Early Childhood Educator
1 month ago
The City of Greater Geelong proudly acknowledges the rich heritage of First Nations cultures and is committed to fostering a diverse workforce. We are excited to announce an ongoing Certificate III Early Childhood Educator role specifically designed for First Nations applicants, aimed at creating equal opportunities and supporting professional growth. This Early Childhood Educator role is designated for First Nations people, which is designed to help eliminate inequalities for groups that may experience significant disadvantage when it comes to employment.
City of Greater Geelong recognises the value of the diversity and strength of First Nations cultures to the heritage of all Australians and encourages First Nations people to apply.
Role Overview
Based at our Leopold Child and Family Centre, this Certificate III level position assists in supporting the whole Early Childhood Education team with the implementation and evaluation of developmentally appropriate educational programs that reflect children’s needs and meet the requirements of the City of Greater Geelong, State Regulations and Commonwealth Government Guidelines, including the Early Years Learning and Development Framework and the National Quality Standards.
As an Early Childhood Educator you will be responsible for encouraging and guiding our youngest community members through their early life. You will have the opportunity to work alongside families to ensure their children are challenged, nurtured and supported in their early years, through the provision of stimulating and safe environments and individual and group-based programming.
Depending on your preferred position, you will be expected to contribute to planning, implementing and evaluating developmentally appropriate educational programs that reflect the children’s needs. You may be called to work in our Long Day Care educational programs or our Kindergarten programs for three and four year old’s.
This role can also be considered as a traineeship opportunity.
Work type: Permanent Full Time
Classification: Band 3 $64,827 pa plus super
Key responsibilities include:
- Manage the day to day operations of your allocated learning environment
- Provide an exceeding standard of education and care which is in accordance to National regulations
- Ensure supervision of children is active, adequate and efficient at all times, and implement and maintain clear expectations for children when establishing limits of appropriate behaviour
- Structure the indoor and outdoor environments and activities with a balance of active and passive learning areas to guide children to participate constructively, to explore, to learn and interact positively with other children in the group through play.
- Development of holistic and culturally responsive education programs and responses to all children, within the context of their families and communities.
About you
To be successful in this role, you will have experience in:
- Possess relevant tertiary qualification in accordance to the position you wish you apply for
- Excellent knowledge of the development of children in the 0-12 years age group and proven ability to plan appropriate programs in relation to the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Frameworks.
- Ability to evaluate and make recommendations to the leadership team on the planning and implementation of education and care programs within the service.
- Experience in undertaking educational program planning to meet the needs of all children within the service.
- Ability to establish effective professional relationships with staff from a range of professional backgrounds in relation to the education and needs of children and their families.
- Ability to ensure confidentiality, professionalism and discretion are maintained at all times.
- Preferred candidates will be required to undergo a National Police Check and a pre-employment medical assessment as part of the recruitment process (funded by the City).
If this sounds like the role for you, then click apply now
Child Safety Responsibilities
We are committed to being a child-safe organisation and have zero-tolerance for child abuse. We have specific policies, procedures, and mandatory training in place to support employees, volunteers, and contractors to achieve and adhere to these commitments. Please read our Child Safe Standards Management Policy.
Diversity and Inclusion
At the City we want a workforce that reflects the community we live in. We welcome and embrace everyone, all people with their own unique experiences, and support and encourage all our employees to do their best work, have equal access to opportunities and a just working environment. For this reason, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from First Nations people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, from the LGBTQIA+ community, people with disability and people of all genders, ages and diverse experience.
Create our future together at the City of Greater Geelong
Join the City of Greater Geelong, a community-focused workplace on Wadawurrung Country. We deliver over 130 services to our growing population, striving to make our city a great place to live, work, and study. Our central location for Central Geelong-based employees is the Civic Precinct, Wurriki Nyal, a modern, sustainable, and inclusive workplace, along with our outreach locations.
If you're passionate about inclusivity and community, apply now – we’d love to meet you
We support accessibility and encourage discussions about any adjustments or support you may need during the recruitment process.
Applications and Enquiries
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Enquiries: Ashley Shaw – Talent Acquisition Partner | ashaw@geelongcity.vic.gov.au
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