the diversity of our employees.

Royal Far West does not discriminate based on race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable law.

Royal Far West encourages applications from minorities and all other qualified applicants.

Only those applicants who have the right to work and are currently residing in Australia can be considered.

As a child safe organisation, all employees at Royal Far West are required to provide a NSW Working with Children Check and working with children check in the State or Territory they live in if outside of NSW.