About the role
In this role, you will supports the effective delivery of early childhood education and care services across the municipality by providing operational leadership, ensuring compliance requirements are met, and contributing to project implementation. The role plays a key part in maintaining high‑quality service delivery by supporting continuous improvements, following established procedures, and fostering clear, consistent communication with internal and external stakeholders.
You will also step into centre management functions to ensure operational continuity, apply strong knowledge of compliance frameworks to complete mandatory tasks accurately and on time, and contribute to time‑limited projects through organised planning, problem solving, and collaboration.
Work type: Permanent Full-Time
Classification: Band 6 $98,633 pa plus super
Key responsibilities include:
About you
This role is ideally suited to someone with a thorough understanding of Early Childhood frameworks and legislation and exposure to the leading of teams and working in a compliance environment. You will be a highly motivated person, who as the ability to work autonomously and is comfortable engaging with a diverse range of people.
Essential Experience:
Preferred candidates will be required to undergo a National Police Check and as part of the recruitment process (funded by the City).
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Child Safety Responsibilities
We are committed to being a child-safe organisation and have zero-tolerance for child abuse. We have specific policies, procedures, and mandatory training in place to support employees, volunteers, and contractors to achieve and adhere to these commitments. Please read our Child Safe Standards Management Policy
Diversity and Inclusion
At the City we want a workforce that reflects the community we live in. We welcome and embrace everyone, all people with their own unique experiences, and support and encourage all our employees to do their best work, have equal access to opportunities and a just working environment. For this reason, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from First Nations people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, from the LGBTQIA+ community, people with disability and people of all genders, ages and diverse experience.
We are the City
From parks to offices, early childhood centres to works depots, leisure facilities to the Wool Museum and waterfront, our team plays a vital role in shaping our vibrant and growing community. Our community counts on us to get the essentials right while looking for ways to go beyond. By listening, collaborating, and focusing on sustainability, we strive to do the basics brilliantly and create a lasting impact. If you’re ready to be part of something bigger, join us in shaping the future of Geelong.
We support accessibility and encourage discussions about any adjustments or support you may need during the recruitment process.
Applications and Enquiries
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Enquiries: Tanya Horan – Coordinator Integrated Children's Centre | THoran@geelongcity.vic.gov.au
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Derived from the local Wadawurrung Aboriginal name for the region, Djillong, which is understood to mean 'tongue of land'. Famous for our big city feel without the congestion, the stunning coast line, diverse night life and food culture, Geelong is a place for everyone. Located less than an hour from Melbourne, we are recognised as Victoria’s second city.
Geelong is a lifestyle city with a picturesque waterfront, parks, gardens, beaches, great dining and plenty of shopping all within 20 minutes of each other. Getting around is simple with easy to navigate road networks and intelligent bus networks making for a highly accessible city.
The region has a population of 225,000 residents who enjoy lifestyle options ranging from cosmopolitan inner-city, rural and semi-rural, to diverse suburban communities including many beachside townships. The Geelong region features some of the world's best surf beaches and is the entry point to the world famous Great Ocean Road.
We are one of the largest local government areas in Victoria. We provide around 130 services to the municipality oversee a budget of $400M, and employ over 2,700 staff. We are a growing city, with an economy of 16,000 businesses, $1.3b in current major construction, and a labour force of over 101,000 in the key employment areas of health, manufacturing and education.
We offer an exciting mix of jobs in areas as diverse as community development, arts, leisure, finance, child care, parks maintenance, aged care, IT, engineering and planning.
Our Vision
Greater Geelong: building our community through enterprise, opportunity and innovation in a quality environment
Our Mission
We will focus on developing and maintaining effective working relationships to deliver Council's strategic directions and high quality services that meet the changing needs of our community.
The City is an equal opportunity employer and values the contributions a diverse workforce can bring to the community.
