Early Childhood Educator

5 months ago


Geelong, Australia City of Greater Geelong Full time

**Early Childhood Educator**:
**Job no**: 498375

**Work type**: Permanent Full Time, Permanent Part Time, Temporary Full Time, Temporary Part Time

**Classification**: Band 3 ($64,827 - $68,852 pa)

**Categories**: Early Childhood Education

**About the role**
We are excited to share we are increasing our Early Childhood teams across Certificate III and Diploma positions.

The positions assist in supporting the whole Early Childhood Education team with the implementation and evaluation of developmentally appropriate educational programs that reflect children’s needs and meet the requirements of the City of Greater Geelong, State Regulations and Commonwealth Government Guidelines, including the Early Years Learning and Development Framework and the National Quality Standards.

As an Early Childhood Educator you will be responsible for encouraging and guiding our youngest community members through their early life. You will have the opportunity to work alongside families to ensure their children are challenged, nurtured and supported in their early years, through the provision of stimulating and safe environments and individual and group-based programming.

Depending on your preferred position, you will be expected to contribute to planning, implementing and evaluating developmentally appropriate educational programs that reflect the children’s needs. You may be called to work in our Long Day Care educational programs or our Kindergarten programs for three and four year old’s.

All qualified ECE professionals are required to adhere to the City of Greater Geelong and State Regulations, including the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework, the National Quality Standard and our professions Code of Ethics.

**There are a number of Full-time & Part-time roles available across Certificate III and Diploma levels. Please view the position description to see a full listing of the vacancies available.**

**Salary: Certificate III - $32.80 per hour / Diploma $35.20 per hour**

**Key responsibilities include**:

- Manage the day to day operations of your allocated learning environment
- Provide an exceeding standard of education and care which is in accordance to National regulations
- Ensure supervision of children is active, adequate and efficient at all times, and implement and maintain clear expectations for children when establishing limits of appropriate behaviour
- Structure the indoor and outdoor environments and activities with a balance of active and passive learning areas to guide children to participate constructively, to explore, to learn and interact positively with other children in the group through play.
- Development of holistic and culturally responsive education programs and responses to all children, within the context of their families and communities.

**About you**
To be successful in this role, you will have experience in:

- Excellent knowledge of the development of children in the 0-12 years age group and proven ability to plan appropriate programs in relation to the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Frameworks.
- Ability to evaluate and make recommendations to the leadership team on the planning and implementation of education and care programs within the service.
- Experience in undertaking educational program planning to meet the needs of all children within the service.
- Ability to establish effective professional relationships with staff from a range of professional backgrounds in relation to the education and needs of children and their families.
- Ability to ensure confidentiality, professionalism and discretion are maintained at all times.

**Create our future together at the City of Greater Geelong**
At the City of Greater Geelong, we are committed to working together for a thriving community. We do this by delivering over 130 services to our rapidly growing population and working hard to protect and improve what it is that makes Greater Geelong on Wadawurrung country such a great place to live, work and study.

We’re going through an exciting period of change that will help us serve our community better. From digital modernisation to the contemporary, sustainable office we've built in Central Geelong, now more than ever is a great time to join our team at the City of Greater Geelong.

Our Community is made up of diverse people from all walks of life, and it’s important to us that our workforce represents and celebrates this strength.

We encourage great people from all backgrounds to join us. We encourage authenticity, because inclusion makes us stronger.

If you’re excited about working together to create a Clever and Creative Greater Geelong, and joining a workplace where all people can thrive, then hit **apply** - we’d love to meet you

**A career with us**
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