Diploma Qualified Lead Educator

**_Visa Sponsorship options available for successful applicants_**

**About us**

Gingin Early Learning Centre has been running as a successful childcare centre for the past few years. The educators here at Gingin (ELC) strive to build and nurture loving, caring and meaningful relationships with our children and families who entrust their child’s precious time with us and to us that is extremely valuable and satisfying as educators and care-givers. The educators are responsible for overseeing the day-care facility to ensure that children have a safe and fun environment to learn and socialize with others.

**Are you committed to quality and excellence? Gingin ELC is the team for you**
At Gingin ELC we are dedicated to creating healthy and safe communities. We are passionate about early education and the positive impact it has on the children we care for, the families who trust us and the community we are a part of. We adopt a holistic perspective of each child’s individual needs and collaborate with families to provide all children with solid foundations for life-long learning. We are seeking an experienced, qualified educator to join our team on a Full-time basis.

**The Unique Educators We Seek**
You will either hold or be working towards a Diploma of Children’s Services or have relevant experience as an Educator in the Early Childhood Sector. Your passion for early childhood education will be matched by your reflective nature, analytical skills, sense of curiosity and fun.

**Tasks and responsibilities**
- To ensure centre's philosophy, policies and procedures are adhered to at all times.
- Maintain a clean and hygienic environment at all times and attend to the personal hygiene of all children.
- To ensure the room set-ups are engaging and meet the requirements of EYLF.
- Attend to the nutritional needs of all children.
- Respond to any accident, emergency or threat.
- To ensure adequate supervision at all times.
- To treat all children fairly and equally at all times.
- Develop, implement and follow centre and room routines.
- To be a positive role model for the children at all times particularly with the use of positive language at all times.
- Be responsible for the room, assistant caregivers and children in your care
- Contribute to the maintenance and care of the buildings and equipment.
- To maintain confidentiality at all times.

**Programming**
- Undertake and be responsible for the observation and programming of the children.
- Ensure that all records are maintained accurately for all children in their care.
- Prepare an environment based on the requirements of the program.
- Create an environment that is warm, stimulating and aesthetically inviting and attractive.
- Setting up of indoor and outdoor environments for activities.
- To implement and display your philosophy, programming and strategies at all times.
- To have a current program on display at all times.
- To have programs available for the Centre Coordinator to approve and print for Display.
- Provide parents with verbal and written information about the program, room goals and objectives
- through posters, newsletters and parent nights.
- To be aware that all children have different needs and levels of development and to foster their self-esteem and independence.
- Foster and facilitate the child's development as a whole.

**Professional Development**
- To seek and participate in further professional development
- Remain up to date with Early Childhood practices and their implementation.
- Provide support and input into the professional development of other staff members.
- To be willing to attend Staff Meetings, Staff Training and in-services as required.

**Leadership**
- Work under the direction of the Centre Director/Manager.
- To direct assistant caregivers, students and volunteers in their duties.
- Ensure that the room is a happy, healthy and safe environment for children.
- Be responsible for administering of medication.
- To refer parents with comments or queries about the centre or it's policies to the Centre Director/Manager.
- To liaise appropriately with the parents and members of the centres community.
- Respect and support families
- Participate in appropriate administrative duties as required.
- Work with the Centre Director and other staff to maintain an efficiently run centre at all times.
- To be aware of and implement all necessary parts of the National Accreditation Process.
- Maintain and contribute to a team approach at all times.

**Qualifications & experience**
- 1-3 years’ previous experience in a leading service (long day care setting preferable) or equivalent role.
- Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care / Diploma / Bachelor of Education /Working towards a Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care
- A Valid Working with Children Check or willing to obtain
- Current First Aid, Asthma and Anaphylaxis or willing to obtain

Confident when communicating with all levels of management.