Early Childhood Educator – Certificate III Qualified

Certificate III Qualified Educator

Family, Youth & Children's Services

Permanent Full-time 

Band 3 - Starting from $ 66,391.90 + super + RDO (RDO applicable for full-time 38 hours per week only) + Retention payment

The City of Yarra is an inner metropolitan municipality which is home to a diverse community of approximately 100,000 people across 12 different inner Melbourne suburbs. The City of Yarra Children’s Services Unit operates early childhood education centres with integrated kindergarten, sessional kindergartens and occasional care programs. Our Children’s Services are committed to providing safe and inclusive environments where educators work together with children, families and the community to meet their needs. Starting as soon as possible, the successful applicants will commence their Early Years Educator journey with our North Yarra Early Years Precinct at our North Carlton Children’s Centre, located on Wurundjeri country. 

North Carlton Children’s Centre is an 89 place Long Day Care and Sessional Kindergarten. At North Carlton Children’s Centre, our mission is to support the children to be confident, caring and active change-agents, in their daily lives and for the future. We take pride in our relationships with children, families and the wider community and work to support the learning and wellbeing of our children every day.  Our programs meet the National Quality Standards for Education and Care Services and are guided by the Early Years Learning Framework and the Victorian Early Years Learning Development Framework. We celebrate the diversity of Yarra and all families and children are welcome in our centres.

Inviting applications for Certificate III qualified Early Childhood Educators, to join our Children’s Services Team. To be successful in the position you will be an Educator who has an enthusiasm for engaging with children, families and the community. You will understand the benefits of engaging in and observing children’s play and learning, to extend on their interests and provide positive outcomes through enriched educational environments. You will have proven experience in leading the implementation of high-quality children’s educational programs. You will have solid understanding of children’s emotional attachment, inclusion and development more broadly. Yarra is a child safe organisation and as such you will understand the important role that educators play in protecting and advocating for children’s rights and wellbeing.

At North Carlton Children’s Centre:

• We champion inclusion, equity and respect.
• We use progressive routines throughout the day and implement an indoor/outdoor program to respond to the needs of individual children.
• We create innovative indoor and outdoor learning environments that provide children with opportunities to explore, experiment, create, take risks and play.
• Our Educators facilitate children’s play, weaving the children’s emerging interests with our professional expertise to create meaningful experiences and learning.
• We support children’s social and emotional learning and understand the protective impact of this support for children’s life-long mental health. 

To be successful in this position applicants should:

• Be curious, open minded and be eager to develop their skills as a life-long learner themselves.
• Share Yarra’s values of respect, accountability and courage.
• Be a clear communicator, who can collaborate, support and share their ideas positively within a team.
• Show initiative and manage their time well.
• Understand diversity and practice inclusion and acceptance in all their interactions.
• Practice environmental sustainability in their work.
• Understand the importance of including Indigenous perspectives in education.

Applicants are also required to have:

• An ACECQA approved Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care (or equivalent)
• Up to date First Aid, CPR, EpiPen and Asthma Management qualifications,
• Valid Working with Children Check
• Current mandatory reporting training,
• You must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this job.

Some of the additional benefits of working for the City of Yarra include:

• significantly above industry award wages.
• above standard non-contact time for all educators.
• exceptional professional development and career opportunities.

If this sounds like the opportunity you are looking for, we would love to hear from you.

To find out more about our Long Day Care Centres, Occasional Care programs, Outside School Hours Care and Kindergartens visit us on https://www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/services/family-and-children.

Yarra city council is an exciting and flexible Organisation. We pride ourselves on inclusive culture and diversity. We aim to make a positive difference in people’s lives and continually improve service to the community.

For further information, please see the position description below or contact Ally Partridge, North Yarra Early Years Precinct Coordinator, at alysia.partridge@yarracity.vic.gov.au

 702808 - Early Childhood Educator - Certificate III - Position Description - September 2025.pdf

Applications close on Sunday 30th August 2026, at 11:55pm. 

In your application please note that the selection panel will assess your CV and cover letter against the technical skills, ability and qualifications of the Position Description as well as your separate responses to the questions in the application process.

Additional Information: This position is subject to satisfactory Police Check and Working with Children Check to ensure eligibility to work in the sector and a pre-employment medical assessment prior to commencement. Pre-employment checks are not used by Yarra City Council to prevent any applicant from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits.

At Yarra Every Job is a Climate Job! Acting on the climate emergency requires that we change the way we think, make decisions, and prioritise action. We must embed proactive climate responses in the ways we govern, live our lives, and conduct our work. Every choice we make today and into the future will have an impact; this is true for Council and the community.

Acknowledging the scale of this crisis, at Yarra we are committed to ensuring that every job is a climate job meaning that each staff member will play a key role in shaping our climate response.

Yarra City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and supports flexible and accessible working arrangements for all. This includes people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally, religiously and linguistically diverse people, young people, older people, women, and people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex or queer.

We draw pride and strength from our diversity, remain open to new approaches and actively foster an inclusive workplace that celebrates the contribution made by all our people.