Lead Educator

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 encourage and guide them to 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.

Our beautiful service has recently opened and with occupancy growing we are seeking to recruit a lead educator.  Our brand new Centre offers outstanding design features and engaging environments. We pride ourselves on engaging resources and amazing set ups of the play spaces. 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

We are looking for a highly motivated Lead Educator to join our Team. Within this role you will be responsible for planning and guiding children's learning and development. You will also be confident in leading a room and giving directions to fellow team members to ensure children's needs are met. 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.

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.

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;

• Retention Payment
• All uniforms paid for including a NAIDOC shirt.
• Child Protection, First Aid and CPR all paid for
• Monthly budget for Educators wellbeing
• Staff Discounts

We're excited to announce that our company is participating in the Worker Retention Payment Grant

As part of this initiative, eligible employees will receive additional payments as a thank-you for their hard work and commitment. This is just one of the many ways we show appreciation to our team.

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

• 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 Allie, our incredible Centre Manager. Please include your resume and covering letter - 

We cant wait to meet you.