Early Education and Care Educators

Full Time
- Canberra

**Early Education and Care Educators - Forrest and Barton**

Would you like to work with an organisation that cares about you and your community?

Educators at Community Services #1 (CS#1) work directly with children and support our Team Leaders to deliver educational programs which foster close connections with children and families through positive interactions.

**Why CS#1**

We know you are spoilt for choice in the Early Education and Care market in Canberra, so why consider joining us?

We strive to be an employer of choice by providing a work life balance with a culture of flexibility, support and wellbeing.

Our Centres offer Long Day Care and are conveniently set in stunning natural environments in Canberra’s inner south - Barton and Forrest, providing supportive learning environments for children. We have interactive outside play spaces, with veggie/flower beds, dedicated workrooms and staff rooms, and separate sleep rooms for the infants. Our purpose designed Centres are first class facilities offering regular and structured care.

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Educators (or somebody studying their qualifications ready for their next step) to assist in are Forrest and Barton Teams. Our centres provide a unique warm, friendly environment with excellent care and education through an inclusive play-based curriculum.

**Your Benefits**

CS#1 can offer a wide range of workplace benefits including:

- Hourly rate will be between $23.11 to $29.48 plus 11% superannuation
- Generous salary packaging arrangements that can provide up to $18,550 of your gross pay tax free - for a variety of eligible expense items.
- Portable Long Service Leave
- Free Car Parking (Forrest)
- Professional Development
- Face-to-face professional development opportunities
- Online learning management system with access to thousands of courses on professional development, wellbeing and compliance
- Professional development opportunities to take your career to the next level
- Structured performance and 1 on 1 development check ins and secondment opportunities
- Access through our Healthy Me Healthy Us program to a suite of financial, physical, emotional and mental well-being resources such as discounted gym memberships, private health cover and free flu vaccinations
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program

There are a number of positions currently available from entry level student educators, to Educators and Diploma Educators.

**What you will bring to the team**

To be considered for this role, you’ll hold, or be working towards a Certificate 3 or Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care. If you are partway through completing your studies, CS#1 will support you to complete your qualification.

You will be required to have or willing to obtain:

- Working Vulnerable People Card
- Australian Work Rights

**How to apply**

For more information about our recruitment process, please call Riley (People and Culture) on 02 6126 4707 and visit our website to view the Position Description.

**_ Community Services #1 acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work._**

**_ We pay our respect to their Elders - past, present and emerging. We recognise their contribution to creating a thriving community through the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Australia’s First Peoples._**

**_ Our commitment_**

**_ Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging means enabling people to bring their full self to work, promoting a human centred, psychologically healthy, and safe environment underpinned by social justice, diversity, equity, inclusion, and a culture of belonging throughout our employee lifecycle_**

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