Educator Early Childhood Teacher

Join our passionate team at Council and help shape the future—one child at a time—as an Early Childhood Teacher committed to nurturing young minds and building strong community foundations!

• Implement engaging early childhood learning programs tailored to individual developmental needs
• Take part in ongoing professional development and uphold the highest standards of child safety and education.
• Permanent full time role available at our Umina Centre
• Balance your life with a 9 day fortnight

About the role

The Early Childhood Teacher plays a crucial role in delivering high-quality early childhood education that aligns with the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and our organisational objectives. This position is responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating learning programs that foster a love for lifelong learning among children and their families.

In this role, you will ensure the safety and well-being of children by adhering to the Child Safe Standards and effectively managing developmental records and other administrative tasks. You will also support the Centre Director in daily operations and maintain open communication with families regarding children's progress.

This position is required to provide quality customer service and create value for the community.

We are looking for a passionate and dedicated educator who is committed to the development and well-being of children. The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications and attributes:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education and ongoing professional development.
• Current certifications in First Aid, CPR, and Child Protection.
• Strong leadership and organisational skills with a focus on customer service.
• Demonstrated ability to build effective relationships with children, families, and stakeholders.

Our position description provides more information for you to learn more about this role.

Other important information

• The commencing salary for this position is up to $76.9k per annum. Central Coast Council also provides progression opportunities for employees to progress up to the maximum salary of $89.1k per annum on completion of assessment of skills and performance plus 12% superannuation 
• We have a permanent full-time role available. 
• This role will be able to access a 9 day fortnight.
• This role is located at Umina Children's Centre. 

Council may create an eligibility list from this recruitment process and may utilise this eligibility list to fill other permanent or temporary vacancies.

Extra benefits 

At Central Coast Council we provide team members with a range of extras that help them balance their life when they need it. Fitness Passports give access to a range of gyms. Wellbeing leave can be accessed twice a year to tick off something that means something to you - volunteering, health check-ups. And an Employee Assistance Program that offers a range of wellbeing initiatives to help you and your immediate family.

Other extras include:

• Long service leave after 5 years of continuous service
• Free flu vaccination program
• Time provided for you to do annual skin cancer screening, Breast screen and blood donations
• Access to professional development with career development and learning programs through various platforms
• We reward and recognise our staff with our Cheers program
• Novated leasing partnerships. 

Central Coast Council is committed to the goals of equal opportunity employment. We aim to provide a work environment for our employees that fosters equity, diversity and respect.

Council is committed to providing safe environments that protect the physical, emotional, cultural and social wellbeing of children on the Central Coast.

Central Coast Council is ideally located on the northern fringe of Sydney and just an hour's drive from Newcastle, the Central Coast offers one of the best places in Australia to live and work. The Central Coast is one of the fastest growing regions in NSW, the third largest Local Government Area (LGA) in NSW and the 6th Largest LGA in Australia. 

How to apply

To lodge your application, please follow these steps:

1. Answer the on-line questions shown below.
2. Attach your resume 
3. Attach your qualifications and licences.

Once your application is successfully lodged you will receive an automated response sent to your e-mail address. If a response is not received this means that your application has not been successfully submitted and you will need to lodge another application.

If you require assistance to lodge your application please contact our Talent Acquisition team by emailing recruit@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au to discuss what reasonable adjustments you may need. If you are deaf, hearing or speech impaired, you can contact us through the National Relay Service TTY call 133 677 or Speak & Listen 1300 555 727.

Applicants who are selected for interview will be contacted by phone or e-mail. For further instructions please click here. 

You will have the ability to save your application as you go using the 'Save Application' button. You can start an application and return to it later via the automatic follow-up email once you have the time and required information at hand to finalise your application.  

If you don't have access to a computer or electronic device, you can lodge your application at any of Council's Library locations. Pre-book a free 1-hour computer timeslot by contacting your nearest library https://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/libraries/our-branches or ask at the enquiry counter.

We will not accept unsolicited resumes or applications being presented by recruitment agencies.