Early Childhood Educators

2 days ago

Newcastle, Australia Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle Full time

**Introduction**:
St Nicholas Early Education centres provide high-quality early education services using best practice guidelines. Our goal is to facilitate each child’s social, intellectual and physical development and education, in partnership with parents, carers and the local community.

We have an excellent team culture with a strong focus on collaboration, both within our team but also with children, families and the broader community. We believe supporting one another is the key to success. We offer fun, dynamic and vibrant environments for children within our care with a focus on child-lead play and learning. We encourage the ongoing professional growth and development of all our Educators and have a dedicated, experienced and supportive leadership team.

Why work for St Nicholas?

As an employee of St Nicholas Early Education, you will gain access to a range of exciting benefits, including:

- One of the Hunter’s largest and fastest-growing providers of Early Childhood Education and Care, with 11 centres in total and numerous opportunities for career advancement
- Recognised as a ‘Medium Employer of the Year’ Finalist (2020), we provide a friendly, supportive and inclusive workplace environment
- A suite of ongoing training and professional development opportunities to support you in achieving your career goals
- Full-time or part-time employment options to ensure you maintain a healthy work-life balance
- Bishop's Leave, which is three days of additional leave between Christmas and New Year annually
- Paid Parental Leave
- Discounted childcare fees
- Remuneration by negotiation
- Corporate benefits, including EAP, flu injections, reduced gym membership, reduced healthcare, amongst others.

**Description**:
POSITION DESCRIPTION

As an Early Childhood Educator, you are expected to be an active Leader of a team which provides high quality early childhood education and care to children. This includes:

- Developing strong relationships with children at St Nicholas;
- Developing strong relationships that support and partner with families;
- Implementing the policies and associated procedures of St Nicholas at all times; and
- Working with other staff towards continuous improvement in all areas of St Nicholas.

**Skills and Experiences**:
EXPERIENCE/CRITERIA
- Demonstrated understanding of: National Quality Framework (NQF); Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF); Child Protection and Mandatory Reporting; Workplace Health and Safety issues and practices
- A minimum of 2 years experience working as Child Care Educator with an early childhood service
- Computer literacy in order to document examples of learning stories
- Experience in sport directional coaching (Desirable)
- The ability to engage with children through playing a musical instrument; (Desirable)
- Knowledge and practice of a second language (Desirable)
- The ability to incorporate relaxing / meditation or yoga techniques in an early education setting. (Desirable)

QUALIFICATIONS
- An approved Certificate III level qualification for the purposes of the education and care services, national law and regulations
- Child protection qualification
- Current First Aid Certificate, Anaphylaxis and Asthma Management training
- Working with Children Check verification number

If you genuinely share our passion for Early Childhood Education we would love to hear from you APPLY now.

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