Join our Early Learning Team.

• Take your first step into leadership, with induction and ongoing support.
• Lead a local OSHC program and build strong school and family connections.
• Permanent part-time | $40/hr + super + salary packaging benefits.

Your new role

You don’t need to have held a leadership title to be ready for your next step. Perhaps you’re the educator colleagues turn to for guidance, you enjoy organising activities, or you’re ready to take more responsibility. Our OSHC Service Leader position at St John’s Primary School in Euroa could be your opportunity to build on that experience, with induction and ongoing support from our wider team.

You’ll lead our before and after school care and vacation care programs, creating a safe, welcoming place where school-aged children can build friendships, explore their interests and have fun. Working alongside your educators, you’ll shape engaging activities and build positive relationships with children, families and the school.

Your role combines time with children and dedicated administration time to coordinate daily operations, support your team and guide quality improvement. You’ll bring practical experience, sound judgement and a willingness to learn, we’ll support you to develop your confidence as a leader.

Hours and working arrangements

This is a permanent part-time position, combining time working directly with children and administration hours.

Our program operates:

• Before school care: Monday–Friday, 6:30–8:30am.
• After school care: Monday–Friday, 3:15–6pm.
• Vacation care: Monday–Friday during term holidays, 7am–6pm.

Contracted hours and Service Leader shift times: Split shifts, Mon – Fri, 7am – 9am and 2.00 – 6.00pm plus administration time.

Benefits of working at Uniting

At Uniting, you’ll enjoy:

• $40 per hour plus super, with paid leave entitlements and 17.5% annual leave loading.
• The opportunity to explore shared leadership across morning and afternoon sessions.
• Dedicated administration time that can be worked from home.
• Induction, ongoing team support and opportunities to develop your leadership skills.
• Up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits for living expenses such as groceries, bills, clothing and streaming services.
• A meal entertainment benefit of up to $2,650 annually.
• A 30% discount on Office 365 subscriptions and a 25% discount at our Uniting Op Shops.
• Access to additional annual leave through our purchase leave program.

Your skills and experience

You put children’s safety and wellbeing first, build positive relationships and are ready to take greater responsibility for a team and program.

You’ll bring:

• A Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care, or an approved equivalent qualification suitable for this OSHC leadership role.
• Experience working with school-aged children and contributing to safe, inclusive and engaging programs.
• The ability to guide and encourage colleagues, this may come from mentoring others, coordinating activities or taking responsibility during a shift.
• Strong organisation and communication skills, with a willingness to develop your knowledge of service operations, compliance and quality improvement.
• Current first aid, CPR, anaphylaxis and asthma training, and an Employee Working with Children Check, or the ability to obtain these before commencement.

Previous appointment as a Service Leader is not essential. We welcome experienced educators ready for their first formal leadership role.

Not sure whether your qualification meets the requirements? Contact us before applying, we can help check your qualification and talk through your experience.

Current National Child Safety Training and applicable Victorian Child Safety Training must be completed before commencement.

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How to apply

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To discuss the role, your qualifications or the support available, contact Kirra Thorne on 0466 473 810 during business hours.

About Uniting

We create real change in people’s lives by working in partnership with people, communities, governments and other agencies to reduce the impact of poverty, trauma and disadvantage.

We provide compassionate care for people facing tough times and personal challenges. We support children and young people to break the cycle of disadvantage. We help families keep safe, together and thriving.

For over 100 years we’ve been fighting inequality, opposing discrimination, and responding to the needs in our communities across Victoria and Tasmania.

Visit us: www.vt.uniting.org

We are an inclusive, values-led organisation and proudly welcome people of all identities, backgrounds and experiences. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ people, and people with lived and living experience relevant to our work.

We are committed to inclusive hiring practices. You are welcome to share your pronouns and let us know if you require any adjustments during the recruitment process. We are here to support you.

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed to the safety, wellbeing and empowerment of all children and young people. We embed child safety in everything we do. Employment with Uniting is subject to relevant pre-employment checks, including a National Police Check and Working with Children Check.