The Role

Small, unique, extended hours Child Care Subsidy Preschool Service located in Pyrmont. KU Maybanke Preschool provides education and care for toddler and preschool aged children Monday to Friday between 8am - 4pm all year round.

We are looking for an experienced director with a passion for incorporating nature play into the curriculum. At KU Maybanke we actively support children's learning with a focus on conservation, sustainability and respecting nature.

KU Maybanke is housed in a beautiful heritage listed building, which is named after Maybanke Anderson, the founder of KU.

This permanent role will see you working 8 hours per day, Monday to Friday whilst accruing a monthly RDO.

This is a teaching directors’ role with one full day dedicated to administration work as well as dedicated programming time each day.

In addition to sector leading pay rates, staff at KU enjoy a wide range of additional benefits, including:

• Generous paid parental leave,
• Fantastic free professional learning and development opportunities,
• Additional personal leave days,
• Discounted private health insurance,
• Access to salary packaging for cars, IT equipment, mobile phones, mortgage repayments etc,
• Employee benefits progress with access to discounts/cashback from over 400 retailers
• Generous annual pay increases,
• Study assistance.

These are available in line with respective policies and Enterprise Agreements and can be further discussed at interview stage.

Essential Criteria:

• Work rights to enable you to work in Australia
• A current NSW Working with Children Check
• Previous Directing Experience, minimum 2 years
• A recognised Early Childhood Teaching degree level of qualification in Early Childhood or similar as approved by Australian Children’s Education and Quality Authority (ACECQA)
• Teacher Accreditation through NESA
• Completed training in Child Protection legislation and its implications for the care and protection of children
• A current First Aid certificate as approved by ACECQA along with current separate approved Asthma and Anaphylaxis Management certificates
• Sound understanding of the Education and Care Services National Law (2010) and the Education and Care Services National Regulations (2011)
• Working knowledge of the Early Years Learning Frameworks (EYLF)
• Professional level of written and verbal communication skills
• Solid computer literacy skills as you would be required to work with financial systems

How do you apply?

If you would like to be considered for this position, please submit your updated Cover Letter and CV via the 'Apply Now' button.

For inquiries, please contact Sarah, HR Generalist on 02 9268 3959 or via [email protected] using the subject line: Service Director enquiry via EthicalJobs (please note: applications are not accepted via this email).

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KU Children’s Services is committed to being a child safe organisation. We put children’s safety and wellbeing at the centre of our practices. Child safety is a shared responsibility across the organisation. All KU staff contribute to maintaining our child safe culture and ensuring the safety and wellbeing of the children in our services and programs. KU has a zero tolerance of harm or abuse of children.

Unlocking Endless Possibilities

KU has been awarded Employer of Choice each year since 2016 and is committed to continuing the development of a workplace culture of inclusion and diversity. We actively promote the employment of people from across the spectrum of society.

As an inclusive employer KU welcomes all applicants with the skills and/or experience relevant to the position to apply. We value individual differences such as age, colour, religion, gender, sexual identification or orientation, or ethnic origin – including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, members of culturally and linguistically diverse communities and people with disabilities.

We invite you to communicate to us your individual needs in relation to the application process. This allows KU to adapt its recruitment processes to address your specific physical or cultural requirements.

The KU Difference:

• We Reward - We offer sector leading pay and benefits including salary packaging and discounted private health insurance.
• We Build Careers - We enable and encourage our people to grow and evolve with us
• We Grow Our People - We provide opportunities to learn, grow and enhance your professional practice through KU’s high quality professional learning program
• We Offer an Inclusive Culture - We’ve created a diverse and inclusive working culture with a shared vision and common values.

COVID19 Vaccination

At KU, the safety and wellbeing of our employees, the children in our care and their families remains our highest priority. This is at the forefront of all that we do, and we welcome applications from candidates who share this spirit. It is a condition of employment that KU staff members are required to hold full COVID-19 vaccination.