Early Childhood Educator

The Hospital:

The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards. 

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

The Opportunity:

This is an incredible opportunity to educate young people and be a part of shaping futures! This position is an ongoing, full-time role at 76 hours per fortnight. 

As an Early Childhood Educator, your daily tasks may include a combination of:

• Leading educators to plan, implement and review EYLF-based child programs
• Assessing child development with families and recommend support pathways where needed
• Mentoring staff to deliver effective teaching strategies
• Organising and coordinating extra-curricular programs, including incursions and excursions for the children

The RCH’s Early Learning Centre is a 159-place centre catering predominately for RCH staff and community children aged from 6-weeks to 5 years.

If you are interested in finding out more about the department, please click here. 

Classification for this position is in accordance to Award 48. 

The successful candidate will be appointed to CS65 (Level 5 Advanced Educator), $36.57 per hour, plus superannuation.

The Impact You Will Make:

You will play a vital role in children’s lives by fostering their learning, wellbeing, social development, and school readiness during the most important years of growth.

Your impact on the wider RCH community will be seen through:

• championing child safety, ensuring supervision, compliance, wellbeing, and a safe, inclusive learning environment for all children
• fostering a healthy team environment through thoughtful, respectful and professional leadership
• building trusted partnerships with families, fostering open communication, respecting confidentiality, and connecting families with valuable community resources
• facilitating inspiring learning programs that nurture children's development, curiosity, confidence and lifelong love of learning

What You’ll Bring to the Role:

• Diploma in Children’s Services or Equivalent
• First Aid, CPR, Anaphylaxis and Asthma management training
• A current Victorian Working with Children’s Check (or ability to obtain)
• A  working understanding of the Early Years Learning Framework

If this sounds like you, or if you would like more information, please click here for the position description. 

What You’ll Get in Return:

• Salary packaging option with our partner, SmartSalary – Increase your take home pay by up to $11,500 per annum (and other additional salary-enhancing options!)
• Workplace culture of continuous improvement, growth, support and training
• Clinical Education Hub on-site to support continued training and professional development
• Hybrid work model, if applicable to role
• Convenient location & close to public transport
• Staff immunisation drives
• Special events
• Discounted Private Health Insurance
• Support for working mothers including two on-site Early Learning Centres, flexible working arrangements, breast feeding and pumping facilities 
• Help when you need it most! Staff counselling, financial coaching, legal support, nutritional support and specialist helpline services, and more through our EAP partner, Converge
• Unlimited access to select fitness facilities in your local area via Fitness Passport
• Enjoy the convenience of an on-site retail precinct, featuring a range of shops, cafés, and food outlets (retail discounts & more)

Application Process:

You may find that your experience doesn’t match every requirement listed, and that’s completely normal. If this role resonates with where you are in your career, we encourage you to apply rather than self‑select out. Your skills and perspective could be exactly what adds strength to the team.

Select the Apply button to take you through to our application portal.

Please submit:

• An up-to-date CV/Resume
• A Cover Letter outlining how you could be a great fit

For more information about this position please contact Courtney Caligiore, Manager, via ph: 93455370, OR email: courtney.caligiore@rch.org.au

Why work at the RCH?

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer staff benefits such as discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital.  Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.

It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption, and offers of employment are conditional on successful completion of background checks including reference checks. 

Are you ready to join our team?

Apply online by clicking on the “Apply” button

Applications close: 06 August 2026.