**Do you love building a warm and trusting bond with nursery aged children and their families, supporting individual routines and providing a safe nourishing environment for them to explore?**
At Petit ELJ Richmond we are looking for a like-minded **Educator **to join the growing Petit family as we look to open up further occupancy at our centre, within our Nursery room.
Our focus is keeping the children at the centre of everything we do, play based learning approach off children led interests is an integral part of our philosophy. We have a long term leadership team, ready and waiting to offer an abundance of support and future personal and professional development.
We are seeking an inspiring Educator who is experienced and confident in your abilities in guiding and supporting our children’s early years learning. Our Lead Educators receive additional paid planning and programming time, 4 hours per studio per week, which makes all the difference when your room leaders feel supported.
You will find our team highly welcoming, an established centre with long-term Educators and a supportive Centre Director who is an Educational Leader herself at heart, ready to assist in your development.
**There are so many reasons to join the Petit family. Let's start with the benefits!**
- Highly Competitive Above Award Rates
- Generous 65% staff childcare discount
- Expansive outdoor rooftop play space with an abundance of centre resources - take a virtual tour via our website!
- Centre support and guidance on a range of topics, such as safety, teaching and inclusion, delivered face to face or virtually
- Paid professional development as well as 24/7 access to a large online library of learning and development
- Support from our Education & Practice Team with fortnightly on-site visits
- Partnerships with sector leaders and national networking opportunities, recently launched our Phoenix Cup team and wellbeing training
- Great incentives for employee referrals (up to $1300 per eligible employee)
- Retail discounts across retail, dining, groceries, gift cards; over 4000 perks through PerkBox
- Paid overtime for staff meetings and training
- Uniforms provided as well as paid renewals in First Aid, CPR, asthma, and anaphylaxis certification
- Paid annual child protection training, food safety, sleep smart, manual handling
- Flexible schedule are available in promoting work family/life balance
- Innovative and highly interactive indoor and outdoor learning environments
- Generous resourcing budgets to assist with your creative ideas
**Enjoy all these perks while doing what you love!**
**About You**
- We are looking for your warm, engaging, and friendly nature aligned to our philosophy where our children are at the heart of everything we do.
- Minimum Certificate III or Diploma in Early Childhood Education qualifications (ACECQA equivalent accepted). We are ideally looking for 6 months experience working in early childhood as a minimum, and seeking a highly supportive, welcoming and experienced team where you can flourish.
- Current Working with Children Check
- First Aid Certificate, CPR, Asthma and Anaphylaxis training
**The Petit Early Learning Journey family**
We provide an inclusive environment where children and families are valued and respected. At Petit ELJ, children always come first!
**APPLY NOW - **We cannot wait for you join our family!
📌 Passionate Educator - Nursery Separate Sleep Room
🏢 Petit Early Learning Journey
📍 Richmond