Trainee Early Childhood Educator

The Byron Shire offers pristine beaches, diverse lifestyles, a magnificent natural environment and a subtropical climate. Byron Shire Council has a high performance, collaborative culture and we value our employees. We provide a rewarding and flexible working environment and celebrate our values of:

• We lead with enthusiasm and purpose
• We are open, honest and respectful
• We foster well-being and creativity
• We achieve our goals and succeed together

We are looking for: 

Are you passionate about early childhood education? Then this is an exceptional opportunity to get started in your new career. 

We are offering a Trainee position to join our Children’s Services team at Sandhills Early Childhood Centre. The successful candidates will have completed Year 10 to Year 12, have an interest in early childhood education and motivation to learn and participate within the educating team of a quality early childhood Service. This is a wonderful opportunity for initiating a career of choice and diversity within Education.

We pride ourselves on being child and community focussed and offering a nurturing and happy environment.  We strive to provide a peaceful, grounded safe haven in which children thrive. We build on children’s strengths and interests to engage with them in play-based learning.

You will work with a team of exceptional educators to implement the daily program in line with the National Quality Framework and Early Years Learning framework.  Our centre welcomes children from 0-5 years and we are looking for educators for all age groups. 

We operate 8am – 6pm, 50 weeks per year in the heart of Byron Bay in a beautiful setting.

We have to offer: 

• Traineeship position (Workplace or School Based)
• On-the-job training with formal study to provide you skills and experience
• Salary and Conditions will be in accordance with the NSW Local Government (State) Award with an appointment at a Trainee Wage in the range of $347.10 to $706.00 per 35-hour week (dependent upon age and level of schooling attained).

Location:

This position is based at Sandhills Early Childhood Centre - Byron Bay, however Council can require you to work from other work sites as required for operational reasons.

Contact:  

Ashleigh Olive - Sandhills Director - 02 6685 8118

Closing date:

Sunday, 4 June 2023 at 10.00pm (NSW)

Position Description:

Download the Trainee Early Childhood Educator Position Description (PDF)

**Previous applicants will be considered.

We believe in diversity, inclusion and equality and are committed to ensuring that our workplaces are a reflection of our community. We recognise the benefits that diversity and inclusion brings, and in turn encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply for our vacancies.

We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements and encourage our people to explore new ways of working – including part-time, job-share or working from different locations. Everyone can ask about it.

We strongly encourage applications from people with disability and will provide reasonable adjustments in our recruitment process and in the workplace. If you need an adjustment during the recruitment process, please call or email the contact person listed above, and also advise us of your preferred method of communication. 

Pre-Employment Screening Process:

• Reference Checks: Referees will preferably be your current or most recent supervisor and must be able to comment directly on your abilities in a work situation. If you have any objection to this action, your concerns should be raised in your application and be discussed with the Selection Panel.
• Functional Health Assessment: If applicable, the functional health assessment evaluates your physical and functional capacity against the physical demands necessary to safely perform the job for which you have applied. 
• Background Screening: Background checks verify the information you have provided in your application, and where applicable, also check for relevant criminal history. Checks may also include, for example, a confirmation of your employment history, qualifications/tickets and working with children clearance.

HOW TO APPLY:

Please note: Once you start your online application you cannot save and return to it later.  You must use your own email address and not one used previously by another person that has applied for a position with Council.

Being mindful of diversity and inclusion we have provided 2 options to apply for the position.

Option 1 - Written Application

You may wish to prepare your responses in a Word document, and then COPY and PASTE into the fields below.  

Step 1: Fill out our online application form below. Once you have completed all the questions, click 'Next'

Step 2: Attach your resume/CV and a cover letter (optional). Once you have attached your document/s click 'Next'.

Step 3: Please review your application and confirm everything is correct. Click 'Confirm' to send your completed application.

 You will receive an email to confirm your application has been received. 

Option 2 - Audio File Application

Step 1: Scroll down and review the Questions that you are required to answer. 

Step 2: Record an audio file of your responses and save the file (the file must be in an MP3 format and less than 50MB). Please note that all questions with a drop box or a check box as well as the reference checks details can not be answered via audio file and must be completed below.

Step 3: Fill out the Personal Details section and the questions that can not be completed by audio file on the application form below. For all of the Questions where you are responding via audio file, type the response “audio file”.  Once you have completed all the questions, click 'Next'

Step 4: Attach your resume/CV, a cover letter (optional) and your audio file.  Once you have attached your documents click 'Next'.

Step 5: Please review your application and confirm everything is correct. Click 'Confirm' to send your completed application.

You will receive an email to confirm your application has been received.