Kindred Early Education is seeking an assistant early childhood educator to work with our experienced and stable team.

We can offer either a full time or part time role, however it is a requirement to have availability on a minimum of Thursday and Friday from 7am - 6pm each week to work with our existing team’s college timetables.

We always speak to applicants about the age group they prefer to work with and try to find the right studio and team within our service.

Please note that sponsorship is not available in respect of this role.

Our studios run above ratio in terms of the number of staff. Our service is a small independent family owned service, rated exceeding. We are proud of our professional and stable environment, where children and our team are prioritised.

This service is a child safe organisation and we strongly uphold our child safety policies and procedures. We support and emphasis the rights and the best interests of the child as paramount.

If you love working with children, we would love to hear from you!

We offer:

generous above award wage, terms and conditions. We have recently been approved by the Australian Federal Government for the Worker Retention Payment. We offer 15% above the current award rate once the Worker Retention Payment is taken into account.

Christmas closure of the service

a stable, friendly, professional team

progressive, well resourced educational program including specialist educators for music, Spanish, bush kindy

high child: staff ratios

excellent resources

well above award programming time

continuous training and mentoring

supportive owners and management

proximity to public transport

sector leading programs, including an intergenerational kindergarten study that was run in conjunction with Griffith University.

The successful applicant will work with their co-educators in providing outstanding education and care to the children in our service. Full time applicants must be available 7am - 6pm Monday to Friday without limitations during those hours.

Your skills and qualifications should include:

A Certificate III, Diploma or willingness to work towards a qualification

A passion for working with children

A commitment to child safety, to respecting and valuing children, to using culturally safe practices and to understand or be willing to learn about and support children's development needs

The desire to work harmoniously as part of a collaborative team

A friendly, positive and energetic disposition

A current Working with Children Check

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Strong computer and technology skills

An interest and willingness to participate in excursions (these are run frequently on foot from our service to a variety of local community facilities)

To apply, please forward your resume to our service Director Melinda at: [email protected]

We look forward to speaking with you.