- 1 x Ongoing Part-time Role - 0.39 FTE (15 hours per week)
- 1 x Fixed-Term Part-time Role - 0.15 FTE (6 hours per week)
- Band 3 (cert III) salary $33.29 - $35.38 per hour plus super
- Band 4 (Diploma) Salary $35.69 - $37.98 per hour plus super
- Located across all of our centres in the municipality

About the role

As we receive enrolments for 2027, an exciting opportunity currently exists to deliver a high-quality educational program at the City of Ballarat's brand- new Vickers Street Kindergarten located inside Vickers Street Community Hub, Sebastopol.

In this role, you will support our funded kindergarten program which operates on Monday and Tuesdays over seven and half hour days. As this is a new service opened in term 1, 2026, you will have the chance to be innovative and use your experience to develop and implement and exciting new curriculum alongside our early childhood teachers.

A commitment to teamwork is essential to ensure the provision of quality education and care in a safe, secure, stimulating and healthy environment.

With an outstanding reputation for innovative and responsive programs, City of Ballarat Children's Services provide an excellent opportunity for educators to grow and make their mark in the early childhood field.

Our vision is for trusting, inclusive, interconnected relationships between children, families, educators and communities that support children to be happy, safe and to reach their full potential.

Our mission is to provide the children of Ballarat with learning opportunities that provide the best possible start in life through:

- Regular intentional strategies that actively teach, promote and support children's health and safety.




- Responsive interactions that contribute to healthy brain development.
- Equitable and inclusive practices that support all children and families to participate.
- Welcoming and inviting learning environments that excite children towards learning.
- Programs with a long-standing reputation for quality, delivered by dedicated, knowledgeable professionals.
- Reciprocal relationships with families that recognise their expertise and their roles as the first, and most important, educators for children.
- Meaningful connections with our community as contributing citizens.
- Planned curriculums that enrich and extend each child's learning and development.

About you:

The successful applicant will be Diploma or CERT III qualified and have an understanding of the Children's Services Regulations and Early Years Frameworks.

With a genuine interest in meeting the needs of children and their families, you will demonstrate an ability to support a holistic approach to the care, education and development of children that reflects an awareness of the wellbeing of children in your care.

Strong interpersonal skills and an understanding of and respect for diverse social and cultural values and attitudes in relation to caring for children are crucial skills we're looking for in the successful applicant.





Vickers Street Kindergarten embraces a slow pedagogy where the children's needs are at the heart of all decisions we made. The global social-emotional program 'Think Equal' is being run successfully at the kindergarten, as well as a bush kindergarten program being established this year.

Professional Development is provided to the staff including our annual Professional Development Day.

To Apply:

To apply for this position please click on the Apply button and submit your application. The closing date for this position is Thursday 10th November 2026. Please ensure that you provide a cover letter, current resume and answer screening questions based on the key selection criteria.

The successful applicant will be required to undergo a full employment medical and police check.

Contact

For any additional questions, please contact Andy Singh, Coordinator of Kindergartens, 0419 241 *** or *********@ballarat.vic.gov.au or Melissa Lloyd, acting Manager Integrated Children's Services on 0429 832 *** or ************@ballarat.vic.gov.au

The City of Ballarat is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a safe and inclusive working environment that embraces and values diversity, flexibility and child safety. We welcome applications from all walks of life and celebrate the diversity and richness this brings to our workplace and reasonable adjustments will be made to the process to ensure equitable access. We undertake an employment screening process to ensure this commitment is upheld, this includes ensuring the successful candidate holds a valid working with children check and satisfactory criminal history record check.

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