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Location Profile

North Melbourne Primary School is one of the few schools close to the CBD. The original school was established in 1874. It backs onto Flemington Road, the boundary between North Melbourne and Parkville. The Royal Children's, the Women's and Royal Melbourne Hospitals are located nearby. The school has easy access to the facilities and space of Royal Park.

To cater for significant enrolment growth over the coming years, an innovative new vertical campus for North Melbourne Primary School opened in 2023. The Molesworth Street campus caters for P-2 (Junior Campus), while the current Errol Street Campus caters for Years 3-6 (Senior Campus). The two campuses work collaboratively with students having the opportunity to visit each site for enhanced learning opportunities.

The student community of 800+ students reflect the cultural diversity of the surrounding neighbourhood, including North and West Melbourne, Parkville, and the CBD. There are approximately 45 different nationalities represented across the school community.

The school has a dynamic leadership team consisting of a Principal; Assistant Principals; and Literacy, Numeracy and Technology Learning Specialists, and Wellbeing Leading Teachers. This model is designed to provide stability and structure across both campuses.

The school is divided into eight Professional Learning Teams, seven of them teaching from Prep to Year 6; each team working collaboratively to provide a curriculum that is based on a solid foundation of literacy and numeracy. The Specialist Team delivers comprehensive specialist programs in Visual and Performing Arts (Music and Drama), Physical Education and Science. The language taught at NMPS is Auslan.

The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden program provides students with experiences in planting, harvesting and cooking healthy meals with much of the produce coming from our vegetable garden.

The North Melbourne Primary School philosophy is underpinned by the following beliefs and practices:

• All children can learn
• Learning outcomes will be maximised when children feel safe, connected and engaged at school
• Students are encouraged to be active and self-directed in their learning

Our school values are reflected within all we do. At NMPS, we value being Responsible; Inclusive; Sagacious; and Ethical.

Mission: Guaranteed extraordinary learning opportunities for students, providing a rich curriculum and evidence-based practices of teaching.

Vision: Students will contribute positively to their local, national and global communities

OSHC Service Profile

Biz-E-Kidz is the Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) service at North Melbourne Primary School, operating across the Molesworth Street and Errol Street campuses. The service provides Before School Care, After School Care, Vacation Care and Pupil-Free Day Care for students from Prep to Grade 6. The OSHC program offers before and after care services between the hours of 7:15am - 8.45am and 3.15 - 6:00pm.

The service currently operates across both campuses, with different programs catering for Prep, Junior and Senior students. Before School Care and Vacation Care operate from the Errol Street campus, while After School Care operates across both campuses. The service also provides a Prep Transition Program at the beginning of each school year to support students to become familiar with the OSHC environment.

Biz-E-Kidz is committed to providing a safe, inclusive and engaging environment where children feel a strong sense of wellbeing, empowerment and belonging. The service supports children's agency, encourages participation and choice, and builds positive relationships with children, families and the broader school community.

The service's practice is underpinned by a strong commitment to child safety, wellbeing, inclusion, active supervision and duty of care, and is informed by the My Time, Our Place learning framework and the National Quality Framework.

Biz-E-Kidz operates as a not-for-profit service, primarily funded through user fees and available grants. Any surplus is directed towards the ongoing development and improvement of the service.

Established in 1977 and known as Biz-E-Kidz since 2004, the service is an established part of the North Melbourne Primary School community.

Quality and Continuous Improvement

Biz-E-Kidz operates within the National Quality Framework and is committed to ongoing quality improvement and continuous development of its programs, practices and service delivery.

Following Assessment and Rating processes undertaken at the Errol Street and Molesworth Street services, both services received an overall rating of Meeting the National Quality Standard, with a rating of `Meeting¿ across all seven Quality Areas.

Selection Criteria

SC1. Demonstrated ability to lead the development, implementation and evaluation of engaging, inclusive and age-appropriate OSHC programs that respond to children¿s interests, needs and developmental stages.

SC2. Demonstrated knowledge of, and experience ensuring compliance with, the National Quality Framework (NQF), including the National Law and Regulations, and maintaining accurate and appropriate records and documentation.

SC3. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain positive, respectful relationships with children, families, educators and the broader school community.

SC4. Demonstrated leadership skills, including experience supervising, supporting and developing a team of educators, with a commitment to professional learning, reflective practice and continuous improvement for yourself and others.

SC5. Strong organisational and administrative skills, with the ability to effectively manage competing priorities and operational responsibilities, including staffing, human resources, rostering and financial management within an OSHC environment.

SC6. Comprehensive knowledge of child safety and the Child Safe Standards, with demonstrated experience implementing child safe practices and promoting a culturally safe, inclusive and respectful environment for all children.

SC7. Demonstrated ability to promote and maintain high standards of children¿s health, safety and wellbeing, including effective supervision, risk management, incident and injury management, emergency procedures and responding appropriately to identified risks.

Role

Attendance requirement for this position is full-time (5 days per week). Span of hours and rostering arrangements (including any split shifts and non-contact administrative time) will be negotiated with the principal and will be scheduled to span the service's hours of operation (between 7:00am and 6:00pm).

The successful candidate will be required to work during the school holidays where the service offers vacation care. The successful candidate will be paid leave purchase allowance to compensate for time worked over the school holidays, and their additional paid leave will be reduced accordingly.

The OSHC service will close between the last day of school and the New Year period. The OSHC Coordinator will not be required to work during this period.

Range 3 is distinguished by the introduction of management responsibility and accountability for the delivery of professional support services. The role will usually impact beyond the work area or professional field. It seeks to gain cooperation of other staff members or members of the school community to achieve specific objectives, such as in school administration, operations or educational programs.

Direction on targets and goals is provided but the position will have some degree of latitude in determining how they are achieved. This latitude will generally be limited by standard procedures and school policy. Deviation from standard procedures and school policy will require guidance and direction from senior management.

The provision of business management responsibilities becomes a feature at range 3. Management of staff to achieve the expected outcomes is a key responsibility. Staff management issues will be resolved with minimal reference to senior management, although guidance will be required in more complex cases. Senior management will be provided with timely reports and advice, although this will generally be confined to matters relating to the immediate work area, service provision or educational program and is unlikely to impact substantially on whole of school operations.

This is the minimum range for positions that carry a mandatory qualification requirement of not less than four years. Professional student support positions become a feature at range 3 (e.g. therapists, psychologists) where standard professional services are delivered. Professional support and guidance will be close at hand and deviation from standard procedures and school policy will require guidance and direction from senior management.

An education support class position supports the educational services being provided to students but must not include duties of teaching as defined in clause 2.6.1 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic) or its successor. Supervision of students cannot be required except where it is an integral part of the employee's position or involves supervision of students individually or in small groups, in controlled circumstances, where the responsibility for students remains clearly with a teacher.

Responsibilities

General Administration and Delivery of School Services

• Liaise with and provide information to parents, staff and students regarding OSHC procedures, policies and service arrangements.
• Manage the day-to-day staffing requirements and operational delivery of the OSHC program.
• Provide administrative support to the Principal, School Council and leadership team and prepare documentation as required for the school community.
• Provide administrative support to internal staff and external service providers as required.
• Manage student enrolments, medical information, attendance records and incident documentation in accordance with relevant legislation, regulations and school policies.
• Lead continuous improvement of the OSHC service while ensuring compliance with the National Quality Framework, National Law and Regulations, and relevant school policies and procedures.
• Provide timely reports and advice to the Principal and School Council through the OSHC Subcommittee.

Finance

With support from the OSHC Finance Manager:

• Support the preparation of the annual OSHC budget and manage program expenditure and revenue in accordance with agreed targets.
• Develop and implement strategies to ensure the effective and efficient use of resources, including purchasing, equipment and maintenance.
• Monitor and analyse attendance and financial data to assess operational efficiency and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Provide advice and recommendations regarding the financial and operational management of the service.

Human Resources and Leadership

• Provide leadership, supervision, professional support and development for OSHC staff.
• Lead recruitment, selection and induction processes in accordance with relevant legislation, school policies and merit-based processes.
• Establish clear expectations and support staff to meet professional, operational and regulatory requirements.
• Manage day-to-day staffing and personnel matters, seeking guidance from senior leadership where required for complex matters.
• Support the development of work practices that promote child safety, wellbeing, occupational health and safety and regulatory compliance.
• Foster a collaborative, reflective and positive team culture that promotes shared responsibility, professional learning and distributed leadership.

Build and maintain effective working relationships with the Principal, school leadership, School Council, OSHC Subcommittee, staff, children and families.

Who May Apply

Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position.

Diversity and Inclusion

The department is committed to diversity and inclusion and developing a workforce that is representative of the community we service. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - culture, gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQA+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for roles within the Department. The Department recognises that the provision of safe, respectful and inclusive workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work and diversity across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for staff with disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines).

Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via marrung@education.vic.gov.au

Applicants seeking part-time employment are encouraged to apply for any teaching service position and, if they are the successful candidate, request a reduced time fraction. Such requests will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis and will be subject to the operational requirements of the school.

Child Safe Standards

Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:

https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/child-safe-standards/policy

DE Values

The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:

https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/values-department-vps-school-employees/overview

Other Information

Conditions of Employment

• All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.
• Appointment of successful applicants will be made subject to a satisfactory pre-employment conditions check.
• A probationary period may apply during the first year of employment and induction and support programs provided.
• Detailed information on all terms and conditions of employment is available on the Department's Human Resources website at http://www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb/Pages/default.aspx

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