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Centre Director

Job No: CEN3885
Location: Central Coast NSW

Are you a friendly and experienced educator with a passion for learning and development? Do you love helping the community? We are currently seeking a new Centre Director and if you have these skills this might be your chance to rewrite the future with us.

  • Provide leadership to our experienced and passionate Education and Care team
  • Showcase your experience in this teaching director role at a 59 place centre
  • Permanent full time - 35 hours per week 
  • Work a 9-day fortnight!
  • Earn up to $1,975 per week 

About the role

This opportunity will suit a positive and enthusiastic leader who will take pride in guiding and supporting our team to deliver high quality and contemporary education and care. The Centre Director will build positive connections with staff, children and families in the service, as well as with the surrounding community. 

The role of Centre Director is to oversee the day-to-day work and functioning of the team undertaking operational work or service provision, and to collaborate with others to complete the programs and projects of the section. This will be achieved through ensuring the facility operates in an ethical and professional manner committed to community inclusion and continual improvement.

This position is required to provide quality customer service and create value for the community.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

  • Bachelor Degree in Early Childhood Education combined with ongoing professional development
  • Current Identify and Respond to Children and Young People at Risk Accreditation
  • Current Provide First Aid qualification (HLTAID 011)
  • Current Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certificate (HLTAID 009)
  • Current Certificate in Anaphylaxis and Asthma Management
  • Provisional or Proficient Teacher Accreditation
  • Current Working with Children Check
  • Provide evidence of Boostrix (Whooping Cough, Tetanus, Diptheria); MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) and Hepatitis A & B or the commencement of these vaccinations prior to commencement
  • Current Class C Driver’s Licence.

Our position description provides more information for you to learn more about this role.

Other important information

  • The salary range for this position ranges between $85.8k - $103k plus 11.5% superannuation
  • This is a Permanent full-time role.
  • This role will be able to access a 9 day fortnight.
  • This role is located at the Kanwal Little Coast Kids. 
  • Successful candidates will be required to have vaccinations against Hepatitis A and B, MMR and Tetanus.

Council may create an eligibility list from this recruitment process and may utilise this eligibility list to fill other permanent or temporary vacancies.

What does Central Coast Council offer?

  • 20 days paid Annual Leave
  • 15 days Sick Leave/Carers Leave
  • 2 days Health and Wellbeing Leave annually
  • 18 weeks Council paid Parental Leave after 12 months service
  • Access to Long Service Leave after 5 years of continuous service
  • Opportunity for skills development through Council’s Study Assistance Program
  • Time provided for you to do annual skin cancer screening, breast screening, flu shots, or to donate blood
  • Reward and recognition through Council CHEERS staff reward program
  • Opportunity to join Fitness Passport for access to a range of gyms

Central Coast Council is committed to the goals of equal opportunity employment. We aim to provide a work environment for our employees that fosters equity, diversity and respect.

Council is committed to providing safe environments that protect the physical, emotional, cultural and social wellbeing of children on the Central Coast.

What to know more?

The contact person for this role is Kylie Payne, Section Manager Education and Care. You can contact her on 0408 229 857. 

This position will close for applications at midnight on Sunday 10th November 2024. 

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Location

Central Coast Council is ideally located on the northern fringe of Sydney and just an hour's drive from Newcastle, the Central Coast offers one of the best places in Australia to live and work. The Central Coast is one of the fastest growing regions in NSW, the third largest Local Government Area (LGA) in NSW and the 6th Largest LGA in Australia. 

We have a number of work locations across the region, offering different work locations for team members.

How to apply

We have put together some additional resources to help you apply for a role at Central Coast Council.
 
By completing and submitting this online application you confirm that any information that you provide in this application is true and correct and acknowledge that any offer of employment may be withdrawn should the information that you have provided in support of your application be shown to be false. 
 
You also consent to employment screening checks being conducted where appropriate.  This may include associated checks including reference checks, Working with Children Check, Entitlement to Work in Australia, employment history and an Australian Federal Police Check, as well as substantiation of educational qualifications, industry memberships, previous Central Coast Council employment history and association with professional bodies.
 
You also acknowledge that you will be required to provide proof of eligibility (including photo identification) to work in Australia if selected for an interview.

To lodge your application, please follow these steps:

  1. Answer the on-line questions shown below.
  2. Attach your resume 
  3. Attach your qualifications and licences.

Once your application is successfully lodged you will receive an automated response sent to your e-mail address. If a response is not received this means that your application has not been successfully submitted and you will need to lodge another application.

If you require assistance to lodge your application please contact our Talent Acquisition team by emailing recruit@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au to discuss what reasonable adjustments you may need. If you are deaf, hearing or speech impaired, you can contact us through the National Relay Service TTY call 133 677 or Speak & Listen 1300 555 727.

Applicants who are selected for interview will be contacted by phone or e-mail. For further instructions please click here

You will have the ability to save your application as you go using the 'Save Application' button. You can start an application and return to it later via the automatic follow-up email once you have the time and required information at hand to finalise your application.  

If you don't have access to a computer or electronic device, you can lodge your application at any of Council's Library locations. Pre-book a free 1-hour computer timeslot by contacting your nearest library https://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/libraries/our-branches or ask at the enquiry counter.

We will not accept unsolicited resumes or applications being presented by recruitment agencies. 

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