Bring your ideas to this inspiring team where Children come first!

About the Opportunity

Welcome to Uniting Airlie Preschool (Oatlands). We're a friendly community based 53 place Not for Profit Preschool, caring for children aged 3-5 years. Our preschool services operate between the time of 8:30am and 4pm, Monday to Friday during the Department of Education’s school terms. 

Uniting Airlie Preschool specialises in nurturing and providing our children with:

• A strong sense of identity and wellbeing
• Effective communication skills
• Connections with their world
• Confidence and involvement in their learning

To join us, you will need to be a passionate Educator, have a strong work ethic and demonstrated experience working in a team environment whilst maintaining effective relationships with our children and families.

Your key duties will include:

• Ensuring children’s safety
• Supporting the ongoing development of the children
• Participating in all aspects of the daily running of the centre
• Fostering relationships with families and children throughout the centre
• Maintaining Work Health and Safety always
• Facilitating Play Based Learning 

What do I need to succeed?

• Relevant Early Learning Qualification (minimum Completed Certificate lll of Children's Services)
• Strong understanding of the National Quality Framework
• Applied knowledge of the Early Years Learning Framework
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• A cooperative team player who demonstrates a commitment to Early Childhood education and care
• Current First Aid, Asthma and Anaphylaxis training (or be willing to obtain)
• Current Valid Working With Children check

We are bold, imaginative, respectful and compassionate. 

Who are we?

At Uniting, we believe in taking real steps to make the world a better place. We work to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. Our services are in the areas of aged care and disability, community services, and chaplaincy and we get involved in social justice and advocacy issues that impact the people we serve. We commit to respecting children and act to keep them safe. As an organisation we celebrate our diversity and welcome all people regardless of ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation and gender identity.

“We commit to respecting children and take action to keep them safe”

If you have any questions about this position please contact Aparna Kumbhari on [email protected], using the subject line: Educator - Airlie Preschool enquiry via EthicalJobs, or call 0468 580 040.

At Uniting we believe vaccination to be the best way to keep our employees and clients safe from COVID-19.  We require all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment.

Employment with Uniting is subject to satisfactory background checks which may include a National Police Check, Working with Children Check and Reference Checks.