Qualified Infant Teacher - Early Childhood Centre (Mt Wellington) x 2

Qualified Infant Teacher - Early Childhood Centre (Mt Wellington) x 2

About us:

The Salvation Army Early Childhood Education Centres provide quality, Christian Early Childhood Care and Education and wrap around whānau care services in the local community. Our core values are Awhi/ Aroha, Whanaungatanga, Manaakitanga and Wairua.

A position has become available for a registered teacher to join our wonderful, unique centre. This is a role working in our beautiful, custom designed and fitted out infant and toddler room, with our youngest tamariki which is an intimate environment of up to ten pēpi and three kaiako working in a whānau group. 

Our centre is a home away from home where we value free play and a relationship focused approach to teaching and learning. We believe that our tamariki are masters of learning through play. We support their autonomy to explore, learn and grow in a spacious, well-prepared environment and enormous outdoor play space.

About the Role:

If you are a passionate, heart-led educator ,who loves to have fun and work hard in a supportive team environment and loves building rich relationships, we can't wait to hear from you!

Ideally you will have a heart for serving the local community as our centre operates within a community hub where we focus on supporting our families with complete wraparound services.

The successful applicant will have:

• A passion for best respectful practice with infants and toddlers and interest in the work of Magda Gerber (RIE), Emmi Pikler and Reggio Emilia are a bonus but full learning support will be provided if you are open and willing to learn.
• BEd/Dip Teaching Level 7 (ECE) and current teacher registration/certification
• Strong communication skills, initiative and team spirit.
• Be passionate about supporting children in a relationship focused, play based learning environment
• An understanding and commitment to respectful teaching and caregiving
• The ability to be a reflective educator.
• Flexible, self motivated and with a desire to grow professionally and be a reflective educator
• Passion and commitment for teaching and learning with a focus on delivering quality

What will your responsibilities be:

• Taking responsibility for a key caregiving group of pēpi and their whānau
• Working to support a small and intimate team to provide high quality care and education for tamariki and whānau
• Taking responsibility for assessment, planning and documentation of learning and development for tamariki
• Bringing love, laughter and joy to our whāre and participating in creating a home away from home for all who walk through our doors
• Engaging in regular hui, professional development opportunities and further learning and development. 

Our offer to you:

• 2 x Salvation Army additional leave days and long service leave
• Discounted Medical Insurance with Southern Cross
• TSA discount card for discount with various retailors such as Beaurepairs, Noel Leeming, Placemakers and Torpedo7
• Free confidential counselling services to support your wellbeing
• Subsidised flu vaccinations
•  Free car parking
• Generous non contact and professional development opportunities

Candidates should be adaptable, energetic, self-motivated and committed to our mission of 'caring for people, transforming lives and reforming society' 

This role is permanent/full time and hours worked will be between 7.45am and 5.00pm for 40hrs per week.

The starting hourly rate for this role will fall between $26 and $42 depending on experience. We are part of extended pay parity. 

We look forward to receiving your application.

TSA is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity Employer.