Childcare Educational Leader

Educational Leader | North Mackay

Journey Early Learning is seeking an influential, passionate and experienced Educational Leader to join our North Mackay team, and inspire, motivate, affirm and challenge or extend the practice and pedagogy of educators.

Centre Overview:

North Mackay is a comfortable and homely 74-place centre that offers a warm and welcoming environment for all who enter. With a team of dedicated and experienced educators, many of whom have been with us for years, we are proud to provide a family-oriented service where children feel safe, valued, and inspired to thrive.

We pride ourselves on working together as a team, alongside our families, to build strong, supportive community connections that foster the social and emotional development of each child.

We look forward to welcoming you to the North Mackay Journey Family.

About the role:

As our Educational Leader, you'll be a key member of our leadership team. In this key role, utilising your influential skills, you will leverage your extensive experience in curriculum programming and your proven ability to provide excellent support and mentorship to Educators in every room.

Key Responsibilities:

• Motivate and lead a team of educators to achieve high-quality care for all children within the service

• Clear understanding of Storypark and ensure children’s learning is documented in a high quality and professional manner

• Work collaboratively with the team to ensuring high quality practices are consistently embedded across the service

• Establish, nurture and foster strong and inclusive relationships with children to achieve quality learning and development outcomes

• Building a supportive relationship with families to allow for honest and open communication of expectations and needs

• Assisting in ensuring high quality practices and procedures are being met according to the NQS

• Ensuring the inclusion and support of all children's learning abilities

About you:

Your ability to create environments that inspire growth, creativity, and a lifelong love of learning, along with your experience to provide excellent support and mentorship to Educators will see you succeed in this role

Key skills and requirements:

• Bachelor or Diploma level Early Childhood Education and Care qualification

• Passionate about children, their development, and safety

• Demonstrated ability to create and implement a quality education program

• Sound knowledge of the National Quality Framework & National Law

• Understand leadership and mentoring, be approachable & willing to learn

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Possession of current First Aid, PR, Asthma & Anaphylaxis Certificates

• Valid Working with Children Check

What we offer:

• Above award rates + 10% Educator Wage Retention Grant

• 80% off Childcare Discounts*

• Anniversary Gifts to recognise you

• Paid Birthday Leave

• Mental Health First Aid

• Employee Assistance Program

• Access to retail/lifestyle discounts

• Excursions - we encourage all services to engage with the community through excursions *Terms & Conditions apply

If you believe you have the skills and experience to be part of our team’s success – apply now!

Join us at Journey Early Learning…where it all begins.

At Journey Early Learning, the safety and well-being of every child is our top priority. We ensureevery child every dayis safe, secure and protected. We are united through Journey’s Commitment to Safeguarding Children and adhere to our See, Act, Tell framework. This framework empowers us to actively uphold and advocate for the rights and voices of children, focusing on the prevention, recognition, and response to abuse, neglect, and harm