Childcare Educator

About Kyneton:

Journey Early Learning Kyneton is a brand-new purpose-built centre that is due to open in April 2022. Catering for 88 children, from birth to five, Kyneton has been architecturally designed to inspire imagination and curiosity.

At Journey, we are invested in your success in your new role. As a new member of the Journey community, you have a key voice in driving our vision of exceeding practices. We are committed to empowering, supporting and giving you opportunities to stay connected, feel inspired and to learn.

You will be guided through a two-week paid induction prior to the centre opening.

About Your New Role:

As our new educator, it is your role to develop and maintain meaningful relationships with children, families, colleagues, and the centre community. You will be intrinsically motivated to support and guide children’s learning, while developing your own career and knowledge within the childcare sector.

As an educator, you will be supported by your Centre Leadership Team in your new role, as you learn the fundamental skills of being an inspired educator within the Journey community.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Bringing the Journey Values of connection, communication and consideration to life and reflect this in everyday practice.
• Ability to adhere to Journey’s child safe policy and code of conduct
• Assisting with observations of individuals and groups of children
• Assisting in the evaluation of children in terms of individual strengths, weaknesses, interests and preferences, which is then used to design activities to be included in the programme.
• Assisting with the program design, implemented, and evaluated in consultation with others to foster all aspect of children’s development in a holistic way.
• Working as an effective team member and within the defined position description.
• Seek and accept support from your Lead Educators, Educational Leader and Centre Manager

Benefits:

• Financial Benefits -Receive 80% off childcare fees, access to referral programmes up to $250 and more!
• Ongoing Professional Development – Exclusive access to our internal professional development platform – Journey Academy, external training and short courses.
• Networking Opportunities – Collaborate with, and build relationships across the journey community through centre visits, events and networking opportunities.
• Paid Birthday Leave – Celebrate your special day on us!
• High-Quality Resources & Environments – Our environments spark creation, inspiration and pure joy in educators, families and visitors

Every journey must begin somewhere, and yours begins right here. Apply today!

Journey Early Learning…where it all begins.

Journey Early Learning promotes the safety, wellbeing, and inclusion of all children, including those with a disability, from a culturally or linguistically diverse background. We are committed to the safety, participation, and empowerment of all children.