Early Childhood Educator

3 weeks ago

Melbourne, Australia Austin Health Full time

**Overview**:
**Work type**:Fixed term - Part time

**Salary**:$30 - $35

**Grade**:Undefined

**Occupation**: Early Childhood

**Location**: Melbourne

**Reference**: 2617
- **Make an impact supporting our staff and their families at the Austin Child Care Centre**:

- **Part time fixed term (12 months parental leave cover), working 32 hours per week.**:

- **Heidelberg location, with multiple public transport options**

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

**About the Child Care Centre**

Located in a renovated brick gatekeeper’s lodge built in 1871 on the grounds of the Austin Hospital, the Austin Child Care Centre is a non-profit centre providing child care services to support our wonderful healthcare workers. We are registered for 70 EFT places, caring for preschool children from 4 months to school entry age. We have nature-based play spaces designed to support healthy growth and development, and our children are involved in many of the hospitals’ events, including commemorative services and cultural days, as well as creating many works of art displayed around the hospital.

The centre offers a friendly and supportive environment, where we genuinely enjoy working together. Our diverse team has low turnover and high longevity of tenure. We enjoy sharing our cultures with each other, the children and their families, and we fully support a diverse environment.

**About the role**

As an Early Childhood Educator, you will support the team/room educators to develop a fun, educational and engaging program for our children. You’ll also support the Centre in evaluating the quality of the program to ensure it is aligned with the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF), Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework (VEYLDF) and the National Quality Framework (NQF).

A regular day will see you:

- Actively support every child to participate in the program and ensure that it promotes children’s agency, choices and influence.
- Develop and maintain respectful, supportive, collaborative and responsive relationships with children and their families.
- Deliver effective and valuable documentation of children’s learning in accordance with the Centre philosophy and the Learning Outcomes (EYLF and VEYLDF).
- Ensure all practices are in accordance with the NQS and reflect the philosophy, policies and procedures of the service.

**About you**

You will be someone who is highly motivated and energetic and loves to care for and nurture young children. You’ll enjoy collaborating with your team and providing a welcoming, safe environment. To be successful in this role, you’ll bring with you:

- Diploma of Early Childhood Education
- Experience in planning, implementing, assessing and reviewing a high quality and diverse educational program based on appropriate curriculum frameworks and with reference to the NQS,
- A demonstrated awareness of social, economic and cultural diversity and its impact on children and their families.
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills at all levels.
- A passion for working with children and building respectful, positive and trusted relationships with families.

**Our benefits**

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

- Base salary + over award allowance + generous salary packaging benefits. for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
- Mentoring, learning and career development opportunities
- Five weeks annual leave (pro rata for part time), plus purchased leave options

**Work with us**

**Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the**position description** further details.**

**Application closing date: Tuesday 25 March 2025**

Applications close Wednesday 26 March 2025 at 11.59PM

Posted 06 March 2025

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