Service Leader

Mallee Track Health & Community Service; Ouyen; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mallee Track Health and Community Service in Ouyen, VIC seeks a Nominate Supervisor for the Early Years Service. You will oversee daily operations, ensure a safe, inclusive environment, and support children’s development, families, and staff wellbeing in line with policies.

The role requires strong leadership, effective communication, and the ability to navigate sensitive conversations, with a focus on quality improvement and staff development.

Qualifications

• Qualified to lead an early years service and supervise staff.
• Experience aligning programs with National Quality Standards.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Current driver’s license and clearWorking With Children Check.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong, positive leadership to educators.
• Supervise day-to-day operations of the education and care service.
• Lead emergency procedures in collaboration with EYM.
• Rearrange staffing to maintain correct ratios.
• Follow responsibilities of Nominated Supervisor role.
• Respond to complaints and grievances from staff and families.
• Record staff incidents and feedback in VHIMS.
• Oversee development and maintenance of the service QIP and educational programs.
• Mentor and support trainees.
• Ensure all staff complete online training when required.
• Other duties as directed.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Supervise and mentor staff

Independent and team work

Navigate difficult conversations

NQS & VEYLDF knowledge

Current driver’s license

WWCC and Police check

Education

Bachelor of Early Childhood Education

Job description

Mallee Track Health & Community Service – Ouyen VIC

Contract, Full time

10mo ago , from Mallee Track Health and Community Service

To be responsible for the Early Years’ Service as the Nominate Supervisor. The role is responsible for the day-to-day operations at the service. This includes ensuring a safe, nurturing, inclusive and high-quality environment that supports children’s development, families’ needs, and staff wellbeing, while meeting all regulatory and policy requirements.

Position summary

To be responsible for the Early Years’ Service as the Nominate Supervisor. The role is responsible for the day-to-day operations at the service. This includes ensuring a safe, nurturing, inclusive and high-quality environment that supports children’s development, families’ needs, and staff wellbeing, while meeting all regulatory and policy requirements.

Selection criteria

• Bachelor of Early Childhood Education preferred
• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to supervise and mentor staff effectively
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to navigate difficult conversations
• Knowledge of National Quality Standards and VEYLDF
• Current driver’s license
• Current WWCC and current Police check

Key responsibilities

• Provide strong, positive leadership to educators
• Effectively supervise and lead the day to day operations of the education and care service
• Lead and coordinate procedures in the case of an emergency in collaboration with EYM
• Rearrange staffing to maintain correct ratios (such as: if an educator needs to leave early due to illness)
• Follow all responsibilities of Nominated Supervisor role
• Respond to and/or correctly redirect complaints and grievances from staff and families
• Ability to report in VHIMS to record staff incidents and feedback
• Oversee the development, implementation and maintenance of the service QIP and educational programs
• Mentor and support trainees
• Ensure all staff have completed online training when required
• Other duties as directed.

Employment with MTHCS

Child Safe Organisation

Mallee Track Health and Community Service is committed to preventing child abuse, identifying risks early, and removing and reducing these risks.

Occupational Health & Safety and Environmental

All MTHCS employees will:

• Ensure that they take reasonable care to protect their own health and safety, and the health and safety of others.
• Use any equipment provided for health and safety purposes.
• Obey reasonable instructions given by MTHCS in relation to health and safety at work.
• Help MTHCS meet our duty of care, such as by undertaking hazard inspections.
• Comply with all MTHCS OHS policies and procedures.
• Ensure they do not interfere with or misuse anything provided in the interests of health and safety.

Section 21 of the Occupational Health & Safety Act 2004, requires an Employer to provide and maintain, so far as is reasonable and practicable, a safe workplace for all employees and ensure that no employee is placed at risk of injury while performingthe duties and responsibilities required by their position.

To comply with this obligation, MTHCS requires all candidates/employees to have the mental and physical capacity to safely perform the inherent requirements of the position they are applying for (or have been appointed to).

If a risk is identified and fitness to safely perform the duties of the position needs to be determined, MTHCS with the agreement of the candidate/employee, will arrange an independent medical assessment to determine capacity to safely perform the inherentrequirements of the position to minimise the risk of injury or aggravation of any pre-existing condition the candidate/employee may have.

Compulsory Training

As per the schedule.

Performance Appraisal

Conducted as per appraisal schedule.