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Learning Club Coordinator - Rocherlea

The Smith Family
  • Become part of our family and make a difference to young Australians through supporting their education
  • Casual position (6 hrs per week - school terms only)
  • Rocherlea, TAS

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The Smith Family is an independent children's charity helping Australian children living in disadvantage to get the most out of their education, so they can create better futures for themselves. As we lead up to our Centenary, it’s an exciting time to be joining our family. We are currently seeking a Learning Club Coordinator to help us achieve The Smith Family’s vision.

Reporting to the Programs Coordinator and Learning Club Leader and working with a dedicated, energised, and passionate team in a fast-paced environment, this will be a vital role within the Learning for Life Programs, being responsible for the delivery TSF Learning Clubs to engage students in their academic learning.

This position includes planning, implementation and facilitation of the program, coordination and supervision of tutors and participants. To ensure the successful delivery of the Learning for Life Club program you must be willing to communicate and liaise with key stakeholders, maintain appropriate duty of care and child protection policies and ensuring relevant evaluation is completed.

This is key role where your know-how will add lasting value for education programs for Australian children. A day in the life of a Learning Club Coordinator might look like this, but every day can be different.

Primarily, you will be responsible for:

  • Facilitating the development of session plans in partnership with Program Coordinator/s, Team Leader and key partners including schools, university and utilising TSF content library where applicable.
  • Responsible for the weekly management and administrative tasks enabling smooth and efficient running of the Learning Club program.
  • Responsible for supervising and supporting volunteer tutors to implement learning practices during Learning Club sessions.
  • Responsible for ensuring the duty of care of volunteer tutors and TSF child protection policy is implemented for the duration of the club.
  • Responsible for ensuring supply and maintenance of resources for each learning club session
  • Ensure regular communication is maintained with The Smith Family Program Coordinator on the overall delivery of the club and matters relating to student safety, health and welfare. The Smith Family Program Coordinator is kept informed of the overall delivery of the club, and is accountable for escalating matters relating to student safety/health /welfare.

Do you want to make a difference? Our successful candidate will bring the following:

  • Experience in working with children in an educational setting
  • Experience in management of volunteers tutors
  • High level of literacy, written, verbal, computing skills
  • Knowledge of issues affecting disadvantaged students
  • Demonstrated commitment to learning, developing skills and sharing knowledge

Here’s why we think you’ll love The Smith Family:

Living up to our employment promise, our team members tell us that working for The Smith Family they have great job flexibility and the ability to work alongside committed, passionate and professional team members whilst engaging in challenging, interesting, and purposeful work. In turn, our team members believe that they offer commitment to our vision, mission and values and effective collaboration with fellow team members to deliver strong performance outcomes and make a difference to the lives of Australian children every day.

If you are passionate about what you do, committed to make a difference and this sounds like your next role, please apply today, we’d love to hear from you.

You may view the position description attached.

For any other information, please contact Lisa Kluver, Team Leader, Learning for Life at [email protected] using the subject line: Learning Club Coordinator - Launceston enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Due to the nature of this role, the successful candidate must be prepared to undertake a National Police Check and a Working with Children’s Check. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to principles of cultural diversity. Applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are encouraged.

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