Blacktown City Council

Kids’ Early Learning Education and Quality Lead

Blacktown City is a growing and thriving city, located halfway between Sydney City and the Blue Mountains. With 435,000 residents, we are the largest and most diverse city in NSW, spread across 54 suburbs. Blacktown City is vibrant, dynamic and multicultural, home to a large First Nations community, and more than 180 different birthplaces and languages.

With $24.8 billion regional economy, Blacktown City is also home to 30,000 businesses. Working at Blacktown City Council provides widespread, exciting professional opportunities. Our Council is leading the transformation of Blacktown City and Western Sydney. We are implementing a vision for a modern city, full of opportunity for our residents and businesses.

Our Council is led by highly skilled and experienced professionals, working with talented and passionate teams across a diverse range of business units. We are delivering high quality, customer-focused services, experiences, and facilities, and leading a program of strategic planning, activity and investment.

Blacktown City Council strives to be an inclusive workplace for all people. We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, the LGBTIQ+ community, veterans and people with disabilities.

About the opportunity

Here at Council, we own and operate a childcare business, Kids’ Early Learning, with a portfolio of 31 childcare centres and over 40 family daycare educators.

Kids’ Early Learning has approximately 300 full-time, part-time and casual staff, and operates throughout the Blacktown local government area, serving over 2000 families and providing care and learning needs for their children.

If you would like to know more about Kids' Early Learning, please visit our website.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Blacktown City Council as our Education and Quality Lead. In this role you will lead the development, design and implementation of a whole of business approach for Kids’ Early Learning (KEL) branded pedagogical programs to meet the objectives of KEL in accordance with Operational Plans and legislation, which includes inspiring, coaching and mentoring all KEL staff in the provision of quality Early Childhood curriculum and pedagogy in line with National Quality Framework (NQF), Early Learning Years Framework (ELYF), current research and innovative practices.

At Kids' Early Learning we believe child protection and access to high quality education programs is every child's right. We aspire to continue to provide our growing community's children with the best start to life. Families are acknowledged as the most integral part of a child's life and we seek to work together to foster a sense of belonging for both the child an their family. Our curriculum focuses on preparing the children for the world in gradual steps. We offer a safe environment where children can play exposing them to a world of diversity and new senses. The children work together with our educators to learn how to tackle things together with provision of the best learning and social experience for school and life. 

Qualifications and experience

Essential:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Early Childhood Education
• Solid experience in Early Childhood Education 
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in leading teams with their assessment and rating process
• Experience in working with educational leaders at different services
• Current First Aid (HLTAID012 Provide an emergency first aid response in an education and care setting) 
• Current Working with Children Check number
• Strong relationship management skills
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to listen as well as coach, mentor and reflect with the educational and management team 
• Comprehensive knowledge and application of the NQF and the EYLF Belonging, Being and Becoming and My time, Our place framework
• Class C Drivers Licence. 

Desirable:

• Masters in Educational Leadership 
• Demonstrated ability to think ahead and be able to provide a plan for the future
• Demonstrated experience and success in people management and the ability to build on current strengths within teams and individuals whilst addressing development opportunities and concerns 
• Comprehensive knowledge and application of theories and practices; ability to read widely and share this information with educators in ways that are understood and translatable into practice
• Above average computer skills.

Remuneration and benefits

The salary and conditions of employment are in accordance with Blacktown City Council’s Enterprise Agreement.

• Entry level for this position starts at $2,008.32 per week
• 35-hour working week 
• Car allowance
• Opportunity to participate in Council's flextime arrangement
• Employee benefits such as leave entitlements (where applicable), 11.5% employer contribution payable to your nominated superannuation fund, Fitness Passport, gym membership discounts, and social clubs.

Our commitment to safety

Blacktown City Council is committed to safety. We have introduced alcohol and other drug testing at the pre-employment phase, and via a series of random and cause testing.

We are a child safe organisation that supports and promotes the safety, wellbeing and empowerment of children.

Position description 

Click here to view or download the position description.

  Apply now using our fast and easy-to-use online application process:

1. Have your resume and any other relevant documentation ready to attach. 
2. Have a personal email address ready to use and complete your application without 'logging out' of the system.
3. Review the questions and decide on your responses before commencing your application.

   Best of luck.

Closing date:           Friday 6 June 2025, 11.59 pm    

Contact officer:       Serena Quigley on 9839 6868

Internal ref:              BCC886