Advanced Early Childhood Educator

We are seeking an Early Childhood Educator Advanced to join our dedicated team of professionals.

The role involves engaging with community members and providing support to parents and caregivers in enrolling their child into our kindergarten. The educator will also build secure and respectful relationships with children, acknowledging and adapting learning experiences and interaction approaches based on each child's unique cultural, physical, intellectual, social and personal experiences.

• Engage with community members and provide support to parents and caregivers in enrolling their child into our kindergarten.
• Effectively build secure and respectful relationships with children by acknowledging and adapting learning experiences and interaction approach considering each child's unique cultural, physical, intellectual, social and personal experiences.
• Provide interactions and learning experiences with children that are playful across all learning and teaching interactions, while maintaining a professional supervisory adult presence.
• Deliver targeted care and education experience that are diverse in being planned, spontaneous, real-life and imaginary experiences.
• Deliver targeted care and education experiences that actively provide joy and excitement to children and their sacred childhood, including delivering experiences that foster children's curiosity and creativity.
• Engage with children through the modelled use of rich language and meaningful dialogues (with children and colleagues).
• Maintain accurate and detailed learning portfolios of all children with all learning assessed and documented each term.
• Provide all interactions and learning experiences with children that continually seek to maximise their potential and provides a strong foundation for their future lifelong learning journey.
• Thoroughly supervise children, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all children are maintained, including regular head count at designated daily times/activities.
• Record and show caregivers their child's daily learning activities and participation at Kindy through appropriate online platform.

We pride ourselves on providing high-quality health and human services, supporting our people and community in our commitment to create a flourishing future and lasting legacy for them and their families.

Enjoy working in a not-for-profit organisation that makes a difference in our community. Join our friendly and supportive Education, Prevention and Early Intervention team that will help you grow personally and professionally.

We deliver a range of kindergartens across Brisbane South and Logan through a unique holistic approach to early education for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.

• Completed Certificate III in Early Education with at least 3 years of experience in a classroom kindergarten setting of long day care.
• OR Completed Certificate III in Early Education, currently studying Diploma with at least 2 years' experience in a classroom kindergarten setting of long day care.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and apply early years teaching pedagogy, aligned with our values.
• Ability to adapt pedagogy approaches that differentiate based on individual child's needs and developmental abilities.
• Strong knowledge of the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and National Quality Framework (NQF) for early education and care.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and apply frameworks in the direct delivery of child interactions and supports.
• Ability to proactively engage with parents and caregivers, ensuring a strong connection with their child's early learning journey.
• Demonstrated ability to respond immediate safety responses to children, including diligence in proactive management of safety hazards and risks.

We offer a permanent part-time position, Monday to Wednesday, 08:00am - 04:00pm, with annual salary and benefits package.