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Educational Leader | Essendon

🌟About the Role

As Educational Leader at Journey Essendon, you’ll play a key role in elevating practice, strengthening pedagogy, and supporting educators to grow with confidence. Working alongside the Centre Leadership Team, you’ll guide intentional teaching, embed reflective practice, and ensure children remain at the centre of everything we do.

This role is ideal for an experienced educator who is passionate about mentoring others, driving quality outcomes, and continuing to develop their own leadership capability in a supportive, values‑led environment.

✅Key Responsibilities

• Drive Educational Program and Practice
• Lead and embed high‑quality, child‑centred pedagogy aligned with the EYLF
• Mentor and coach educators to strengthen practice and confidence
• Support reflective practice, documentation, and continuous improvement
• Collaborate with Centre Leadership to guide curriculum and quality outcomes
• Build strong, respectful relationships with educators, children, and families
• Maintain high standards of health, safety, and wellbeing
  
  

💛About You

You’re a natural leader who’s committed to supporting others. You bring a warm, collaborative approach, along with strong programming knowledge and a genuine love for early learning.

• Hold a Diploma or Bachelor in Early Childhood Education (ACECQA‑recognised)
• Have a strong understanding of the National Quality Framework and National Law
• Demonstrate the ability to design and implement high‑quality educational programs
• Confident in curriculum planning, assessment, and reflective practice
• An interest in enquiry based learning
• A strong communicator who enjoys coaching, mentoring, and developing others
• Hold current Asthma, Anaphylaxis, and First Aid Certificates
  
  

🌿About Our Centre

At our Essendon Centre we embrace the uniqueness of each child, recognising their individuality and treating them with the utmost respect. Every child has the right to belong, learn, grow, and flourish in a safe and supportive environment. We believe in nurturing their curiosity and fostering a genuine eagerness to learn.

🌱Growth & Development at Journey

At Journey, leadership growth is intentional and supported. As an Educational Leader, you’ll have access to Journey Academy for targeted professional learning, 4C’s professional development alongside other Educational Leaders, and ongoing mentoring from our Leaders. You’ll have opportunities to influence practice, lead change, and build leadership capability.

🎁Why You’ll Love Journey

• Educational Leader Allowance
• 15 hours of Program planning time off the floor, plus an additional 1 hour for every room
• Professional Development/Training days
• 80% off childcare discounts*
• 15% Educator Worker Retention Payments (EWRP)
• Paid birthday leave and anniversary gifts
• Mental Health First Aid and Employee Assistance Program
• High‑quality resources and learning environments
  Terms and conditions apply.
  
  

At Journey Early Learning, the safety and well-being of every child is our top priority. We ensure every child every day is safe, secure and protected. We are united through Journey’s Commitment to Safeguarding Children and adhere to our See, Act, Tell framework. This framework empowers us to actively uphold and advocate for the rights and voices of children, focusing on the prevention, recognition, and response to abuse, neglect, and harm.