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Practice Partner


Company : Bendigo Advertiser


Location : Newcastle, New South Wales


Created : 2025-12-10


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Practice Partner at Bendigo Advertiser 2 days ago Be among the first 25 applicants Role Overview Location: Supporting services across Northern NSW, including Sydney, Central Coast and Newcastle. Candidates based in Sydney or Newcastle are preferred. Employment Type: Permanent Full-Time Goodstart Early Learning is currently seeking a dedicated Practice Partner, who will be a critical enabler of the States practice uplift goals, providing coaching and advice on all matters pertaining to quality Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), ensuring delivery of nationally consistent and targeted teaching and learning support. Responsibilities Provide on-demand, high quality, consistent and effective advice and coaching support for teaching and learning for all children. Work directly with a selected group of centres in the delivery of their Quality Improvement Plan actions in a coaching and modelling capacity to build sustainable teaching and learning capabilities in centre teams. Support the implementation and centre-based improvement of the QRS, the NQS, the EYLF and other approved learning frameworks across your state, with a particular focus on high priority centres identified by the State Manager. Maintain currency and expert knowledge of QRS, NQF, NQS, EYLF, appropriate state learning frameworks and Australian Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) practice. Work collaboratively with the broader Teaching and Learning for All Children team to identify, develop and implement key practice uplift initiatives and strategies. Collaborate with cross-functional specialists to co-design, implement and monitor the effectiveness of continuous improvement initiatives. Maintain a thorough knowledge of relevant Child Protection Law matters applicable to the jurisdiction and proactively respond to child protection matters. Develop and maintain a working relationship with Operations Team to support safety outcomes for the region and across the state. What Goodstart Can Offer You Fully maintained company car or car allowance, laptop and phone. Flexible work arrangements giving you choice about when and how work will be done in order to better manage your work and non-work needs (as arranged with your line manager). Salary packaging benefits which reduce your taxable income to increase takehome pay. Access to discounted childcare (up to 15%). Fitness Passport access to gyms and pools for you and your family at a heavily discounted price. Discounted health care and access to employee wellbeing program with BUPA. Exclusive discounts on travel, gym memberships, Apple and Dell products, and more. Free annual flu shot (optional). Option to purchase extra leave for even greater worklife balance. First Nations support and cultural leave. Work for a company that aspires to be globally recognised for early years practice and learning outcomes. Significant investment in your growth and development with support, tools, training and experiences that will truly enhance the progress and outcomes for children in their earliest years. Requirements Minimum 4year bachelors degree in early childhood education from a recognised university. Extensive and recent practicebased early childhood teacher education experience (age birth to 8 years). Strong understanding of the A&R process and the Exceeding Themes. Experience in delivering highquality training to centrebased teams. Experience in supporting practice uplift with centrebased teams. Sound knowledge of the Early Years Learning Framework, other statebased approved / recognised learning guidelines and the National Quality Standard. Sound understanding of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Excellent communication, organisational, evaluation and team leadership skills. How to Apply Click Apply Now and submit your application. We review applications as they are submitted. Please submit your application as soon as possible for the best chance to progress to the next stage. For questions, contact our Talent Acquisition Team at [email protected]. Equal Opportunity Statement Were an equal opportunity employer that is proud of our inclusive and diverse work environment. We are deeply committed to reconciliation and encourage Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people to apply. As a Child Safe Organisation, all candidates must have or obtain a valid workingwithchildren check. #J-18808-Ljbffr