Educational Leader

At Happy Hearts, our children come first. We have created a safe, inspiring and nurturing environment that allows children to begin their journey of self-discovery. We help them build their confidence, self awareness and emotional intelligence.

We care for children from 6 weeks to Kindergarten. We are a growing family business that takes pride in our Centre's and offer the best possible outcomes for our families.

About the Centre

Our Centre has outstanding design features and engaging environments. We pride ourselves on providing engaging programs, amazing play spaces and environments and our Centre is very well resourced. We endeavor to connect with our community and build positive relationships. We pride ourselves on providing quality care for all children and be a Centre of choice

The Role

We are looking for a highly motivated Educational Leader to join our Team.  Within this role you will be responsible for guiding the program and practices at the service and mentoring the team to ensure it is being implemented effectively. You will also be confident in liaising with the Nominated supervisor and 2ic to ensure strong leadership is demonstrated and collaborative partnerships. Your input towards growth, quality and a vision for learning will be encouraged. You will have prior experience in a similar role and meet the qualification expectations for this role.

Relationships keep our hearts happy

Developing positive relationships within our Centre community, local community and global community is at the Centre of all we do at Happy Hearts. We care for our team and value your contributions.  Being part of our team means you will have access to Professional and Personal Development as well as our unique Wellbeing Program.

Wellbeing Program

At Happy Hearts, we value our Educators wellbeing and have created an initiative to support this. All of our Educators have access to our Wellbeing Program which offers the following;

All uniforms paid for including a NAIDOC shirt.

Child Protection, First Aid and CPR all paid for

Monthly budget for Educators wellbeing

Staff Discounts

Required Qualifications & Desired Skills

A Growth Mindset,

A love of learning,

Ability in developing and maintaining positive relationships with children families and colleagues,

Suitable qualifications for the role,

Understanding of the Early Years Learning Framework and National Quality Standards and the QKLG,

Current Working With Children's Check - Blue Card,

Knowledge of relevant legislative policies, standards and requirements.

Our Values

Our values guide our practice and we use these to build a positive and heart centred team culture.

H.E.A.R.T.S

HOLISTIC: We believe in a holistic approach to learning for children and adults. Everyone is unique and their skills, interests and abilities are honoured here at Happy Hearts.

ENVIORNMENT: We acknowledge and understand the importance of the environment for all who engage in our program.  The environment we create is safe, homely, flexible, natural, inviting and is a third teacher within our program.

AUTHENTICITY: "Today you are you, that is truer than true.  There is no one alive who is Youer than you." – Dr Seuss. We value and respect the individuality of each other, our children and families.  At Happy Hearts, everyone has a voice, we lead with kindness and everyone belongs.

RELATIONSHIPS: From the moment we are born, human beings form relationships with others.  We understand the basic human need to connect with others and build positive, healthy, respectful relationships with each other, our children and families.

TEAM WORK: Respecting and honouring each other as we strive towards a common vision of high-quality early learning is what we do.  We are not a team because we work together, we are a team because we respect, trust and care for each other.

SUPPORT: We understand that we are only as strong as the support that surrounds us and therefore value our Happy Hearts team members, our owners and our wider support networks. We continually strive for excellence and have the support we need to achieve this.

If you believe you are the right person to join our Happy Hearts community please email Louise, our incredible Centre Manager, including your resume and covering letter -

We can't wait to meet you.