Educational Leader - Qv

Are you a motivated, experienced and passionate Educator looking for a new opportunity?

We are seeking dynamic full-time Pedagogical (Educational) Leaders to help us continue with the provision of mindful and holistic education and care, for our QV (Melbourne CBD) centre.

If you’re a positive, strong, flexible, energetic and calm Educator, seeking a role that offers personal growth and development, the ability to continue your learning and be reflective and the above makes you excited, then continue reading.

Here are the things you need to get started for this role:

• Bachelor of Teaching / Education (Early Childhood) or Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care or ACECQA assessed qualifications or equivalent.
• Minimum of 5 years of industry knowledge and experience, and within that time must have had 2 years experience as an Educational Leader.
• Experience in or knowledge of working in an exceeding service.
• Current working with Children Check.
• Current Police Check.
• Current First Aid and Anaphylaxis and Asthma training.
• Advanced knowledge in NQS, EYLF / VEDYLF, practice principles and reflective practices.
• A pleasant, positive, self motivated, proactive attitude, with the ability to motivate others.

In addition to the above you will also need to be willing to do, or able to demonstrate the following:

• Work on the floor with educators, role modeling pedagogical solutions.
• Establishing best practice, demonstrating and embedding Aurora’s Philosophy & Curriculum.
• Be a practitioner and promote mindfulness and meditation practice.
• Providing strategies to support educators in developing their skills and understanding with behavioral & additional needs within the rooms.
• Must be keen to further their own development through research & self study.
• Should have demonstrated a willingness to go above and beyond the expectations of the role.
• Carry responsibility for the service’s success in the community, developing strong relationships with local government, schools.
• Driving the growth of the service through the QIP and ensuring that it’s kept compliant and current at all times.
• Strong communication, with verbal and written skills to support educators in their learning process.
• Strong understanding of Aurora’s Policies and Procedures.

As an Aurora Educational Leader, we will support you to:

• Develop and help implement a high quality educational program in collaboration with the Studio Leaders and Leadership team
• Continually reflect and implement strategies to improve the educational program in the service
• Conduct audits and analyse data to ensure consistency amongst services
• Mentor and share knowledge to educators through trainings, meetings, presentations and online collaboration tools
• Collaborate with centre managers to provide professional development plans for educators both individually and service-wide
• Participate in innovative and exciting projects
• Support Aurora’s Marketing Team to produce written articles that demonstrate the Aurora pedagogy

If you’re excited about the possibility of having a positive impact on the centre after reading the above, and you’d like to apply for this position, then submit your application by forwarding your resume along with a cover letter outlining why you believe you are the Educational Leader that we are looking for.

As part of the application process, once your application is submitted you will receive a notification asking you to complete the Internal Position Application screening questions. In order for your application to be complete/considered these questions are required to be completed.

Applications Close: Thursday, 18 April 2024