Job description
Agency Department of Education and Training Work unit Early Childhood Programs
Job title Families as First Teachers – Regional Program Leader Designation Senior Teacher 2
Job type Full time Duration Ongoing
Salary $144,813 Location Alice Springs
Position number 27944 RTF 317336 Closing 19/08/2025
Contact officer Simone Pedder, FaFT Manager on 08 8999 5731 or simone.pedder@education.nt.gov.au
About the agency http://www.education.nt.gov.au
Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=317336

1. Provide effective leadership of Families as First Teachers programs operational policy and procedures in regional and remote
   sites.
2. Apply the National Quality Framework (NQF) standards to drive quality and continuous improvement for children and their
   families participating in a FaFT program.
3. Manage data collation, analysis and reporting of current and emerging issues to identify and provide specialist early childhood
   development advice and program advice. Ensure reporting is aligned to the outcomes of FaFT program.
4. Provide leadership through program focused coaching in the Abecedarian Approach (3a). Observe, plan with staff, monitor
   progress and mastery of 3a implementation for program fidelity.
5. Provide leadership in the quality implementation of developmental screening tool ASQTRAK in FaFT programs. Monitor
   development of age-appropriate learning plans and referral processes
6. Undertake ongoing planning and monitoring of program activities to ensure achievement of objectives including developing
   and delivering professional learning and continuous improvement strategies through targeted site visits that includes observing
   mastery of coaching staff in 3a and ASQTRAK.
7. Undertake responsibility for the planning, facilitation and presenting professional learning that supports FaFT program
   outcomes including facilitation and engagement of communities, in partnership with program staff, to embed place-based
   approaches that improve participation, including community meetings to plan for effective engagement.