Early Childhood Educator in Melbourne

Location: Craigieburn, Roxburgh Park, Coolaroo

Permanent Full & Part Time Positions available

Salary: $69,746-$79,718 (pro rata) per annum plus Superannuation

Must be flexible and able to work on a rotational roster between 6:15am and 6:45pm Monday to Friday.

Hume City Council is one of Australia’s fastest growing and culturally diverse councils. We put the customer and our community at the centre of all that we do, ensuring our services are efficient and accessible.

We are currently looking for Early Childhood Educators for our Long Day Care Services in Craigieburn, Roxburgh Park and Coolaroo. You will work in a collaborative team of Early Childhood professionals to support the growth and development of children in a play-based indoor/outdoor program. You will develop and implement innovative children's educational programs in collaboration with staff, families, and children. This will include planning, implementing, and evaluating programs for children and creating inclusive, secure, and interactive learning environments. Sound knowledge of current theory in practice, pedagogy and contemporary early years reforms will complement Council’s Early Years team.

What you’ll be doing:

• Undertake all responsibilities and activities associated with being a nominated supervisor/certified supervisor, to manage the service in accordance with the Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010, Education and Care Services National Regulations 2011.
• Act in accordance with the authority delegated by Council in dealing with situations of an urgent nature requiring immediate action, ensuring compliance with the Act and the Regulations.
• Develop in consultation with service staff, families and children, a program that brings together philosophies, children’s ideas, interests and uses intentional teaching to scaffold and extend children’s learning which encourages them to be active participants in their own learning.
• Develop and display the educational program that is developmentally and culturally appropriate and is reflective of an ongoing cycle of planning, which involves observation gathering and interpretation of information to inform the preparation of environments and experiences to engage children in meaningful learning opportunities.
• Ensure the program demonstrates links between the various tools used to demonstrate children’s learning, including showing specific objectives for individual children.
• Develop a professional collaborative relationship and inclusive partnership with early childhood colleagues to ensure opportunities for children’s learning and development is continued, encourages communication, promotes shared learning, and makes learning visible to children, educators, and their families.
• Provide an environment that supports family-centred practice, encourages, and recognises individual family needs, relationships and cultural backgrounds and provides a welcoming atmosphere, including orientation for new families and children.

The skills and experience you’ll bring to the role:

• Maintain an understanding of Early Childhood governance related policies and guidance including Early Childhood Australia’s Code of Ethics, United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
• Excellent interpersonal skills including an ability to communicate effectively, gain cooperation and work collaboratively with parents, other staff, and the leadership team.
• Display a willingness to continuously improve pedagogy and practice.
• Ability to use initiative and professional judgement in complex situations and to work sensitively with cultural, social, emotional, and economic issues of the children and their families.
• Ability to work collaboratively, co-operatively, and effectively within a team to achieve a common goal.
• Ability to develop relationships and partnership approaches with families to promote shared learning and collaboration to support children’s learning.
• Positively engage with all children.
• Be decisive, proactive and have the ability to solve problems.

Required Certifications & Qualifications:

• Diploma of Children’s Services/Certificate 3 in Children’s Services.
• Experience in Long Day Care Services.
• Sound knowledge of the Child Safe Standards and Reportable Conduct.
• Working with Children’s Check.
• Certificate for Provide First Aid in an education and care setting.
• Anaphylaxis Management.
• Emergency Asthma Management.
• Updated CPR.
• Mandatory Reporting.

Why Hume City Council?

A leader in local government, we’re committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative work environment that is guided by our values:

• We’re better, every day.
• We’re in it together.
• We show up.
• All for Hume.

We offer a competitive salary package, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment. A child safe organisation and an equal opportunity employer. Council encourages people of all ages, people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+ people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply. All candidates will be required to undertake background and probity checks including Reference Checks, Working with Children Check, and a Criminal Record Check.