Remote Childcare Recruitment Consultant (Commission-Only)

Valora Childcare Recruitment; Melbourne; Remote; AUD 55,000 - 69,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Work from home

Flexible hours

Part-time role

Job summary

Curiosity Tree Early Education is seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Partner to join our People & Culture team in a remote, part-time capacity. You will own the end-to-end candidate experience from first screen to offer, supporting a growing network of childcare centres with flexible, work-from-home hours.

This role suits a recruiter who thrives in high-volume hiring, can manage multiple roles, and is comfortable coordinating interviews, background checks, and onboarding.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years in recruitment, high-volume hiring.
• Experience in childcare or teaching sector is highly regarded.
• Experience using Employment Hero is advantageous.
• Home office with reliable internet and setup for Teams.
• Willingness to do occasional evening screens.

Responsibilities

• Screen resumes and match candidates to roles across centres.
• Coordinate interviews and pre-employment checks.
• Act as main contact for candidates; maintain prompt communication.
• Support recruitment portfolio and collaborate with centre management.

Skills

Recruitment experience

Communication skills

Multitasking

Flexibility

Childcare sector experience

Education

Tools

Employment Hero

Job description

Talent Acquisition Partner / Internal Recruiter – Remote

4001 Central Plaza Curiosity Tree Early Education

Job Description

Join Our Growing Team at Curiosity Tree

Curiosity Tree Early Education is looking for an experienced Talent Acquisition Partner to join our People & Culture team and help us find the right people for our growing network of centres. This is a work-from-home role, perfect for a skilled recruiter who wants genuine flexibility without stepping away from a fast-paced, high-volume hiring environment.

Reporting to our People & Culture Lead, you’ll own the end-to-end candidate experience — from first screen through to offer — and be the friendly, professional face of Curiosity Tree throughout every candidate’s journey.

Why You’ll Love Being Part of Curiosity Tree

• 100% work from home — permanent part-time role
• Great hourly rate + commission
• Mobile phone eSIM provided (handset not included)
• 16 hours per week, spread over 4 days, with scope to increase to 20 hours during peak periods
• Flexible hours — work around school drop-offs and pick-ups
• Supportive, collaborative People & Culture team who listen and appreciate you

What You’ll Be Doing

• Screening resumes and matching candidates to roles across our childcare centres
• Recommending shortlisted candidates to centre and senior management
• Coordinating face‑to‑face interviews onsite with management
• Managing pre‑employment checks and closing out job vacancies once filled
• Being the main point of contact for candidates, keeping communication prompt, warm and professional

What You Bring

• A minimum of 3 years’ recruitment experience, ideally hiring several people a week in a high‑volume environment
• Childcare or teaching sector experience (highly regarded)
• Prior experience using Employment Hero (advantageous)
• A home office with a computer capable of running Teams video calls
• Flexibility to conduct the odd 15‑minute screening interview in the evening, if needed
• Strong communication skills and the ability to manage multiple roles and candidates at once
• A current Blue Card (Working With Children), or willingness to obtain one, as this is an industry standard requirement

About You

We’re looking for a Recruiter who is:

• Passionate about finding the right people for the early education sector
• Warm, positive and reliable, with a genuine interest in people
• A confident communicator who keeps candidates informed and valued
• Organised and able to manage multiple roles and candidates at once
• A great team player who enjoys working closely with centre management
• Excited to bring energy and professionalism to every candidate’s experience

Ready to Grow With Us?

This is your chance to join a growing organisation, play a key role in building our teams, and make a real impact on the families and children we care for. If you’re excited to help build a warm, connected, and inspiring community, we’d love to meet you!

Child Safety at Curiosity Tree Early Education

At Curiosity Tree Early Education, children’s safety and wellbeing are at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to creating safe, nurturing environments where every child feels valued, heard, and protected. Our team upholds the highest standards of care and is dedicated to safeguarding children through vigilant practices, ongoing training, and strong, supportive relationships. All Curiosity Tree employees undergo relevant safety checks and are expected to champion our culture of child safety every day.

What we are looking for:

• Results focused individuals
• Professional and well mannered individuals who are well presented
• Good PC skills, especially with: Word, Excel & Outlook

Responsibilities include:

• Calling candidates for initial interviews
• Resourcing candidates for jobs off database
• Screening applicants from job adverts
• Preparing CV submissions to clients
• All other tasks related to recruitment
• Flexible working hours & WFH set-up
• Hot desk - abundance of live roles & opportunities to work immediately

You love working in a team, providing support and building meaningful relationships! You will have superstar admin skills (minimum 2 years admin experience), excellent communication skills and a drive for going above and beyond with customer service. You’re comfortable to roll with the punches, being adaptable and resilient with an ever changing workload.

You also want to work somewhere where you’re valued, trusted, and given the support and freedom to stretch yourself. You want to be part of a culture where you’re encouraged to be curious, get stuck in and have a lot of fun along the way. If you have a genuine commitment and willingness to learn and succeed, we will help you get there!

Regardless of your background, you’re interested in the medical and recruitment worlds and want to make a difference. Plus, you want your work to fit around your life. Because that’s just the way it should be.

What will you do?

As a Recruitment Coordinator, you will collaborate and support a Recruitment Consultant with a Nationwide portfolio, with a strong focus on regional areas. Encompassing a broad range of recruitment tasks, the role is fundamental to the success of the portfolio by coordinating and supporting the Recruiter with the full life cycle along with providing exceptional customer service to candidates and clients. Critical to the role is being accountable for credentialing and compliance.

There are numerous aspects to this dynamic role including; communicating with both Doctors and Clients, managing travel bookings, creating mailers and adverts, coordinate all compliance documentation, source and screen candidates and database management.

You'll work hard to understand the worlds of our candidates and clients intimately and provide them with personalised, quality support every step of the way.

Above all, you’ll care about the priorities and ambitions of every candidate and client we support.

Essential HR is a leading HR consulting firm providing outsourced HR services to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Reporting to the Managing Director, the HR Business Partner/Consultant will support clients in all aspects of industrial relations/human resource management and maintain Employment Hero (HR software).

This role will provide support and advice to a portfolio of clients, working closely with business owners, CEO’s and line managers to ensure compliance and best HR practices.