About Inner West Council

Inner West Council is among Sydney’s larger local government agencies looking after a vibrant 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 would love it if you can join in our journey towards becoming the best council for our community.

We are committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity, WHS, sustainability, continuous improvement and business excellence. The community is at the heart of the organisation and Council puts its values of Integrity, Respect, Innovation, Compassion and Collaboration at the centre of everything that we do.  We are here to be of service to the community and make Inner West a great place to be. We expect commitment to these values from all employees in performing their respective roles.

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 $15.50/week giving access to a vast network of gyms in Sydney.

About Children’s Services

Inner West Council operates 11 Long Day Care Centres, 2 Out of School Hours Care, an Occasional Care service, a Pre-School and a Family Day Care network. 

Our educators take pride in their Early and Middle Childhood Education profession. We adhere to the guidelines, practices and regulations surrounding the National Quality Standards (NQS) and regularly review Quality Improvement Plans and are implementing the Self Assessment Tool.  We strive for excellence and all our centres are meeting or exceeding the NQF standards as rated by ACECQA.

Our staff appreciate that we are a culturally diverse, united and supportive team. Our teams value a positive, inclusive, motivated and collaborative workplace culture.

About the role

Inner West Council is looking for an active team member to provide high quality care in the Outside School Hours Care Centre, within Council’s Children and Family Services.  This includes developing strong and respectful relationships with children, supporting and partnering with families, implementing council procedure at all times and Contributing to the planning, implementation and documentation of a reflective middle childhood program that is based on and shows an active engagement with, the School Aged Care Framework (My Time Our Place) and outcomes.

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

We are offering a Temporary Part-time Role and a Permanent Part-time role for 16 hours each.

Remuneration

$23,653.32 - $26,491.53 + Superannuation (pro rata to 16 hours per week)

Some of the required skills, experience and qualifications 

1. Current First Aid Certificate.
2. Meet the requirements of the Working with Children Check / hold a current WWC Clearance or number.
3. Over 18 years of age.
4.  Experience working in a similar role with school aged children attending school.
5. Proven teamwork skills and ability to work respectfully as an effective member of diverse teams.
6. Proven ability to interact respectfully and appropriately with children and families

Enquiries

Rochelle Payne, Acting Operations Manager on 9335 2144.

Closing Date

Sunday, 23rd April 2023, 11:30PM

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.

All new workers must be and remain fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to beginning their work or hold a valid medical contraindication.

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 a Diversity employer. We encourage applications from all candidates.

Council is committed to reconciliation and strongly encourages Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and mature aged workers to apply.