Early Childhood Educator (Diploma)

• Are you an experienced Early Childhood Educator with your Diploma in Early Childhood Education?
• Are you passionate about creating meaningful, educational experiences for children?
• Part Time Temporary opportunity - 38 hours per fortnight until end of 2026

City of Newcastle (CN) currently has a temporary opportunity for a passionate

Early Childhood Educator (Diploma) to support the team at Beresfield Community Children's Education Centre in this part-time opportunity working Wednesday, Thursday and every second Friday (38 hours per fortnight) until the end of December 2026.

As an Early Childhood Educator, you will assess abilities of individual children and group dynamics to ensure daily experiences enhance child development. You will design and implement appropriate developmental programs for children that are emergent and in line with children’s individual strengths and interests. Additionally, you’ll act as a role model, employing appropriate strategies and techniques to guide children’s behaviour, creating a harmonious learning environment, and utilising your excellent communication skills to provide an open communication channel with parents and guardians on the learning and development of children in our care.

As a successful candidate you’ll observe all legislative requirements, ensuring National Quality standards are adhered to, and will assess and record children’s development, learning, and thinking using a variety of documentation methods, in line with current industry standards.

Our Commitment to Child Safety

At Beresfield Community Children's Education Centre, the safety, wellbeing, and rights of every child are at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to providing a nurturing, inclusive, and child-safe environment where every child feels safe, valued, respected, and empowered to thrive.

We uphold the Child Safe Standards and maintain a strong culture of safeguarding through our policies, practices, and daily interactions. All employees share responsibility for protecting children from harm and are expected to actively promote children's safety, wellbeing, and inclusion at all times.

Successful applicants must demonstrate a commitment to child protection, maintain appropriate professional boundaries, and comply with all child protection legislation, mandatory reporting requirements, and the Centre's Child Safe Policies and Code of Conduct. Employment is subject to relevant screening.

Find out more about your new career by viewing the position description here.

Life at City of Newcastle (CN)

You’ll get to experience your work up close alongside the brilliant minds of your colleagues who care for one another and the region.

You’ll chip away at ambitious plans with a talented, passionate crew alongside you, shaping the very fabric of our community. Showing up for neighbours not shareholders.

Every single day offers the chance to think big and act local. Planning and prioritising to achieve the most important outcomes with the community.

You’ll add value in the moments that matter. From librarians to lifeguards, in a range of iconic places, we achieve a better Newcastle together.

Whether we’re planning to host major events, providing essential services or supporting creative artists, it’s what we do when the cameras aren't rolling that matters most.

And we’ll be there for you in important times in your life. We embrace flexible work arrangements to find a balance that allows us to enjoy the city we shape.

Our focus on inclusion and respecting culture, will help you feel a deeper connection with others. You'll connect with internal communities that will help you to feel a sense of belonging and reflect the diversity of the growing region.

You’ll do meaningful work and do it sustainably as you take ideas from plan to play, in your own backyard.

With hundreds of different roles, each person adds their uniqueness to our culture and plays their part as we head towards our 2040 vision.

With natural assets and a focus on the environment, co-create a sustainable region with us.

Why join CN?

At CN, we value our employees, and their wellbeing takes priority. We encourage employees to make time for what's important and provide the benefits to enable a work life balance that allow us to enjoy the city we shape. To read more, visit here!

• 17.5% annual leave loading yearly payment
• Paid parental leave for primary carers
• Industry leading employment conditions
• Corporate Fitness program from as little as $18.00 per fortnight
• Access to a range of exclusive CN employee benefits programs including Novated Lease options as well as access to reward and recognition vouchers
• Annual performance development plans and ongoing training and development opportunities
• Leading the CN Way leadership program
• Inclusion, Diversity & Equity (IDE) employee networks and initiatives
• Access to Health & Wellbeing programs including an Onsite Physiotherapist and Psychology, Yoga and Mental Health Ambassador Groups

We champion inclusion so that everyone is valued, and we encourage innovation and creativity. We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive workplace where different styles, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, encouraged, and respected.

People with diverse lived experiences (including but not limited to, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, people with diverse gender identities and sexualities, people from different cultural, racial, ethnic, religious and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability, carers, and veterans) are encouraged to apply.

Don’t just work for the city, co-create it. Join and expand your career at the City of Newcastle.

Application Closing Date: Sunday 26 July 2026

Remuneration: $42,574.97 + 17.5% annual leave loading yearly payment + 12% Superannuation pro rata per annum for a 38-hour fortnight

Access to the NSW Government Worker Retention Payment, with eligible educators receiving the applicable retention payments in addition to their regular wages, in accordance with the grant guidelines.

Contact: Jacqueline Mills - Head of Beresfield Childcare Centre - 02 4974 2212 or [email protected]

If you need any adjustments to be made to the recruitment process or if you would like to discuss any accessibility requirements, please contact [email protected] for a confidential discussion.

You must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this job.

CN do not accept unsolicited resumes, and we respectfully ask that recruitment agencies do not contact us at this stage.

The NSW Child Protection (Prohibited Employment) Act 1998 makes it an offence for a person convicted of a serious sex offence, or a Registrable Person under the Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000 to apply for these positions. Relevant criminal, Working With Children and prior employment checks, including relevant disciplinary proceedings may be conducted on recommended candidates.