• Do you enjoy working with people with different skills and experiences and helping them thrive?
• Above award remuneration + milage assistance + access to salary packaging benefits
• Newly created full-time role offering hybrid working flexibility (WFH)

About the role

Do you enjoy working with people with different skills and experiences? Do you get satisfaction from supporting them to thrive and achieve their goals?

Our Kindergarten Inclusion Support (KIS) program is the largest provider in Victoria, helping create inclusive environments for children with disabilities, developmental delays, or complex medical needs. We believe in providing genuine opportunities for every child to access and actively participate in kindergarten programs.

In our newly created role of Engagement Officer, you will play a pivotal role in supervising and supporting our KIS Additional Assistants working in diverse kindergarten services across the local government areas of Boroondara, Knox, Manningham, Maroondah, Monash Whitehorse, and Yarra Ranges.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Conducting onsite visits to provide hands-on support.
• Offering guidance and assistance through email and phone communication.
• Facilitating "Chat n Chew" face-to-face sessions to foster collaboration and learning.
• Coordinating online professional development sessions to enhance skills and knowledge.

What’s on offer

You will be supported and mentored by the KIS Program Manager, who will help you succeed in this new role and support you in planning and implementing the supervision and support program for our KIS Additional Assistants.

We offer a hybrid and flexible work environment. We focus on outputs and deliverables and are set up to work remotely (laptop, phone) or from one of our Uniting offices.

In addition to receiving a salary and superannuation, you’ll receive 17.5% leave loading and the ability to increase your take-home pay by accessing up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits.

We also offer a 60% staff discount on childcare through Uniting and there is the option to increase your annual leave entitlements through our purchase leave program.

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About you

You will have experience and be a role model for best practice in Early Childhood Education and have a Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care or other relevant ACECQA recognised qualification.

You will also bring:

• A passion for working with others and seeing them thrive.
• Strong communication and supervisory skills.
• Ability to travel for onsite visits.
• Tech-savvy with proficiency in Teams and Microsoft Office.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills

How to apply

Click APPLY to submit your interest and we’ll be in touch shortly. We’ll be reviewing applications as they come through as we’re keen to engage with someone.

If you’d like to know more, please contact Prema Balasupramaniam (Northeast metropolitan region) on 0423 010 182 during business hours.

About Uniting

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. We have a 5,000 strong workforce of employees and volunteers who deliver a diverse range of services across Victoria and Tasmania.

Visit us: www.vt.uniting.org

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.

Uniting is also committed to equal opportunity and ensuring the workplace is reflective of the community. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability.