Playgroups Supervisor

Part Time, Fixed Term 28 hours p/w - until November 2026

Band 6 - Salary Range $97,926 - $106,637 per annum pro rata + 12% Super 

Why join Melton City Council?

Melton City Council is proud to serve one of Australia’s fastest-growing and most diverse communities. We are a forward-thinking local government committed to creating a city where everyone feels welcome, supported, and empowered.

As a Council, we are driven by innovation, inclusion, and excellence. We deliver high-quality services and infrastructure, promote lifelong learning, and champion health and wellbeing across our municipality. Our team plays a vital role in shaping a vibrant, sustainable future for our residents.

Working with us means being part of a collaborative and inclusive culture that values your growth. We offer:

• Professional and personal development opportunities
• Generous leave entitlements and flexible work arrangements
• A dynamic workplace close to home, surrounded by heritage charm, green spaces, and modern amenities

Join us and help build a city that thrives—where your work makes a real difference every day.

The Opportunity

This is your opportunity to make a difference in the lives of children and families in one of Australia’s fastest growing and most diverse communities.

As Playgroups Supervisor you’ll oversee our Families and Playgroups Program and Supported Playgroup services, ensuring these services meet or exceed expected measures.

Reporting to the Coordinator Early Years Partnerships, you’ll lead a team of qualified educators and playgroup facilitators that work part-time and across multiple locations. As a trusted advisor and mentor to your team, you will act as the primary contact for direct reports, providing technical support and operational guidance including rostering, budget administration, venues liaison, leadership of team meetings and completion of annual performance reviews.

Key Responsibilities 

• Lead, support and mentor the playgroups team to ensure that program delivery complies with relevant legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Act as a representative and advocate of Council, parenting services and early years services on relevant project working groups and committees
• Ensure your team’s funding objectives are met, including all reporting, financial and accountability requirements.
• Make recommendations and implement approved actions toward continuous improvement.

To view the Position Description, click here.

About you

To be successful in this role you will have the following:

• Tertiary qualification with relevant experience in early childhood, community development, education, welfare or social work or lesser formal qualifications with substantial experience.
• Thorough knowledge of legislation, regulations and guidelines related to the provision of parenting and early years services, ideally including playgroup programs.
• A strong dedication to Work Health and Safety and Child Safe practices, polices, and procedures; experience fostering a secure work environment and proactively mitigating potential risks.
• Experience managing staff with the ability to lead and support staff to deliver program outcomes whilst driving a supportive and high-performance culture.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) including the ability to adapt communications to suit varying audiences.
• Current valid Victorian Driver’s Licence.
• Must hold or be able to obtain an Employee Working with Children Check.
• Current First Aid and CPR Certificate.

Culture and Values

Our vision for our community is to be: "A vibrant, safe and liveable city accessible to all" and that means there’s a place here for you too. Our organisational values represent us as an established growth Council and the values are reflected in everything we do; our decision-making, our actions and our service provision to the community. Council has a diverse and vibrant organisation and we’d love to have you join us to help shape a city for the future.

We are Vibrant MELTON. Our values are:

• Motivate
• Empower
• Lead
• Trust
• Open
• Nurture 

Benefits

There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council: 

Staff Benefits | Melton City Council

• 5 weeks annual leave*
• Genuine Flexible work options
• Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
• Access to the Local Government Employee Health Plan (GMHBA) with exclusive benefits
• 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave (Super is paid during parental leave)* 
• 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave*
• Wellbeing initiatives

*These benefits are pro rata. 

How To Apply

If you require further information about the position, please contact Fiona Alexander, Coordinator Early Years Partnerships on 9747 7334.

Applications must include a Resume and address the Key Selection Criteria outlining your suitability to the role. To address the Key Selection Criteria, you will need to write short statements explaining how you meet the criteria, or how you demonstrate the capability. We encourage you to keep your responses concise. 

To be eligible for employment at Melton City Council you must be legally entitled to work in Australia.

All successful applicants will need to undertake pre-employment requirements including but not limited to a satisfactory criminal history record check. Successful applicants must be able to comply with any public health orders applicable to local government. 

We strongly encourage job applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. If selected for an interview and you require any additional support or adjustments regarding interview arrangements, please advise the contact listed above in advance.

Melton City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and has Zero tolerance for child abuse. Melton City Council is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is at the centre of our everyday thinking and service delivery.

 Applications close 11:59pm 23rd of November 2025