Professional Experience Placement Manager Early Childhood Education
Professional Experience Placement Manager Early Childhood Education
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Job Description
Education Centre of Australia (ECA) is a progressive and diverse education group that operates at the forefront of Australias higher education sector with campuses in Sydney Brisbane Melbourne and with overseas campuses in the UK and India. Over the past two decades we have provided quality teaching to thousands of students through English language courses bachelors degrees postgraduate degrees and targeted internships. ECA has global presence across several regions Australia Brazil China Europe India Philippines & Nepal.
Aligned closely with our organisational values of integrity efficiency and equity ECA is a large and successful Australianbased education organisation providing both facetoface and online courses for international and domestic students within Australia India Southeast Asia and more recently for international students in the UK.
We also work in partnership with quality higher education providers such as Victoria University Swinburne University Charles Sturt University University of Canberra and London Metropolitan University to provide a worldclass educational experience.
We have an exciting opportunity for Professional Experience Placement Manager (Early Childhood Education) to be part of our team at VU Brisbane at our Fortitude Valley campus. VU Brisbane is a new campus designed to cater for international undergraduate and postgraduate students who want to study Business IT and Early Childhood programs. Students at VU Brisbane experience a smarter more engaging way to study with the awardwinning VU Block Model completing one subject at a time. Students learn in interactive workshopstyle classes where they get to know their teacher and classmates put theory into practice apply their knowledge to realworld scenarios and receive fast feedback on their assessments.
As a key member of the team you will have the rewarding opportunity to progress your career within the education industry. We are looking for someone who wants to grow with the company and is selfmotivated and enthusiastic.
Key Responsibilities:
The primary purpose of the Professional Experience Placement (PEP) Manager is to work in partnership with relevant Colleges within Victoria University central Victoria University Portfolios and the Education Centre of Australia to provide placement management services during the student lifecycle through the relevant degrees ensuring consistency in the application of Victoria Universitys (VU) policies and procedures. The Professional Experience Placement Manager is responsible for the following VU programs at VU Brisbane:
- Graduate Diploma in Early Childhood Education Victoria University
- Additional education programs that may be offered at VU Brisbane.
A very important component of this role is the establishment of new opportunities for student professional experience placements in appropriate Early Childhood Centres and the building and maintenance of relationships with these education providers across Brisbane. There will also be general administrative duties as appropriate including gathering student documentation tracking student placement progress coordinating and managing placement agreements and undertaking risk assessments. The position is responsible for accurate record keeping ensuring regulatory and VU compliance is achieved and maintained. The position will also eventually be responsible for managing a small team of PEP Coordinators as the student numbers on the campus grow over time.
Key Responsibilities
The major responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to:
- Preplacement briefing sessions.
- Secure Early Childhood placements from Queensland sites ensuring appropriate spread and numbers of placements are secured.
- Liaising with relevant staff to ensure placements are allocated effectively following regulatory and accreditation requirements.
- Involvement in student remediation plans in conjunction with Unit Convenors.
- Supporting students on PEP as required with Unit Convenors and Facilitators and act as the first point of call for industry providers.
- Liaising with placement sites to ensure students are allocated effectively.
- Implementing reasonable adjustment plans for students with disabilities.
- Reviewing and evaluating placements and undertaking risk assessments.
- Monitoring adherence to established administrative procedures and implementing business improvement initiatives as required.
- Accurate record keeping ensuring regulatory compliance.
- Maintaining effective relationships with key stakeholders on placement related matters to support planning implementation and quality assurance of PEP.
- Seeking new placement opportunities and continuing to support and build current relationships with placement providers and key industry stakeholders.
As the successful candidate you will ideally have:
- Relevant tertiary qualifications.
- Experience working in Higher Education with experience coordinating professional placements either in industry or a university setting.
- Significant discipline knowledge in the field of Early Childhood Education.
- Strong understanding of professional experience placements (PEP).
- Effective time management skills.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills.
- Experience working with multiple stakeholders.
- Negotiation and conflict resolution experience.
- Previous experience in managing PEP Desirable.
- Relevant postgraduate qualifications Desirable.
- Experience in teaching or supervision of students Desirable.
- Experience in undertaking program evaluation Desirable.
- Experience in managing a small team Desirable.
In return we will offer you:
- A supportive team environment
- Energetic culture that inspires and supports excellence
- Work/life balance
- Expanding network of contacts
- Companypaid parental leave 14 weeks at 100 of current pay or 28 weeks at 50 of current pay)
- Employee assistance program with Uprise 6 session per year for staff and direct family members)
- Support through 25 on the full fees for courses offered by ECA as Staff Education Assistance
- Professional development programs
- Travel insurance discount
- Wellbeing brands discounts
- Free access to LinkedIn Learning
EEO Statement
At ECA our organisational values include Equal opportunity and Social inclusion and we strive to be a place where everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds including but not limited to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People people living with a disability women people who identify as LGBTIQA and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. This position is open to Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents; or applicants who hold a current valid full working rights visa for a reasonable period.
How to apply
Applications (including a cover letter CV and any additional supporting documentation) can be submitted via the Apply button at the top of the page. Due to the expected high volume of responses only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. For further information on this role to gain an insight into our team or if you need assistance/accommodation due to a disability please contact Andrew Dostine Associate Director Academic VU Brisbane .
Thank you for your interest in the position with the ECA Group!
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
