Role: Senior Educator
Location: Wothella, Western Australia
Centre: Goodstart Wonthella
Employment Type: Full Time / 38hrs per week
Pay: $33.71ph - $34.72ph
Help provide the best start to a child's life. Make a lasting impact while growing an incredible career.
About the Role:
Are you seeking a meaningful career with a supportive culture and endless opportunities for growth? Do you want to shape children's lives during their crucial developmental years and lead a team to achieve better outcomes for the future? If so, we have the perfect role for you!
As a Senior Educator at Goodstart, you'll take charge of your own room, leading a team of dedicated Educators to deliver exceptional educational programs. You'll collaborate with the Centre Leadership Team and the Educational Leader to observe, inform, and continuously improve our teaching practices. Your commitment to safety and inclusivity ensures that every learning experience is tailored to meet the needs of all children.
About Goodstart Wonthella:
We offer a welcoming environment with slow-paced transitions to ensure everyone is comfortable. We love to involve both children and families in service decisions.
Our centre is open 6:30am to 6:30pm, excluding public holidays, and is situated in a quiet suburb of the up-and-coming popular coastal City of Greater Geraldton.
All our educators are qualified at either Degree, Diploma, or Certificate 3 and offer a variety of skills and attributes to support the needs of the centre.
Our rooms are set up in line with an Early Years Learning Framework, with natural, sensory play-based learning opportunities.
With 5 rooms, the centre offers large open-plan learning environments. Purposeful and stimulating learning environments ensure the children have the chance to grow and develop through sensory, play-based learning; and we are focused on ensuring the children are ready to take that all-important step up to school.
Through our intuitive Storypark platform, we are able to provide consistent and clear communication with families. That means we are better placed to support a child in their learning journey, ensure parents have peace of mind, and timestamp the children's developments, milestones, and achievements.
Outside, we have age-appropriate play spaces and equipment, all set up to enhance the children's awareness of their wider surroundings by providing an extension to their learning environment, as well as their understanding of the importance of sustainability.
We also have designated art and construction spaces for the children to actively participate in during the day.
Our talented cook continuously looks for opportunities to deliver a variety of exciting home-cooked nutritious meals to cater to all children's individual dietary requirements. Meal times are seen as an opportunity to develop essential skills for life-long learning, such as food preparation, self-serve, laying the table, washing dishes, and promoting turn-taking and socialization skills. This is incorporated into our progressive meal times. We offer an early morning breakfast club as well as nutritionally balanced meals of morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, and a late snack.
As an inclusive centre, we love to explore a diversity of customs, traditions, festivals, and celebrations and incorporate this into the everyday life of our centre.
What Goodstart can offer you:
Better pay - you'll get at least 5% above the award rate
50% discount off your childcare fees and up to 6 weeks paid parental leave
Paid professional development
Two wellbeing days included in your personal leave per year
Free annual flu shot (optional)
Option to purchase extra leave for even greater work-life balance
First Nations Support and Cultural Leave
Retail discounts on insurance, travel, and technology
Uniform allowance and employee referral program
You'll need:
Diploma in Early Childhood (or ACECQA approved equivalent)
Strong knowledge of the Early Years Learning Framework and National Quality Standards
Current Working with Children Check
How to apply:
Click 'Apply Now' and submit your application. We review applications as they are submitted. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible for your best chance to progress to the next stage of the process. We encourage Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people to apply. Have a question? Contact our Talent Acquisition Team on 1800 222 543 or via email ******
If you are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and would like further information and support, email ******
Supporting our people and protecting our children.
We're an equal opportunity employer that is proud of our inclusive and diverse work environment. We know that Goodstarters from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences strengthen our teams and help us grow. We're also deeply committed to Reconciliation and creating an environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People feel a strong sense of belonging and connection.
Safety is our priority, and we will take any action necessary to ensure that all children can feel safe and be safe, and are safeguarded from abuse, neglect, and harm. As a Child Safe Organisation, all of our candidates must have or obtain a valid working with children check. #J-18808-Ljbffr
