Outside of School Hours Care Service Leader – Molesworth

• Brand New Service opening 2024
• Leading community services organisation
• Salary packaging, and competitive sector remuneration
• Dedicated non contact time, in excess of 6 hours
• Supported by your OSHC Manager and Educational Leader
• 60% discount on childcare fees for Uniting employees

Do you want to work for a company that is compassionate, bold, imaginative and respectful, where we work as a team to deliver the best experiences and outcomes for children, families and educators?

Are you a leader? Do you love working in OSHC and leading a team? Come join our OSHC team of professionals working together to develop quality play based learning programs.

The Opportunity

Our Outside School Hours Care Service Leaders are a Management Role, within the Tasmania Leadership Team and responsible for driving their service’s growth of quality, sustainability, and service delivery. Our Service Leaders are to ensure the practices established, facilitate a program consistent with the National Quality Standards and reflects the National Quality Framework, taking our OSHC programs to the next level.

At Uniting, we understand the importance of our OSHC Service Leaders and have dedicated non contact time, to complete your management tasks.

You will have access to our dedicated OSHC Director and Educational Leader who will support you to flourish in your role.

This role will also act as the Nominated Supervisor for the OSHC, and will be responsible for supporting our Educators in planning and implementing the services educational program to drive each services of planning to produce quality play-based educational and leisure programs.  

About you

• Demonstrated organisational skills to juggle competing priorities and manage timelines.
• Experience in people management, supervision, performance management and administration.
• Strong interpersonal skills with sound ability to write professional work instructions.
• Strong understanding of OSHC operational requirements, including demonstration of applied knowledge of the Education and Care Services National Law and Regulations.
• Comprehensive knowledge of child development and quality care practices.
• Comprehensive knowledge of My Time, Our Place that is reflected and articulated in programming and reflection on outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience in developing quality within a service and shape the overall performance, including high quality learning and leisure experiences for children.
• Demonstrated experience in shaping a service delivery and practices to promote growth in quality care, safety, wellbeing and support of children and families accessing a service.
• Experience in facilitating employee learning to develop knowledge and skills.
• Experience in adhering to legislative frameworks and organisational requirements.  
• Experience in supervising and managing employees, including rostering.
• Current First Aid, CPR, Anaphylaxis and Asthma Certificates- or willingness to obtain.
• Current Employee Working with Children Check / Working with Vulnerable Persons Check*
• Diploma of Children’s Services or Equivalent, plus evidence of additional relevant training and learning is desirable but not essential.

*Must be applicable for the State in which the service operates.

The role is for a 32 hour per week contract at our Mount Stuart service in Hobart.

Must be available for a range of shifts, including split shifts, ranging from 6:45am to 6pm Monday to Friday.

How to Apply

We will be interviewing while we are recruiting – don’t wait to apply.

If this sounds like you, click ‘Apply Now’ today by submitting the below:

• Cover letter (1 page outlining your suitability according to the position description).
• Current resume (no more than 3 pages).

Get in touch

For more information regarding this role and a copy of the position description, please contact Sam Lancaster, OSHC Director Early Learning Tasmania at [email protected] using the subject line: Outside of School Hours Care Service Leader – Molesworth enquiry via EthicalJobs or 0481 131 348 during business hours.

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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. It is a condition of employment that all eligible workforce in Tasmania & Victoria receive the COVID-19 vaccination and supporting evidence may be requested in order to perform duties at any of Uniting’s workplaces.

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.

A position description is attached.