Early Childhood Educator (Diploma)

Job No: CN2738

Location: Newcastle

Employment Status: Full-time

No. of Vacancies: 2

Closing Date: 20 Apr 2022 AEST

• Are you an experienced Early Childhood Educator with your Diploma in Early Childhood Education (or working towards)?
• Are you passionate about creating meaningful, educational experiences for children?
• Multiple Permanent, Full-Time opportunities available – 38 hours per week with attractive remuneration

City of Newcastle (CN) is seeking passionate Early Childhood Educators to support the team at our Beresfield Community Children’s Education Centre with both the design and implementation of appropriate and individualised developmental programs for the lovely children attending our centre.

Working within a collaborative team to achieve desired goals, key responsibilities include designing and implementing ongoing interest-based learning experiences that enhance the children’s learning and enquiry skills, as well as creating and maintaining appropriate learning environments that are stimulating, aesthetically pleasing, and reflect the centre’s philosophy and current room interests. Additionally, you’ll act as a role model, employing appropriate strategies and techniques, as required, to guide children’s behaviour, creating a harmonious learning environment, and utilising your excellent communication skills you will provide an open communication channel with parents and guardians on the learning and development of children in our care.

As a successful candidate you’ll also observe all legislative requirements, ensuring National Quality standards are adhered to, and will assess and record children’s development, learning, and thinking using a variety of documentation methods, in line with current industry standards.

What’s it like working at the City of Newcastle?

We are focused on making a real difference in our community and achieving our vision of creating a smart, liveable, and sustainable global city.  We are proud to deliver services valued by our community.  People come first at the City of Newcastle, which means providing employees with meaningful work and capacity for work life balance. As a large local organisation, CN offers opportunity to develop in your current role, grow into future opportunities and reach your full potential.  

Our organisation’s values are Cooperation, Respect, Excellence and Wellbeing which are underpinned by our behaviours of courage, trust, and pride. Together, our values and behaviours support our decision making, our day-to-day interactions and everything we do. 

We value diversity of thought, and we focus on equity in the workplace. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace culture where everyone feels respected, safe, and valued so they can be themselves and fully contribute their opinions and perspectives to the success of the organisation.

What are the benefits?

• 38-hour working week
• 4 weeks of annual leave
• 3 weeks of personal leave each year
• 17.5% annual leave loading yearly payment
• Paid parental leave for primary carers
• 2 additional paid Public Holidays
• Additional paid leave days including Health & Wellbeing, NAIDOC, and Community Volunteer leave
• Access to a range of exclusive CN employee benefits programs including Novated Lease options as well as access to reward and recognition vouchers
• Annual performance development plans and ongoing training and development opportunities to ensure you continue to evolve and grow your career ambitions
• Corporate fitness program from as little as $4.30 per week that will give you and your immediate family members access to a wide range of fitness and aquatic centres

Interested to know more?

Find out more about your new career by viewing the position description here.

Our people are valued and have access to a range of benefits that help balance life at work and at home. These include flexible working arrangements, professional development opportunities and health and wellbeing programs.

CN proudly promotes the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and fosters a culture of diversity and inclusion to represent the community of our Local Government Area. All candidates will be assessed against the essential criteria outlined in the position description. Suitable candidates may be placed on an eligibility list for future identical positions for a period of 12 months.

We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive workplace where diverse styles, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, encouraged, and respected. People from diverse backgrounds (including but not limited to, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, people with diverse gender identities and sexualities, people from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability, and veterans) are encouraged to apply!

If you need any adjustments to be made to the recruitment process or if you would like to discuss any accessibility requirements, please contact recruit@ncc.nsw.gov.au for a confidential discussion.

You must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this job.

Application Closing Date: Tuesday 19 April 2022.

Remuneration: $62,910.09 (equivalent of $31.71 per hour) + 10% Superannuation per annum for a 38-hour week.

Contact: Jacqueline Mills – Director Beresfield Childcare Centre – 02 4974 2212.

CN do not accept unsolicited resumes and we respectfully ask that recruitment agencies do not contact us at this stage.

At CN we understand the skills and attributes veterans can bring to our organisation and highly encourage veterans to apply for suitable roles.