Room Leader - Experienced, Diploma Qualified

Evolve Early Education; Geelong; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full-time & part-time permanent

Professional development

Supportive Centre Manager & Area Mgr.

Non-contact programming time

Job summary

Evolve Early Education – Bell Post Hill VIC is seeking an experienced Room Leader to supervise a room at Imagination Garden Early Learning Centre in Bell Post Hill, Geelong. This role is available as full-time or part-time, with permanency and above-award pay considerations.

We value leaders who can plan, mentor, and maintain quality care in line with the National Quality Standard and our centre’s standards.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care.
• At least two years' experience in long day care, including time leading a room.
• Current Working with Children Check and First Aid, CPR, Anaphylaxis and Asthma.
• Completed child protection training and knowledge of the Child Safe Standards.
• Reliable, with availability across operating hours.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, delivery and reflection of play-based programs in your room.
• Mentor and support the educators working alongside you.
• Keep the room running to the National Quality Standard and our own standards.
• Build genuine relationships with children, families and your team.
• Take on the everyday work that keeps a room running: cleaning, setting up and packing away, preparing resources and meals service, laundry, and maintaining the room and yard to standard.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Room management

Education

Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care

Job description

Room Leader - Experienced, Diploma Qualified

Evolve Early Education – Bell Post Hill VIC

Imagination Garden Early Learning Centre in Bell Post Hill, Geelong, is looking for experienced Room Leaders to join our team. Full time and part time, permanent.

Applicants who have a demonstrable record of running rooms, maintaining quality care and standards, and mentoring a team will be given consideration for above award rates.

We are also advertising for experienced Assistant Educators. See our other listing.

Our philosophy

We believe children learn and grow through play, discovery and connection with nature. Outdoor play is central to our day. Our yards, veggie garden and sandpits are where a lot of the learning happens, and children of all ages and abilities play together in one open space.

Our programs follow the Early Years Learning Framework. Educators plan from what each child is interested in and capable of, and we respect that every child learns differently and at their own pace.

We believe in the village. Families, educators and the wider community raise children together, and we want every child and every family to feel they belong here from the first day.

Our values

• Belonging. An open environment where children, families and educators know each other.
• Continuity of care. The same faces, a cohesive team, and a consistent approach across every room.
• Respect for each child. Their pace, their interests, their way of learning.
• Growing together. We learn alongside the children and each other, and we keep developing as a team.

About the centre

Imagination Garden cares for babies through to kindergarten across nursery, toddler and kindergarten rooms. We have an in-house chef, weekly gardening and cooking experiences, yoga and music, and regular excursions and incursions.

We are a centre focused on quality improvement with an engaged workforce. For many of us, the centre has been a second home. In our 2026 team survey, every team member who responded said they would recommend Imagination Garden as a great place to work.

What you will do

• Lead the planning, delivery and reflection of play-based programs in your room.
• Mentor and support the educators working alongside you.
• Keep the room running to the National Quality Standard and our own standards.
• Build genuine relationships with children, families and your team.
• Take on the everyday work that keeps a room running: cleaning, setting up and packing away, preparing resources and meals service, laundry, and maintaining the room and yard to standard.

Appointment is subject to a Working with Children Check, a National Police Check and referee checks.

What we are looking for

• Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care.
• At least two years' experience in long day care, including time leading a room.
• Current Working with Children Check and First Aid, CPR, Anaphylaxis and Asthma.
• Completed child protection training and a working knowledge of the Child Safe Standards.
• Reliable, with availability across our operating hours.
• Appointment is subject to a Working with Children Check, a National Police Check and referee checks.

What we offer

• Full time and part time positions, permanent.
• Paid professional development and training.
• A supportive Centre Manager and Area Manager.
• Non-contact programming time.

Child Safety and Inclusiveness

Imagination Garden is committed to child safety. The protection and well-being of children is a reflection of our zero tolerance for Child Abuse. All Staff and volunteers have a moral and legal responsibility to ensure that our children are safe whilst involved in our care and programs. All Children have the right to safety and protection from physical, emotional, verbal, and sexual abuse and neglect.

Our service is a Child Safe and equal employment opportunity service. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and from people with a disability.