About Inner West Council

Inner West Council (IWC) is among Sydney’s larger local metropolitan local government councils looking after a community of 201,000 people living in some of the inner city’s most vibrant, creative, liveable, and diverse suburbs. As we continue to deliver quality, innovative, and inclusive programs and services, we invite you to join in on our journey towards becoming the best council for our community.

The community is at the heart of IWC, and our values of Integrity, Respect, Innovation, Compassion and Collaboration are at the centre of everything that we do.

We offer flexible career life balance with hours that allow you to relax and recharge. We offer a variety of flexible work arrangement options (e.g. flexible hours and working from home) where appropriate giving you even greater quality of work life balance.

Permanent employees benefit from our great value gym membership from $18.65/week giving access to a vast network of gyms in Sydney.

About the role

The Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) Centre Director position is responsible for the provision of a high quality outside school hours care (OSHC) service for up to 140 primary school children between 5-12 years. You will ensure the service complies with all relevant requirements of the National Law and Regulations for Early Childhood Education and Care Services.

You will be responsible for leading, supporting and mentoring the team to ensure that a high quality educational program is developed, implemented and documented to meet the ‘My Time Our Place’ school age care framework.

Please read the Position Description to familiarise yourself with all the requirements and conditions of the role. 

Remuneration

$78,930.65 - $95,141.28 + 12% Superannuation (The annual salary is based on 30 hours per week)

In addition to the above-stated salary, Council’s ECEC (Early Childhood Education and Care) employees also enjoy a generous boost in their pay courtesy of the Australian government’s ECEC Worker Retention Payments Grants available up to the end of November 2026.

Some of the required skills, experience and qualifications 

1. Tertiary qualifications in Primary Education or OSHC at Associate Diploma level.
2. Demonstrated and considerable experience working in an outside school hours care centre working with children aged 5-12 years and developing and implementing Quality Improvement Plans and leading services through the Assessment and Rating process.
3. Demonstrated knowledge of the current legislation governing OSHC services, including National Law and Regulations and NSW child protection legislative requirements along with professional and ethical approach to all aspects of work, ensuring ethical and appropriate conduct of self and staff.
4. Proven high level verbal and written communication skills and demonstrated effective interpersonal and conflict resolution skills with proven leadership and people management skills including experience in staff supervision, mentoring, rostering and performance management.
5. Working knowledge of funding available to OSHC and demonstrated administrative skills including computer skills 
6. Proven ability to apply knowledge and evidence of the following:
   • NSW Working with Children Check Clearance 
   • Identify and Respond to Children at Risk of Harm Statement of Attainment
   • Child Protection and Mandatory Reporters requirements and guidelines
   • National Childsafe Foundation Training
   • Current first aid certificate; and completion of approved course/s in anaphylaxis and asthma Management
   • Approved and up to date police check.
   • Current PRODA account

Enquiries

Beth O'Connor, Operation Manager on 9392 5396

Closing Date

Sunday 5 July 2026, 11:30PM

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How to Apply

We recommend you read the Position Description for the role to make sure your application addresses the requirements of the position. Council is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all applicants. Please advise us within the application if you need support, reasonable adjustments to participate successfully in the recruitment process.

Eligibility for employment/Pre employment Checks

Successful applicants must be eligible to work in Australia and agree to provide information for pre-employment checks as required for the position. This may include police records checks, certified copies of relevant qualifications, Driver’s Licence and proof of work rights in Australia (please refer to the Position Description for the specific qualifications/requirements for the role).  Copies of any sighted documents will be kept by IWC for its records as proof of verification.

For more information about work rights in Australia please visit the Department of Home Affairs website.

Inner West Council is proud to be an inclusive and equitable employer

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences and are committed to reflecting the diversity of our community. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, LGBTQ+ people, veterans, young people, and mature age workers.

This commitment to diversity and inclusion is one of the many reasons we were named the 2023 AR Bluett Award Winner as the most progressive council in NSW. We’re also proud recipients of the 2023 Australian Business Awards Employer of Choice and the 2025 NSW Local Government Excellence Award for Organisational Diversity and Inclusion. 

Reasonable Adjustment Assistance

IWC are intent on respecting the rights and improving opportunities for people with disability. Should you require adjustments or support for your application and throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please Click here for more information on reasonable adjustments