Qualified Early Childhood Educator

Posted: 02/07/2025

Closing Date: 21/07/2025

Salary: $69,191.72 - $69,191.72

Job Type: Permanent - Part Time

Location: St Arnaud

Job Category: Community Services and Development,Education and Training,Government and Defence

**_Are you passionate about supporting children to grow, learn, and thrive?_**
**_Northern Grampians Shire Council is seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic _**_Qualified Early Childhood Educator_**_ to join our Early Years team._**

**Vacancy Details**:
**Position**:

- Qualified Early Childhood Educator

**Job Type**:

- Part Time - 30.5hrs per week

**Tenure**:

- Permanent

**Location**:

- St Arnaud

**Package**:

- $69191.72 pro rata plus superannuation

**Download Position Description**:

- Link to PD

**Applications Close**:

- Monday 21st July 2025

**About Northern Grampians Shire Council**

Northern Grampians Shire Council has a diverse employment base, across 14 worksites in the Grampians Region of Victoria. We offer flexible work arrangements, providing access to relevant training and professional development opportunities with a variety of employee benefits. We promote innovation, responsiveness, respectfulness and continuous improvement as our core values. Being a smaller organisation, we can provide you with opportunities to act in leadership roles, transition between teams and participate in a range of collaborative projects with other team members or the wider community. We provide a supportive and flexible environment that values the balance between work and our employees' personal lives.

**Why join us?**

In addition to the picturesque landscapes at our backdoor, there are many other benefits to working for our innovative and vibrant Northern Grampians Shire Council. These include:

- **Fortnightly RDO**: Enjoy a well-deserved break and rejuvenate.
- **Great Team Environment**: A safe, respectful and supportive environment to enable you to thrive. You will work with like-minded, passionate individuals who love what they do.
- **Professional Growth**: We nurture talent and provide opportunities to flourish.
- **Flexible Work Arrangements**: To support your work life balance.
- **Salary Packaging Options**: Including remote area housing allowances and novated lease vehicles
- A**ccess to Paid Leave**: including purchased leave, paid parental leave, gender affirmation leave and to respond to family violence matters
- **Employee Assistance Program**: Your well-being matters - we've got you covered.
- **Biodiversity**: Explore our Council region's varied flora and fauna

**Promote Inclusion**

Northern Grampians Shire Council is committed to promote inclusion of all children and families; we aim to establish a culture that supports:

- cultural safety for Aboriginal children by working in partnership with Aboriginal peoples and Aboriginal community controlled organisations
- cultural safety for children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds
- establishing a safe environment for children with a disability

**Position objectives**

This position has the responsibility to work in partnership with other Early Childhood Educators, children and families to ensure positive outcomes for children in the provision of early years educational services.

**Key responsibility areas**
- Plan and implement a quality educational program, including guidance to educators in the provision of effective documentation recording children’s learning.
- Actively promote the health and safety of employees and children, ensuring a safe and stimulating physical environment where all staff and children are protected from hazards or harm.
- Build positive relationships with all stakeholders, including the development of respectful, supportive, collaborative and responsive relationships with children and their families.
- Ensure all practices are in accordance with the National Quality Standards and reflect the philosophy, policies and procedures of the service.
- Contribute to the effective management and continuous improvement of the service through reflective practice and as directed by the Team Leader, Coordinator and educational leader.
- Perform, as directed, other duties that are within the limits of the incumbents’ skill, competence and training.

**Additional Duties - Room Leader**
- Provide guidance/support/direction/ and general supervision of staff, students and volunteers working within the rooms;
- Develop the Children’s Program (reflecting Early Years Learning Framework guidelines);
- Mentor students on practical placement. Provide verbal and written feedback/reporting in compliance with the school/tafe or university processes;
- Ensure accurate records are kept in regard to accident, incident, injury, illness and medication. The appropriate books/records are to be checked regularly to ensure ongoing compliance;
- Oversee daily that a safe environment is maintained for staff and children, with particular attention to children with anaphylaxis, allergies, asthma etc.