Job Description

Do you love working with children? Do you love watching them grow and helping them learn in the critical early years? We’ve got an exciting new teaching and assistant manager position that will support the Centre Manager with the running of the Centre and help lead the Curriculum plans. This position offers the chance to:

• Further develop your leader and management skills
• Lead your peers in developing competent practices in facilitating children’s engagement in learning
• Be a part of a well established team that makes a real difference in our community 

​What we offer:

• Permanent full time position
• Opting into pay parity 2022
• Fully subsidised ECE and before and afterschool care, 75% off school holiday programmes
• Relocation package when moving from out of town
• comprehensive training and development programme, including first aid certification
• Fully funded teacher registration 

The day to day responsibilities include (but not limited to)

• Providing quality day to day holistic care and education for children
• Actively participating in the programme with children to encourage and enhance learning
• Helping design curriculum plans that are consistent with Te Whāriki 2017 and reflects current understanding of sound and effective practice 
• Leading implementation of agreed curriculum, including coaching an dguiding staff to work effectively with tamariki and whānau
• Helping the Manager ensure the professional standards of the centre are maintained 
• Participating positively within the team

This is a full time permament position of 40 hours per week Monday to Friday. Those most likely to succeed will have the following skills and experience:

• Tertiary level ECE qualification
• Minimum 3 years experience working in an ECE envirionment
• Experience leading others is desirable
• Proven experience in the development and applicatoin of curriculum based progrmames in early childhood

If you’re living out of town and wanting to move to Whanganui we also have a relocation package to offer. To enquire more please contact recruitment @ ycentral.nz (no spaces)For a full job description please contact our team at recruitment @ ycentral.nz (no spaces)YMCA is committed to Child Protection and the safeguarding of children and young people in our care and it is our expectation that all staff will operate in a way that reflects this intent.The successful applicant will need to return a satisfactory Police Record check before commencement of employment

Job Category: Core education. Job Type: Full-Time.

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