Early Childhood Educator

**Mentoring and professional development available to set you up for success**:

- **17.5% leave loading | Increase take-home pay with $15,900 salary packaging options**:

- **Part Time (35 hours per fortnight), Ongoing role based in Hadfield**

**About the opportunity**:
As an Educator for our Kindergarten in Hadfield, you will be part of a small team to delivering kindergarten programs that support the wider community and provide high quality education and care to children.

This unique opportunity will provide the opportunity to work with our Service Leader to establish and grow an exceeding program with strong ties to school and community.

Working to one of the National or Victorian early learning frameworks, you will:

- Support the development and delivery an educational program that meets the interests and abilities of each child
- Help to increase enrolments and build the program to include other services that meet community needs
- Participate in delivering a quality and diverse educational program that sees every child actively participate

**View the position description **here**.**

**What’s on offer**:
Mentoring and professional development (formal and on-the-job) to build or uplift your capability and skills.

Grow and develop your career within one of Victoria and Tasmania’s leading community service organisations.

Join an organisation that uses its connections, size, scale, and knowledge to push into places where we feel like we should be doing more.

In addition to receiving a VECTEA salary commencing at $23.16 / hour (experience dependent) and superannuation, you’ll also receive 17.5% leave loading and an ability to increase your take-home pay by accessing up to **$15,900 in salary packaging benefits**. You will also be able to access paid parental leave for up to 10 weeks and can receive a **10% discount** on the childcare subsidy gap fee when using a Uniting Early Learning service or centre.

**About you**:
You will also have:

- Prior experience working in a kindergarten and / or other early childhood service providing high-quality care and educational services for children.
- A sound knowledge and understanding of early childhood learning and development.

**How to apply**:
**Get in touch**:
**About Uniting**:
At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.

Uniting is also committed to equal opportunity and ensuring the workplace is reflective of the community. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability.