Educational Leader - Richmond Early Years Precinct

Permanent Full Time 

Band 6 - starting from $94,850.87 + super + RDO

• Full time off-the-floor Educational Leader role
• Ongoing professional mentoring and support to develop your career
• Attractive remuneration and employment conditions

Are you an experienced Educational Leader looking for an opportunity to enhance your career?

Do you have a coaching mindset and a proven track record of inspirational leadership?

Are you looking for your next role within a supportive leadership team that promotes critical reflection?

Yarra City Council has a new and exciting opportunity waiting for an experienced Educational Leader within our Richmond Early Years Precinct. This rare and highly sought after role is a full-time position within our service leadership team. This role is best suited to a VIT registered early childhood teacher with previous experience in educational leadership. If successful, you will have the opportunity to guide and nurture our team of diverse and passionate early childhood educators. Through strategies of role modelling, coaching, and mentoring, you will collaboratively elevate their practice, documentation, inquiry, and critical reflection, all to positively impact the children's learning journey.

What is the Richmond Early Years Precinct?

The Richmond Early Years Precinct is a dual-site early childhood education and care service owned and managed by Yarra City Council. Comprising of Yarraberg Children's Centre and Richmond Kindergarten, the Richmond Early Years Precinct provides high quality Long Day Care and Sessional Kindergarten programs to children living in and around the municipality. The total licenced capacity of the Richmond Early Years Precinct caters for up to 120 children per day. Within the Richmond Early Years Precinct, we value responsive practices that meet the individual needs of each child and their family. 

How will the Educational Leader be supported to do their job well?

Our Early Years Precinct model has enabled Yarra's Children's Services to focus on a strength-based approach to leadership. Each of our leadership roles are supported to focus on their area of expertise, complementing the skills and competencies of their counterparts to create a rich tapestry of knowledge leaders and skill builders.

The Educational Leader role sits within a well-appointed and established Early Years Precinct leadership team, including: 

• Precinct Coordinator
• Precinct Team Leader
• Precinct Educational Leader
• Precinct Admin Support

This strong and effective leadership model means that our Educational Leaders can focus on what they do best - coaching educators towards high quality practice that is guided by contemporary early childhood theory.

The Precinct Educational Leader also has the opportunity to work as part of the broader Yarra Family, Youth and Children's Services team, with immense opportunity to build your professional network.

What is it like working for Yarra City Council?

Yarra City Council is a Local Government Authority covering suburbs in the inner East and North of Melbourne. Yarra City Council is an exciting organisation. We pride ourselves on inclusive culture and development of staff. We aim to make a positive difference in people’s lives and continually improve service to the community. We aim to achieve the greatest outcomes for the community through delivering our Council Plan and working with, and for, all in Yarra.

Our values guide our conduct and working relationships with colleagues and the community.

• Accountability: We own what we do and expect others to as well.
• Respect: We include all. Diversity is our strength.
• Courage: We are intentional in our actions. We seek the brave path.

Yarra City Council is committed to offering the best conditions to our educators including:

• Exceptional remuneration and rates of pay
• Second-to-none employment conditions, including additional leave entitlements for study and cultural celebrations
• Leadership development and investment in succession planning
• Thorough induction and on-boarding processes
• Guaranteed weekly off-the-floor planning time for all educators
• Access to ongoing professional development, including internal and external training
• 2 child free days for whole unit professional development annually
• 3 child free days for commencement and close down preparations annually
• Excellent resource budgets for nutritious menus, room resources and centre resources
• Above sector standard management support at every level of the unit

What qualifications and experience will you need for this role?

• Bachelor of Early Childhood Teaching (or equivalent ACEQCA recognised qualification)
• Current VIT registration
• Up to date first aid, anaphylaxis and asthma training
• At least 3 years' experience in an educational leadership role
• Experience in coaching and mentoring educators 
• Strong understanding of various educational theories, approved curriculum frameworks and best professional practice
• Understanding and experience working with children and families with complex needs including, trauma experiences and diagnosed behavioural and/or physical needs in a way that empowers them
• Ability to foster an environment of innovation amongst the team

If you believe that you have the right skills, experience and passion for this role please apply via the Yarra City Council Careers Portal. To apply for this role, you will need to upload your current CV, Cover Letter and Key Selection Criteria.

For further information see the position description or contact Rachel Davies, Early Years Operations Lead at Rachel.Davies@yarracity.vic.gov.au or via phone at 9205 5476.

 100722 - Educational Leader Richmond EYP - Position Description - April 2025.pdf

Applications close on Friday 23rd of May 2025 at 11:55pm

*This position is subject to satisfactory Police Check as well as Working with Children Check prior to commencement. Pre-employment checks are not used by Yarra City Council to prevent any applicant from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits.

Yarra City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and supports flexible and accessible working arrangements for all. This includes people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally, religiously and linguistically diverse people, young people, older people, women, and people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex or queer. We draw pride and strength from our diversity, remain open to new approaches and actively foster an inclusive workplace that celebrates the contribution made by all our people.