About the role
Sunny Days is a licenced ECE Service within Weave Hawke's Bay. The Team Leader role is responsible for providing high quality early childhood education in a safe, loving and warm environment, working professionally and competently in accordance with the Centre's Annual Plan and statutory requirements. The Team Leader provides effective leadership and guidance to their team, ensuring their area maintains high quality across the licensing criteria at all times, and supports the team with Professional Growth Cycle, internal evaluations and quality outcomes for all tamariki.
Key responsibilities
Provide effective leadership and guidance to your team ensuring your area maintains high quality across the licensing criteria at all times
Ensure the team are supported with Professional Growth Cycle, internal evaluations and quality outcomes for all tamariki at all times
Guide and mentor fellow Teachers for best outcomes, being a role model whilst on and off the floor
Encourage and guide Teachers through their Professional Growth Cycle and support Centre Manager and staff with PGC meetings
Take responsibility for professional practice and educational leadership, ensuring all daily and weekly tasks are completed according to requirements
Identify the individual and group needs of children through appropriate observation techniques and effectively plan, implement and evaluate programmes for children
Ensure the safety and welfare of children and practise safe health and hygiene practices
Lead regular documented team meetings to contribute to broader goals of the team and Sunny Days
Demonstrate extensive knowledge and understanding of current approaches to effective teaching and learning, and inspire and motivate all teachers and support staff to continually improve the quality of teaching and learning
Support Health and Safety practices by ensuring high quality health and safety practice is adhered to for adults and tamariki and proactively identify and manage health and safety risks
About you
Current Teaching Practising Certificate/Teacher Certification
Hold the minimum New Zealand recognized qualification for a Trained Teacher in ECE
Maintain a current First Aid Certificate
Proven previous positive leadership experience - ideally on step 7-10
Understanding and in-depth knowledge of the 2008 ECE Regulations and Licensing Criteria
Proven initiative ability and demonstrable leadership skills
At least three years experience in bi-cultural ECE environment
Full drivers Licence (and ability to drive our van)
Competent with Microsoft Office products
Experience in promoting their ECE service and working with the wider community
Self-motivated and highly organised with excellent interpersonal skills, strong verbal and written communication skills, and high work standards
About us
Weave Hawke's Bay provides services valued by families and individuals that help them along life's journey, founded on te awhina, te aroha. To support is to love. We provide effective whānau led services that help people on their life's journey. Our values of integrity, teamwork, innovation and compassion guide our actions and decisions. Sunny Days contributes to Weave Hawke's Bay's goals by providing high-quality ECE that is responsive to the needs of children and whānau, striving to strengthen our communities through meaningful, reciprocal relationships with families.
We encourage you to apply early. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we identify a suitable candidate.