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ABOUT US

The Salvation Army is one of Australia’s largest and most-loved charities, helping thousands of Australians every year find hope in the midst of all kinds of personal hardship. The Salvation Army offers the opportunity to use your professional skills and expertise to make a real difference in the lives of people who need help most.

About the role

We are seeking a values-driven Teacher who will ensure that a high-quality early learning environment is offered to all children and families enrolled at the Balga Early Learning Centre. This position will lead the kindy room team and oversee the room curriculum, provide mentoring and daily operations support to the kindy staff team.

You will successfully:

• Must maintain at all times strong supervision of children across all rooms and age groups, ensuring room ratios are correct and in line with industry best practice.
• Provide and create a curriculum of educational learning for the kindy children that is based on the Early Years Learning Framework. Providing a learning environment which is safe and where the activities are appropriate and engaging.
• Ensure the standard of learning and care, provided to children (and families) is of an excellent standard leading to a high level of satisfaction.
• Emulate behaviours and conduct consistent with a Level 2 in the Capability Framework.
• Mentor and guide inexperienced staff / educators, to meet the required standard of behaviour and conduct consistent with a Level 1 in the Capability Framework.
• In collaboration with the ELC Director, ensure that the professional practices of the ELC are of a high standard.n

This is a fixed-term (02/01/23) full-time role located in Balga, WA. Salary and conditions are in accordance with the Education Services Teacher LDC.

You will have

• Bachelor of Early Childhood Education or equivalent
• Experience within a community service or not for profit setting would be well regarded
• Self-motivated, high level of initiative and strong work ethic
• A national police record check is required
• A current and valid Working with Children's Check
• Entitlement to Work in Australia

We are committed to providing a safe environment for our people. Please note that The Salvation Army has a mandatory vaccination procedure.

What we offer

• Flexible working conditions
• (Maybe eligible to) NFP salary packaging ($15,900 tax free) plus meals and entertainment benefits
• Employee Assistance Program - Independent confidential counselling service
• Financial, retail and lifestyle discounts and benefits
• Discounted health and fitness programs through Fitness Passport
• Up to 8 weeks leave per year through our purchase leave scheme
• Generous Parental Leave offering of 12 weeks
• Up to 5 days paid leave per year to support a TSA program or activity
• An inclusive culture of dedicated, passionate, and professional team members
• Positively supporting and impacting the lives of others through your career contribution

The Salvation Army is a Christian movement and one of Australia's largest and most-loved charities, helping thousands of Australians every year find hope in the midst of all kinds of personal hardship. The Salvation Army offers the opportunity to use your professional skills and expertise to make a real difference in the lives of people who need help most.

The Salvation Army is an Equal Opportunity Employer who provides an inclusive work environment and embraces the diverse talent of its people. We value people of all cultures, languages, capacities, sexual orientations, gender identities and/or expressions. We are committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The Salvation Army is a child safe organisation and is committed to protecting children and young people from harm. All child facing roles will require the successful completion of a Working with Children Check. Applicants for all roles require a mandatory National Police Check.

We value Integrity, Compassion, Respect, Diversity, and Collaboration.