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Work type: Permanent
Location: Melbourne
Categories: Children's Services
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR POSITIONS – Permanent Part-time and fixed term contracts Seymour, Kilmore and Wallan A fantastic opportunity is available for early childhood educators to join some of our wonderful sessional Kindergarten teams for the 2025 year.
Come join a Local Government operated service offering a fantastic opening for Community, Opportunity, and Growth to the right applicants.
About the role Council offers educators ongoing professional development opportunities and workplace flexibility within a supportive and innovative work environment. Our progressive wrap around leadership and support structure is provided across all services, enabling pedagogy support, onsite practical guidance and backfill opportunities.
Teams have access to a range of ongoing benefits designed to align with Councils 'One Mitchell' philosophy. We provide our educators a supportive workplace, opportunities for collaboration, paid meeting times and access to additional hours.
Professional development and holistic support are key at Mitchell, maximising School Readiness Funding, innovative and collective planning, and offering a broad range of training to meet individual needs and build collective capacity.
What we are looking for We are looking for applicants who are motivated, nurturing, and enthusiastic professionals dedicated to being part of a collaborative and supportive team fostering wellbeing, advocacy, and excellence.
As a valued member of the Children's Services team, our ideal candidate will be skilled, qualified and have the ability to demonstrate:
Knowledge of the needs of young children, the community, families and the principles of early childhood education.An ability to support the teacher to deliver and embed the National Quality Standards into programming with a commitment to best practice.Experience in supporting a teaching team in developing and implementing developmentally appropriate programs for 3–5-year-old children.Appropriate communication and collaboration skills.An understanding of the Education and Care Services National Regulations, Education and Care Services National Law 2011 and Child Safe Standards (CCYP), Information Sharing and MARAM reforms.Early Childhood Certificate III and Diploma Qualification as approved by ACECQA and recognised under the National Law.Remuneration begins at $45.6K to $53K for Certificate III roles and $53.8K to $55.4K for Diploma roles, plus superannuation. Salaries are pro-rata and dependent on qualifications and experience as per the Early Education Employees Agreement 2020 (EEEA).
All applications must address the Key Selection Criteria in the Position Description.
Please note: the successful applicant/s will be required to obtain a Working with Children Check prior to commencement, and also complete Mandatory Reporting and MARAM reform training and awareness of the Child Safe Standards.
Further information To learn more about the roles and how to apply, visit our Careers webpage today. For more information about this role please contact the Children's Services Team on 5734 6200.
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