Practice Partner

Location: NSW South & ACT – covering Sydney’s Inner West and South, Illawarra, South Coast, Southern Highlands, Central West, Riverina, Murray, and ACT regions. Ideally based in Central West, Illawarra or Riverina

Employment Type: Permanent Full-time

Help shape the future of early learning

We’re looking for a passionate and experienced Practice Partner to join our NSW South & ACT team.

In this hands‑on and rewarding role, you’ll work alongside centre teams to strengthen teaching and learning practices, build educator capability, and drive continuous quality improvement. You’ll coach, guide, and model effective practice to help centres deliver the best possible outcomes for every child and family.

Your Impact

As a Practice Partner, you will:

- Provide high‑quality coaching and professional support to educators to build confidence and consistency in practice.

- Partner with selected centres to translate Quality Improvement Plan goals into action.

- Champion the consistent implementation of the QRS, NQS, EYLF and state frameworks, focusing on high‑priority centres.

- Work collaboratively with the Teaching and Learning for All Children team and internal specialists to deliver improvement initiatives.

- Promote a strong culture of child safety, equity, and inclusion.

- Build trusted relationships with Operations teams to enhance practice and quality outcomes across the region.

What Goodstart can offer you

- Car Allowance, Laptop and Phone

- Flexible work arrangements giving you choice about when and how work will be done in order to better manage your work and non‑work needs (as agreed with line manager).

- Salary Packaging benefits which reduce your taxable income to increase take‑home pay

- Fitness Passport – access to gyms and pools for you and your family at a heavily discounted price

- Discounted health care and access to employee wellbeing program with BUPA

- Exclusive discounts on travel, gym memberships, Apple and Dell products, and more.

- Free annual flu shot (optional)

- Option to purchase extra leave for even greater work life balance

- First Nations Support and Cultural Leave

- Work for a company that has an aspiration to be globally recognised for early years practice and learning outcomes

- Gain significant investment in your growth and development with support, tools, training and experiences that will truly enhance the progress and outcomes for children in their earliest years.

You’ll bring to the table

- Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education from a recognised university

- Extensive and recent practice‑based early childhood teacher education experience (aged birth to 8 years)

- Strong understanding of the A&R process and the Exceeding Themes

- Experience in delivering high quality training to centre‑based teams

- Experience in supporting practice uplift with centre‑based teams

- Sound knowledge of the Early Years Learning Framework, other State based approved/recognised learning guidelines and the National Quality Standard

- Sound understanding of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

- Excellent communication, organisational, evaluation and team leadership skills

- Current Working with Children Check

How to apply

Click ‘Apply Now’ and submit your application. We review applications as they are submitted. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible for your best chance to progress to the next stage of the process.

We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all positions – for further information and support, email deadlycareers@goodstart.org.au

Supporting our people and protecting our children

We’re an equal opportunity employer that is proud of our inclusive and diverse work environment. We know that Goodstarters from diverse cultures, backgrounds and experiences strengthen our teams and help us grow. We’re also deeply committed to Reconciliation and creating an environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People feel a strong sense of belonging and connection.

Safety is our priority and we will take any action necessary to ensure that all children can feel safe and be safe, and are safeguarded from abuse, neglect and harm. As a Child Safe Organisation, all of our candidates must have or obtain a valid Working with Children Check.

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