Early Literacy Specialist

Job No: CN2872

Location: Newcastle

Employment Status: Full-time

No. of Vacancies: 1

Closing Date: 18 Jul 2022 AEST

• Share your passion for early literacy and learning with our community.
• Permanent, full-time role – 35 hours per week.
• Flexible work arrangements available, including flexitime and a 9-day fortnight.

City of Newcastle (CN) is currently seeking a passionate Early Literacy Specialist to join our Libraries and Learning team on a permanent, full-time basis to lead the development and activation of early literacy services across the library network.

Drawing upon your previous experience, you will develop initiatives to deliver early literacy outcomes to meet identified community needs. You'll develop partnerships with Newcastle's communities to stimulate a collaborative approach to early learning inclusion and collective impact projects. You will lead and support the professional development of a small early literacy team focused on service innovation, creating child friendly spaces, and delivering human centred service design.

The Early Literacy Specialist will actively contribute to the forward planning processes and operational leadership of Newcastle libraries. This role is core to fulfilling the objectives of the Community Strategic Plan, the Library Strategy, and the library commitments to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This position provides high quality library customer service to the community face-to-face, over the telephone and online, and entails a prescribed level of frontline shifts across a 6-day (Monday-Saturday) day and evening roster.

What’s it like working at the City of Newcastle?

We are focused on making a real difference in our community and achieving our vision of creating a smart, liveable, and sustainable global city.  We are proud to deliver services valued by our community.  People come first at the City of Newcastle, which means providing employees with meaningful work and capacity for work life balance. As a large local organisation, CN offers opportunity to develop in your current role, grow into future opportunities and reach your full potential.  

Our organisation’s values are Cooperation, Respect, Excellence and Wellbeing which are underpinned by our behaviours of courage, trust, and pride. Together, our values and behaviours support our decision making, our day-to-day interactions and everything we do. 

We value diversity of thought, and we focus on equity in the workplace. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace culture where everyone feels respected, safe, and valued so they can be themselves and fully contribute their opinions and perspectives to the success of the organisation.

What are the benefits?

• 35-hour working week with flexible work arrangements to ensure you can find the right balance between your personal and professional life!
• 4 weeks of annual leave
• 3 weeks of personal leave each year
• 17.5% annual leave loading yearly payment
• Paid parental leave for primary carers
• 2 additional paid Public Holidays
• Additional paid leave days including Health & Wellbeing, NAIDOC, and Community Volunteer leave
• Access to a range of exclusive CN employee benefits programs including Novated Lease options as well as access to reward and recognition vouchers
• Annual performance development plans and ongoing training and development opportunities to ensure you continue to evolve and grow your career ambitions
• Corporate fitness program from as little as $4.30 per week that will give you and your immediate family members access to a wide range of fitness and aquatic centres

Interested to know more?

Find out more about your new career by viewing the position description here.

Our people are valued and have access to a range of benefits that help balance life at work and at home. These include flexible working arrangements, professional development opportunities and health and wellbeing programs.

CN proudly promotes the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and fosters a culture of diversity and inclusion to represent the community of our Local Government Area. All candidates will be assessed against the essential criteria outlined in the position description. Suitable candidates may be placed on an eligibility list for future identical positions for a period of 12 months.

We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive workplace where diverse styles, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, encouraged, and respected. People from diverse backgrounds (including but not limited to, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, people with diverse gender identities and sexualities, people from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability, and veterans) are encouraged to apply!

If you need any adjustments to be made to the recruitment process or if you would like to discuss any accessibility requirements, please contact recruit@ncc.nsw.gov.au for a confidential discussion.

You must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this job.

Application Closing Date: Sunday 17 July 2022.

Remuneration: $81,517 + 10.5% Superannuation per annum for a 35-hour week

Contact: Alex Mills – Manager Community Programs & Partnership - 02 4974 5322

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