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SalaryThe Surrey Downs Community Children’s Centre is a 45 place non for profit long day care setting. We have a supportive Parent Management Committee who priorities the children’s wellbeing over profit. The centre pays above award wages with other benefits for the educators including paid training and an additional 2 weeks paid leave over the Christmas closure period, after one year of service.
Currently we are looking for two educators to join our staff team. The first role is a flexible full time position. This person will be rostered for 8 hours daily, 5 days a week with shifts between 6:45am and 6:10pm. Weekly pay will be for 38 hours so A RDO will be earnt every 19 days worked. A Full time educator is preferable but 4 days a week may be negotiated, if working 4 days per week you will not be eligible to earn RDO’s. Annual Leave and Personal Leave will be accrued based on hours worked.
We will use this person between each of the rooms – as they will be rostered above ratio to be able to fill in for educators who call in sick. If not needed for personal leave cover, we will use them in rooms to cover programming time and online training opportunities.
You will not be responsible for programming for individuals, unless covering a long period of sickness. So, paperwork will be minimal. Attendance at monthly staff meeting will be required and TOIL will be given for the time spent at these – which can be used to leave early on occasion or be paid out.
This is a trial role with the end date currently at the 28th of June 2024, there will be a possibility of extension if we find the role beneficial and if the budget allows. Our Management Committee will vote on this to decide. Ideally the role will start as soon as possible.
The other role is a permanent Part time 5 day per week role in our Baby Room. The usual hours will be 6.5 hour shifts of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with a shift time of 10am until 5pm or numbers drop and a 8 hour shift on a Friday, with the a usual shift time of 8am to 5pm, but this may change if educators are on annual leave. The successful applicant will need to be flexible to be able to pick up additional 8-hour shifts between 6:45am and 6:10pm, when staff are on personal or annual leave.
There will be responsibility toward programming for a small group of children so time off the floor for this will be provided. This role will start as soon as possible.
Our Centre offers…
- 3% Above award pay
- 2 weeks additional paid leave over the centres Christmas Closure - so there is 6 weeks of Annual leave in total.
- 30% discount on out of pocket childcare fees if your child attends the centre
- Paid training – including First Aid, Responding to Abuse and Neglect and Working With Children Check certification as well as opportunities to attend other training sessions throughout the year. And a centre wide closure day for training once per year.
- Support for Educator Wellbeing including a Employee Assistance Program and an annual flu shot (should you wish to receive this)
- Nightly professional cleaners
To apply you will need…
- A Diploma or Certificate 3 of Early Childhood Education and Care (or ACECQA approved qualification or working towards)
- Current Working With Children Check
- Current Responding to Abuse and Neglect Training
- First Aid training including current CPR certification
- Flexibility to be able to change shifts at short notice
- Excellent communication skills with children, families and educators
- The ability to work with children of all ages, across the centre
Job Responsibilities …
- Supervise, interact and engage with all children and families
- Assist in providing an educational program for the group and individual children
- Providing learning opportunities for children through the use of open ended questions and intentional teaching methods
- Be able to follow rosters and routines but also own initiative
- Provide support to team members as required
- Critically reflect on routines and other aspects of your work
- Work within policies and procedures of the centre
If this sounds like you, please send your resumes to the Director, Lisa at ********@surreydownsccc.com.au by close of business Friday the 9th Feb 2024. Serious applicants only, previous applicants need not apply.
