Office for Early Childhood Development
Job reference: 622473
Location: 5000 - ADELAIDE
Job status: Long Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

Why work with us:
The Office for Early Childhood Development has been formed with a clear mandate. To create a fairer and better future for all children in South Australia by implementing the accepted recommendations of the Royal Commission into Early Childhood Education and Care.
As the steward of the early childhood development system, the Office will act on government's behalf, and work in collaboration with the sector, to organise and connect the system to reduce developmental vulnerability.
This includes strategy for the provision of quality preschool for all 3 and 4-year-olds, supporting for families in the first 1000 days of a child’s life and implementing a workforce strategy.


About the Roles:
The Change and Local Partnerships directorate comprises a state-wide network of teams dedicated to 8 regions across South Australia and are responsible for guiding the implementation of early childhood reforms across the state, including the roll-out of universal 3-year-old preschool.
The Regional Manager, Early Childhood Partnerships will lead the regional implementation of South Australia’s early childhood initiatives in an impactful, responsive and timely manner. In this role, you will have the opportunity to play a critical part in shaping Local Teams networks, ensuring they are established to meet the unique needs of South Australia’s diverse communities.
Reporting to the Assistant Director, Change and Local Partnerships, you will be at the forefront of change, partnering strategically with communities, service providers, and other stakeholders to build a coherent, consistent, and effective change roadmap for South Australia’s early childhood reforms.
In these roles, you will:

• Lead transformative initiatives that will have a lasting impact on early childhood education.
• Develop trusted partnerships with stakeholders and communities.
• Engage in meaningful work that improves outcomes for children and supports the broader early childhood sector in South Australia.

These roles require highly developed skills in problem-solving, partnership building, project management, and stakeholder engagement. If you are passionate about early childhood education and eager to contribute to a transformative agenda, join the OECD for a dynamic and impactful career opportunity.

About You:
You bring highly developed communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with a proven ability to negotiate and influence at all levels. As a people manager, you have led high-performing specialist teams, overseeing workforce planning, performance management, and professional development. Your strategic leadership is evident through your ability to apply creative thinking, research, and analytical skills to identify risks, seize opportunities, and accomplish strong results for South Australian reforms within the early childhood education sector.
To be successful in these roles, you'll bring essential:

• Extensive experience in leading, delivering in applying strategic and creative thinking, high level research and analytical problem-solving skills to identify risks and opportunities and formulate solutions and outcomes.
• Highly developed verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills including exceptional diplomacy and tact, and demonstrated experience in fostering good working relationships with people at all levels.
• Demonstrated expertise in identifying improvement and innovation opportunities with the ability to develop effective solutions to solve complex problems, improve processes to drive successful implementation and achieve desired outcomes.
• Current, unrestricted South Australian driver’s license and be willing to travel within your dedicated region on a regular weekly basis.
• Comprehensive understanding of the early childhood education sector.

Role benefits:

• Training: An immersive and comprehensive 4-week team training and induction program to set you up for success!
• Car: A pool car for your convenience – reduce expenses and wear and tear on your own car!
• Remote work: Work flexibly with a high degree of autonomy.
• Team: Lead a robust regional team of Early Childhood Partners possessing mutual sector and industry knowledge, and who are similarly driven by the OECD and public sector values.
• Allowances: Meal and travel allowances (as applicable).
• Laptop: Including tech that will promote remote working collaboration and success.
• Purpose: Fulfilment driving key reforms as a leader within the sector and services directly and frequently.
• Sector impact: Use your early childhood education and care, and leadership expertise to benefit South Australia in a dynamic and impactful career opportunity!

Application Instructions and Information:
The Office for Early Childhood Development are pleased to share there are 8 Regional Manager, Early Childhood Partnerships vacancies, each dedicated to a South Australian region. They are available for commencement between 1 October and 11 November 2024 in grouped stages to complete onboarding and Inductions. Shortlisted applicants will be provided further details.
Applications should be made through the IWork For SA website.

• Applicants are required to submit a CV, Pre-employment Declaration, and a cover letter outlining their suitability against the key selection criteria in the attached position description.
• Applicants may be subject to psychometric testing, a competency assessment, and online interview throughout the recruitment process.
• Applicant suitability will be determined with consideration to their ability to travel within a dedicated region. This will be discussed with applicants and allocated throughout the recruitment process based on various factors at the discretion of the Office. Every effort will be made to consider and accommodate region preferences where reasonably practical, but cannot be guaranteed.

Additional Note:
This is a full-time 2-year long term contract role (1.0 FTE) with potential to be made ongoing.


Remuneration:
MAS3 $127,859 per annum (1.0 FTE), plus superannuation.
Enquiries:
Enquiries can be directed to OECD.HR@sa.gov.au
Special Conditions:
The successful applicant is required to gain a Department for Human Services (DHS) working with children check (WWCC) prior to being employed which is required to be renewed every five years before expiry. The incumbent will be required to undertake RRHAN –EC (Responding to Risks of Harm, Abuse and Neglect - Education Care) Facilitator Lead (Masterclass) extended course or the online (Fundamentals) course which will be required to be updated every three years.
For all other Special Conditions please refer to the attached Position Description.

Applications close: 29/09/2024 11:30 PM