Job Description
The Room Leader is a senior educator responsible for the day-to-day leadership of an allocated room.
The Room Leader models excellent practice, coordinates the educator team, maintains active supervision and secure routines, leads curriculum implementation and documentation, builds respectful partnerships with families, and ensures concerns are identified, acted upon and escalated promptly.
Leading a safe, reflective and inspiring room where children, families and educators feel known, respected and supported.
Key responsibilities
Model and actively enforce Little Leapers' Child Safe Code of Conduct and child protection, supervision, interactions, complaints, digital technology and online safety requirements
Maintain a child-safe culture in the room where children are listened to, respected and supported to express concerns, preferences and boundaries
Ensure active supervision is planned and maintained across indoor/outdoor environments, transitions, meals, sleep/rest, toileting/nappy change and higher-risk activities
Identify supervision blind spots, staffing gaps, unsafe practices or environmental hazards and take immediate corrective action or elevate to the Nominated Supervisor
Provide clear daily direction, allocate responsibilities fairly and ensure all educators understand who is responsible for supervision zones, routines, documentation and transitions




Lead implementation of a high-quality educational program aligned with EYLF v2.0, the Little Leapers philosophy and children's strengths, interests, identities, cultures, abilities and family goals
Coordinate the full planning cycle: observe/listen, analyse learning, plan, implement, document, evaluate/reflect and extend
Know the number and identity of children in the room and maintain awareness of arrivals, departures, transitions and authorised collection arrangements
Monitor educator-to-child ratios and immediately notify the responsible person before staffing movements create a ratio or supervision concern
Ensure required room records are accurate, timely, legible and stored/entered according to service procedures
About you
An ACECQA-approved Diploma-level early childhood education and care qualification, or otherqualification/statusaccepted by Little Leapers and permitted under applicable requirements for the position
Current Working With Children Check and any other requiredscreening/registration
Current approved first aid, anaphylaxis and emergency asthma management qualifications where required
Completion of required national child safety and jurisdiction-approved child protection training within applicable timeframes
Strong working knowledge of EYLF v2.0, NQS, National Law and Regulations, active supervision, child protection and mandatory reporting responsibilities

📌 Room Leader/ Diploma Educator (New South Wales)
🏢 Little Leapers
📍 New South Wales