Kindergarten Support Officer
Organisation
Community Kinders Plus
For Provider
Community Kinders Plus Inc.
Closing date
08.03.2023
Primary role
Other
Position type
Full-time
Location
Frankston
State
VIC
About the Centre/Service
Community Kinders Plus (CKP) is a Place Based, Not for Profit Early Years Manager which began operation in 2012.
CKP currently manages 24 kindergartens across Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula and the City of Kingston.
Our core values are providing excellence in education and care, research and innovation, leadership in exemplary practice in the early years and health and wellbeing.
CKP advocates to lead the way in the early childhood sector, be forever curious; professional and honest in everything we do; work together to achieve success; be positive and take pride in what we do, and appreciate the value everyone brings.
Work Days of the Role
Mon - Fri
Hours of Work of the Role
9.00 - 5.00
Description
About Us
Community Kinders Plus (CKP) is a Place Based, Not for Profit Early Years Manager which began operation in 2012.
CKP currently manages 24 kindergartens across Frankston, the Mornington Peninsula and the City of Kingston.
Our core values are providing excellence in education and care, research and innovation, leadership in exemplary practice in the early years and health and wellbeing.
CKP advocates to lead the way in the early childhood sector, be forever curious; professional and honest in everything we do; work together to achieve success; be positive and take pride in what we do, and appreciate the value everyone brings.
About the role
We are seeking an experienced administration officer to join our team as the Kindergarten Support Officer. This is an ongoing role of 25 hours per week, with some flexibility regarding times over 5 days per week.
Ideally suited to someone with 4 to 5 years’ experience in administration. You must be self-motivated and detail-oriented, with strong technical and organisational skills and the ability to be part of a collaborative, dynamic team environment.
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Support the provision of relief staff, in conjunction with McArthur Management Services.
- Providing support to the Enrolment Officer, in the enrolling of children in CKP services, use and advice of enrolment programs and Kindergarten Information Management.
- Maintenance requests from the kindergarten services – this will include the lodging of the request with the appropriate local council and liaison with the council to ensure requests are completed in a timely manner.
- Liaison with the relevant cleaning company of the kindergarten services and to oversee this process.
- Auditing and overseeing the provision and collection of the kindergarten keys.
- Assisting in the necessary tasks to ensure the timely and accurate transfer and set up of new kindergarten services.
- Assist in ensuring the kindergarten services are compliant in regard to the Education and Care National Law 2010 and Education and Care Services National Regulations 2011
- Consistently provide a high standard of customer service to families.
- Organising the annual first aid training for the kindergarten staff.
- Other duties as directed by the Operations Manager and/or CEO.
- Advanced competency in Microsoft Office, in particular, Microsoft Excel
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Exceptional attention to detail and data inputting with high levels of accuracy.
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Confidentiality, sensitivity, and integrity across all aspects of the role.
- Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and be comfortable working in a changing and fast paced working environment.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently with initiative & flexibility, as well as cooperatively as part of a team and manage own workload.
- Knowledge of the early childhood sector.
Qualifications
Please note this is an administration position.
Requirements
WWCC
Industrial Agreement/Award
Clerks – Private Sector Award 2010
Contact Name
Andre Jack
Email
Application Procedure
Please send a cover letter and resume to recruitment @ckp.org.au
