Early Childhood Teacher

• KU Wahroonga Preschool
• New EA growth opportunity
• Qualification: Early Childhood Teacher

Be a Part of KU Children's Services Exciting Growth

This position has been created as part of the recently implemented KU Children's Services Teachers Enterprise Agreement 2025, a landmark development that continues to set new standards within the early childhood education sector. This new agreement reflects KU's ongoing commitment to excellence in educator conditions and professional practice. Key enhancements include increased dedicated time for Educational Leaders and programming, additional child-free days, and up to 15 weeks of paid parental leave, further strengthening KU's comprehensive suite of employee benefits and supports.

This is an excellent opportunity to join one of Australia's most trusted not-for-profit early childhood providers where your work is valued, your growth is supported, and your impact on children's lives is genuinely recognised.

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The Hours and Service:

KU Wahroonga Preschool is a warm and welcoming early childhood service located on Millewa Avenue in leafy Wahroonga, catering to children aged 3 to 5 years. With a proud history of serving the local community, KU Wahroonga is known for its nurturing environment, strong educator-child relationships, and commitment to high-quality education and care.

The preschool offers a play-based learning program guided by the Early Years Learning Framework, designed to spark imagination, curiosity, and a love of learning. Children engage in a wide variety of activities including outdoor play, creative arts, music and movement, science exploration, early literacy and numeracy experiences, and social-emotional learning. The centre places a strong emphasis on developing emotional intelligence, helping children build empathy, resilience, and confidence.

Set in a beautiful natural setting, Our exceeding rated service is set in a lovely, leafy environment that encompasses many natural play areas. The children are involved in the care and development of the outdoor environment through gardening, recycling and suggesting ideas to improve the outdoor play areas, for example, the rock and mud area.

This opportunity will see you join the team 7.6 hours every Friday on a permanent basis. This position is providing coverage for additional Educational Leader time.

Of course, you will need:

• Relevant experience
• An ACCEQA recognised Early Childhood Teaching degree,
• Current First Aid and CPR certificates and approved Asthma and Anaphylaxis Management certificates
• Completed training in Child Protection legislation
• Current Working with Children Check
• Sound understanding of the Education and Care Services National Law and the Education and Care Services National Regulations (2011)

Experience the KU Difference

KU offers more benefits than any other employer in the sector, including:

• Generous annual pay increases,
• 5 additional personal leave days for service-based staff,
• Rostered days off for relevant roles,
• Up to 14 weeks of KU paid parental leave,
• Access to variety of salary packaging options,
• 94% of staff say we live our values,
• KU Plus an extensive Employee benefits program with access to discounts/cashback from 400+ retailers,
• KU focuses on wholistic staff wellness through its Health & Wellbeing portal,
• Access to extensive free professional learning,
• An inclusive culture with a shared vision,
• Well-resourced and environmentally responsible workplaces,
• Coaching and mentoring from experienced colleagues.

How to apply:

Please submit your updated Cover Letter and CV via the 'APPLY NOW' button.

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KU is committed to social justice and human rights, inclusion and diversity, and equal employment opportunity. We recognise the voice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and promote their participation at KU.

KU Children's Services is committed to being a child safe organisation. We put children's safety and wellbeing at the centre of our practices. Child safety is a shared responsibility across the organisation. All KU staff contribute to maintaining our child safe culture and ensuring the safety and wellbeing of the children in our services and programs. KU has a zero tolerance of harm or abuse of children.

Degree Level : Early Childhood Teacher Degree Equivalent (ALL)