Lead Early Childhood Educator

4 days ago


Parkville, Australia The Royal Children's Hospital Full time

**Date**:12 May 2025

**Location**: 50 Flemington Rd, AU

**Company**:theroyalch

**The Hospital**:
The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards.

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

**Job Title: Lead Early Childhood Educator**
- Excellent employee benefits including salary packaging
- Hub of the medical precinct in Parkville, Melbourne
- Work for Australia's leading Children's Hospital

**About the role**:
This is a Permanent position at 76 per fortnight within Early Learning.

You will be responsible for leading the provision of high-quality early childhood education and care, including developing positive relationships with children, families, educators and the community. You will lead a team of educators to implement a developmentally based curriculum that meet the needs of children, in accordance with the services philosophy, procedures and policies. Your role operates within a team environment and reports to the Manager.

**What you’ll achieve**:

- Lead a team of educators in the preparation, implementation and reflection of the curriculum cycle for individual and groups of children, with reference to the EYLF and developmentally appropriate practice.
- Guide co-educators in the use of effective teaching strategies, including intentional teaching and reflective practice
- Advocate for the importance of high quality early education in the community, and build connections with local resources/networks/organisations.
- Maintain positive communication with families, children, educators and other hospital staff at all times.
- Respect children’s rights, and engage them in shared decision-making

Classification for this position will range from CS26- CS28 (FTE base salary $66,393.60 to $70,376.8‬0 per annum, plus superannuation plus salary packaging)

**Your skills and experience**:

- Must have demonstrated experience in curriculum development, including in the planning, implementation and reflection of the curriculum cycle
- Must have well-developed communication and organisational skills and a flexible approach to services provision
- Must have interpersonal skills and a positive approach to working with children, families, educators, other professionals and the community
- Ability to contribute to a productive team culture and to provide role modelling as appropriate

If this sounds like you, click **here** to view the position description.

**About Early Learning**

The Royal Children's Hospital Early Learning is registered for 159 equivalent full time children between 6 weeks and 5 years of age. Places are allocated to the Royal Children's Hospital employees, whilst our Kindergarten is open to the wider community. We are an 'Exceeding' accredited service, utilising hospital and community resources within the City of Melbourne.

**What we offer**:

- Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay
- Culture of continuous improvement

**Other requirements**:

- Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
- Valid Working with Children Check
- Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

**Application process**

To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.

**Why work at the RCH?**

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in



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