Early Childhood Educator

Early Childhood Educator – Sandhills Early Childhood Centre, Byron Bay Sandhills Early Childhood Centre is a council-operated 59-place centre in Byron Bay with natural and welcoming indoor and outdoor spaces abundant with trees, wildlife, garden beds, rockeries and grassed areas. We pride ourselves on a collaborative, creative and supportive team culture within a spacious natural environment within walking distance to the Byron foreshore. At our service, we nurture each child’s sense of belonging as part of a strong connected community, ensuring a safe and supportive environment. We are looking for: A permanent part-time position (4 days per week) is available, and we are looking for a nurturing and skilled educator to work with infants and toddlers throughout 2026. While this role will be primarily focused on this age group during 2026, the successful applicant will have future opportunities to work with children of all age groups within the centre. This is a Certificate III Educator position, with an hourly rate of $30.72–$35.59, depending on experience and qualifications, plus a worker retention payment of approximately $3 per hour. Trainee Early Childhood Educator – a fantastic opportunity to earn while you learn and complete your Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care through a supported traineeship. Trainee rates will apply. No prior qualifications are required – just a positive attitude and commitment to completing the Certificate III. 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. Receive the Federal Government’s early childhood worker retention payment (additional 10% of the base Children’s Services award rate). Be eligible for flexible working arrangements. Be eligible for 12% superannuation, access to long service leave, education training support, salary packaging, fitness passport, employee assistance. Resume should demonstrate: Your experience working with children in a long day care environment. Your strengths and commitment to working in early childhood education and care. How you communicate effectively with children, parents and other staff. Byron Shire Council is committed to being a child safe organisation – we respect all children and their wellbeing. We will embed Child Safe Standards into our leadership, governance and culture and support our staff and volunteers in their responsibilities. We will strive to keep children safe from harm and abuse. 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: Click the Apply button where you will be redirected to Council’s website. Location: This position is based at Council's Sandhills Early Childhood Centre in Byron Bay. Deadline: 10pm (NSW time), Sunday 30 November 2025. Late applications will not be permitted. #J-18808-Ljbffr