Room Leader – Early Childhood Teacher (ECT)

MindChamps; Sydney; On-site; AUD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent employment

Competitive remuneration

Career progression pathways

Ongoing professional development

Wellbeing support

Collaboration across global network

Team culture and inclusion

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

MindChamps is seeking an experienced Room Leader – Early Childhood Teacher (ECT) to lead the room, drive a high-quality educational program, and mentor the room team at our MindChamps service in Hurstville.

You will lead curriculum decisions, support team development, and create an engaging learning environment that prepares children for their next stage of learning, while collaborating with the Centre Director and leadership team to ensure safety, wellbeing, and compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Early Childhood Education or ACECQA-recognised equivalent ECT qualification.
• Experience as an Early Childhood Teacher, preferably in preschool or long day care.
• Previous experience as Room Leader, Lead Educator, or similar leadership role.
• Strong knowledge of EYLF, NQF, NQS and contemporary early childhood practices.
• Demonstrated experience leading a Room and developing high-quality educational programs.
• Mentor and develop educators to strengthen knowledge and practice.
• Current WWCC with First Aid, CPR, Asthma, and Anaphylaxis certificates.
• Current child protection training including mandatory reporting.
• Willingness to undergo a Police Check.
• Passion for children’s learning, development, wellbeing and lifelong learning.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Room with strong day-to-day leadership, direction and support.
• Design and implement a high-quality preschool program reflecting EYLF and current pedagogy.
• Develop engaging, meaningful learning experiences extending children’s knowledge and skills.
• Lead curriculum planning, observations, documentation, assessment and reflection.
• Inform curriculum decisions using children’s interests and needs.
• Create an inclusive, curious, and collaborative learning environment.
• Support children's transition to school and build confidence and independence.
• Mentor educators to grow their knowledge and practice.
• Model high-quality interactions and professional communication.

Skills

Room leadership

Curriculum planning

Assessment & documentation

Mentoring educators

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor of Early Childhood Education

ACECQA-recognised equivalent ECT qualification

Job description

Room Leader – Early Childhood Teacher (ECT)

Room Leader – Early Childhood Teacher (ECT)
Join MindChamps

Founded in 1998 in the heart of Sydney, Australia, MindChamps International Preschool & Early Learning (“MindChamps”) is a pioneering global early childhood education organisation with 86 centres operating across Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Myanmar.

At MindChamps, we believe the early years are the foundation for lifelong learning. Our purpose is to nurture children’s curiosity, confidence, creativity, and love of learning through meaningful educational experiences that support every child to reach their full potential.

Our educators are at the heart of this mission. We believe exceptional outcomes for children begin with passionate, knowledgeable, and empowered educators who are supported to lead, grow, innovate, and make a lasting impact.

As we continue to grow, we are seeking an experienced and passionate Room Leader – Early Childhood Teacher (ECT) to join our team at our MindChamps service in Hurstville.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced ECT who is looking to combine their teaching expertise, curriculum leadership, and team leadership skills in a high-quality early learning environment.

If you are an experienced ECT who is passionate about education, confident in leading a room team, and committed to delivering exceptional learning outcomes for children, we would love to hear from you.

Your Role as a Room Leader – ECT

As the Room Leader – ECT at MindChamps, you will take a leading role in the day-to-day operation, educational program, and professional practice within the Room.

You will bring your experience as an Early Childhood Teacher to lead curriculum decision-making, support the development of your team, and create an engaging, intentional, and inclusive learning environment that prepares children for their next stage of learning.

You will be a key educational leader within the room, working collaboratively with the Centre Director and leadership team to maintain high standards of teaching, learning, care, safety, wellbeing, and compliance.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the Room and providing strong day-to-day leadership, direction, and support to your team.

• Designing and implementing a high-quality preschool program that reflects the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and contemporary early childhood pedagogy.

• Using your ECT expertise to develop intentional, engaging, and meaningful learning experiences that extend children’s knowledge, skills, confidence, independence, and love of learning.

• Leading curriculum planning, observations, learning documentation, assessment, and critical reflection practices.

• Using children’s interests, strengths, abilities, and individual learning needs to inform curriculum decisions.

• Creating a learning environment that encourages curiosity, exploration, problem-solving, creativity, communication, and a genuine love of learning.

• Building strong foundations for children’s transition to school and supporting their confidence, independence, resilience, and readiness for the next stage of their learning journey.

• Mentoring, guiding, and developing educators within the room, strengthening their confidence, knowledge, and professional practice.

• Leading by example and modelling high-quality interactions, intentional teaching, professional communication, and positive behaviour guidance.

• Building strong and respectful relationships with children, families, educators, colleagues, and the wider community.

• Maintaining a strong focus on children’s safety, wellbeing, inclusion, development, and individual needs.

• Ensuring the room operates in accordance with the National Quality Framework, National Regulations, National Quality Standards, and relevant legislation.

• Contributing to the service’s Quality Improvement Plan (QIP) and ongoing continuous improvement.

• Working collaboratively with the Centre Director and leadership team to support a positive, professional, and high-quality learning environment.

What We Are Looking For

We are seeking a passionate, experienced, and qualified Early Childhood Teacher (ECT) who is ready to take a leading role.

This position is ideally suited to an experienced ECT who has a strong understanding of children’s learning and development, is confident leading a room, team, and is passionate about delivering a high-quality educational program.

You will have:

• A Bachelor of Early Childhood Education or an ACECQA-recognised equivalent ECT qualification.

• Demonstrated experience working as an Early Childhood Teacher, preferably within a preschool or long day care environment.

• Previous experience as a Room Leader, Lead Educator, or in a similar leadership role.

• Strong knowledge and understanding of the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF), National Quality Framework (NQF), National Quality Standards (NQS), and contemporary early childhood practices.

• Demonstrated experience leading a Room and developing and implementing high-quality educational programs.

• Strong understanding of intentional teaching, assessment, documentation, critical reflection, and curriculum planning.

• Experience supporting children’s school readiness, independence, confidence, and transition to school.

• Demonstrated ability to mentor, guide, and support educators to strengthen their knowledge, confidence, and professional practice.

• Strong communication skills and the ability to build positive, respectful relationships with children, families, educators, and colleagues.

• Experience contributing to quality improvement and continuous improvement practices.

• A current Working With Children Check (WWCC).

• Current First Aid, CPR, Asthma, and Anaphylaxis certificates.

• Current child protection training, including mandatory reporting requirements.

• Willingness to undergo a Police Check.

• A flexible, adaptable, and solution-focused approach.

• A genuine passion for children’s learning, development, wellbeing, and lifelong learning.

• A commitment to professional excellence, continuous growth, and achieving positive outcomes for children.

Why Join MindChamps?

At MindChamps, we recognise that great educators create great outcomes for children.

As a Room Leader, you will be supported to grow your leadership capability, share your expertise, and make a lasting difference every day.

Joining MindChamps means you will have access to:

• Permanent employment offering stability and long-term career opportunities.

• Competitive remuneration that recognises your qualifications, leadership skills, experience, and contribution.

• Career progression pathways into Educational Leadership, Centre Leadership, and future management opportunities.

• Ongoing professional development, training, and access to industry-leading early childhood practices.

• Supportive leadership teams who value your ideas, expertise, experience, and professional growth.

• Opportunities to collaborate with educators across our global network of centres.

• A workplace culture built on teamwork, respect, inclusion, professionalism, and continuous improvement.

• Employee Assistance Program and wellbeing support.

• The opportunity to positively influence children’s learning experiences, confidence, wellbeing, and lifelong development.

Bring Your Experience to MindChamps

If you are an experienced ECT who is ready to lead, mentor educators, and make a meaningful impact on children’s learning, we would love to hear from you.

Bring your experience, expertise, creativity, and passion for early childhood education to MindChamps Hurstville and become part of a team committed to delivering exceptional outcomes for children.

At MindChamps, we are looking for educators who are ready to lead, grow, contribute, and make a lasting difference.

If you are passionate about education, enjoy inspiring and developing others, and are ready to take the next step in your ECT leadership journey, we invite you to apply and join the MindChamps community in Hurstville.

For more information about MindChamps, please visit www.mindchamps.org.

We look forward to welcoming you to our team.

At MindChamps Australia, the safety, wellbeing and dignity of children and young people is our highest priority. We are committed to creating and maintaining a child-safe environment in accordance with the NSW Child Safe Standards and relevant legislation.

We require all employees, contractors and volunteers to share this commitment, prioritise children’s safety and wellbeing, and participate in child protection training.

As part of our recruitment process, we conduct robust screening, including verification of identity, work rights, qualifications, reference checks, Police Checks and Working With Children Check (WWCC) clearance.

We embed child-safe values and expectations throughout our culture, policies and practices. Successful candidates will be expected to demonstrate behaviours that uphold our child-safe values and contribute positively to keeping all children and young people safe from harm.