Director Medowie Early Learning

• $36-54/hr (depending on experience and qualifications) + RDO + Director’s Allowance + Super + Salary Packaging. 
• Great opportunity for a strong, collaborative leader with a focus on well-being!
• Advocate for children’s rights and safety!

About the Opportunity
Uniting Early Learning Medowie has supported families for over 20 years with education and childcare, including a preschool program. We are open long hours for children from birth to five years with 54 approved places. We value every child as an individual with a unique personality, interests and needs, so we can best help them to unlock and achieve their potential while enjoying their time in our care.

What you’ll be doing in this role

This is a great opportunity for a caring, nurturing and experienced Early Childhood Teacher to become our Nominated Supervisor. In this role you will need the ability to inspire, motivate, lead and maintain a positive learning culture for our dedicated and longstanding team of families and educators. 

Your work may include:

• Developing positive relationships that support children, their families and community.
• Provide consistent and visible leadership in WH&S behaviours and actions within the team.
• Contribute to the development and evaluation and improvements to the service
• Commitment to providing and maintaining a safe and supportive work environment that is inclusive of all staff !

Who we’re looking for

• ACECQA assessed ECT Bachelor degree qualification
• Excellent knowledge of the NQS, EYLF and teaching pedagogy
• Previous experience in a leadership role as Centre Director 
• Excellent leadership and mentoring skills
• Demonstrates an understanding of governance principles and able to model best practice
• Able to establish, foster and nurture collaborative partnerships with families and our local communities

About Uniting Early Learning
When you’re part of Uniting NSW.ACT, you’re part of a diverse, purpose-led team of people who are really making a difference to the world around them.

We contribute to the work and mission of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT through social justice advocacy, community services and spiritual care. We provide care and support for people through all ages and stages of life, with a focus on people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. Our purpose is to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.

Uniting leaders and employees work together to create a culture that is safe, inclusive and person-centred. We bring this to life every day through our values: compassionate, respectful, imaginative and bold.

Uniting acknowledges the continuing sovereignty and rich cultural diversity of Australia’s First Peoples. We pay our respects to all Elders – past, present, and emerging – and to all First Peoples on whose lands we live and work. 

Uniting is a Child Safe Organisation committed to promoting the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of children and young people.

• A National Police Check
• Valid working with Children’s Check
• First Aid Certificate
• Working Rights Check

How to apply
If you see yourself in this role, we’d love to hear from you. Just click on the ‘Apply now’ button, fill out your details and submit. Once you apply, we’ll keep you up to date on how your application is progressing. We encourage applications from people who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.