Early Childhood Educator

About Inner West Council

Inner West Council (IWC) is among Sydney's larger local metropolitan local government councils looking after a community of 201,000 people living in some of the inner city's most vibrant, creative, liveable, and diverse suburbs. As we continue to deliver quality, innovative, and inclusive programs and services, we invite you to join in on our journey towards becoming the best council for our community.

The community is at the heart of IWC, and our values of Integrity, Respect, Innovation, Compassion and Collaboration are at the centre of everything that we do.

We offer flexible career life balance with hours that allow you to relax and recharge. We offer a variety of flexible work arrangement options (e.g. flexible hours and working from home) where appropriate giving you even greater quality of work life balance.

Permanent employees benefit from our great value gym membership from $18.65/week giving access to a vast network of gyms in Sydney.

About Children's Services

Inner West Council operates 11 Long Day Care Centres, 2 Out of School Hours Care, an Occasional Care service, a Pre-School and a Family Day Care network. We currently have multiple vacancies for qualified Early Childhood Educator - Diploma Qualified to join our professional and friendly Early Learning Services team.

Our educators take pride in their Early and Middle Childhood Education profession. We adhere to the guidelines, practices and regulations surrounding the National Quality Standards (NQS) and regularly review Quality Improvement Plans and are implementing the Self-Assessment Tool. We strive for excellence, and all our centres are meeting or exceeding the NQF standards as rated by ACECQA.

Our staff appreciate that we are a culturally diverse, united and supportive team. Our teams value a positive, inclusive, motivated and collaborative workplace culture.

About the role

Our Diploma-qualified Educators are accountable for supporting the Nominated Supervisor in the day-to-day running of the Education and Care Service, planning, programming, and implementing a caring, safe, and enriching learning environment for the children, developing quality partnerships with children, families, colleagues, and the wider community.

Please read the Position Description to familiarise yourself with all the requirements and conditions of the role.

Remuneration

$66, $79, % Superannuation

Some of the required skills, experience and qualifications

• Two-year TAFE Diploma of Children's Services or equivalent, including modules relevant to working with babies and children under 2 years of age

• Experience as an active and collaborative educator for children aged 6 weeks to 6 years, with sound working knowledge of child development, positive behaviour guidance techniques and strategies for children.

• Proven ability to apply knowledge and evidence of the following:

• Current NSW Working with Children Check clearance
• Identify and Respond to Children at Risk of Harm Statement of Attainment or willingness to undertake the course
• Child Protection and Mandatory Reporters requirements and guidelines

• Current First Aid Certificate including emergency management of asthma and anaphylaxis, or willingness to undertake the course

• Willingness to undertake role of Responsible Person under the National Education and Care Services Regulations

• Demonstrated ability to plan and implement developmentally appropriate and inquiry/interest-based programs for individual children and groups of children

• Working knowledge of the National Quality Framework including National Quality Standards, National Education and Care Services Regulations, Early Years Learning Framework and Assessment and Rating System.

Enquiries

Judie Don, Centre Director on

Closing Date

Sunday 19 October 2025, 11:30PM

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How to Apply

We recommend you read the Position Description for the role to make sure your application addresses the requirements of the position. Council is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all applicants. Please advise us within the application if you need support, reasonable adjustments to participate successfully in the recruitment process.

All new workers must be and remain fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to beginning their work or hold a valid medical contraindication.

Eligibility for employment/Pre employment Checks

Successful applicants must be eligible to work in Australia and agree to provide information for pre-employment checks as required for the position. This may include police records checks, certified copies of relevant qualifications, Driver's Licence and proof of work rights in Australia (please refer to the Position Description for the specific qualifications/requirements for the role). Copies of any sighted documents will be kept by IWC for its records as proof of verification.

For more information about work rights in Australia please visit the Department of Home Affairs website.

Inner West Council is proud to be an inclusive and equitable employer

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences and are committed to reflecting the diversity of our community. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, LGBTQ+ people, veterans, young people, and mature age workers.

This commitment to diversity and inclusion is one of the many reasons we were named the 2023 AR Bluett Award Winner as the most progressive council in NSW. We're also proud recipients of the 2023 Australian Business Awards Employer of Choice and the 2025 NSW Local Government Excellence Award for Organisational Diversity and Inclusion.

Reasonable Adjustment Assistance

IWC are intent on respecting the rights and improving opportunities for people with disability. Should you require adjustments or support for your application and throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please Click here for more information on reasonable adjustments