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Early Childhood Teacher

Nepean TAFE Campus

Permanent Full-time

$92,646 - $128,147 salary package - includes base salary ($81,625 - $112,903), plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

At TAFE NSW, we are dedicated to life-changing impact.

That’s why we offer world-class training and education that delivers the skills needed for the jobs of today and tomorrow.

Life-changing impact starts with an incredible team that sees their career as an opportunity to transform someone’s world. Whether that’s inspiring students, supporting each other, or helping our communities and industries flourish. 

We live by TAFE NSW values: Customer Focus, Integrity, Collaboration, and Excellence. They define who we are, how we work and inspire our performance.   

We invest in our people

At TAFE NSW, you will discover a diverse, dynamic, and collaborative environment, where you can innovate, create value, and do meaningful work.

We provide you with tools and ongoing training and professional development, health and wellbeing programs, a 38-hour working week with a variety of flexible working options.

About the role

Join us as an Early Childhood Teacher, where you will facilitate and enhance children’s learning and development during their formative years. You will design and implement engaging, developmentally appropriate educational programs that respond to each child’s individual strengths, interests and needs, contributing to their long-term wellbeing and successful transition to school.

Our Children’s Centre is open from 8:00am – 6:00pm, Monday to Friday, and operates 49 weeks of the year. We close for a three-week break over Christmas, ensuring our team is ready for another exciting year of learning. 

About You 

You are a warm, patient, and innovative educator who brings professionalism, curiosity, and a genuine commitment to children’s wellbeing.

You hold a Bachelor/Degree in Early Childhood Teaching, recognised by ACECQA, with NESA accreditation, and you bring demonstrated experience in early childhood services. You maintain a strong commitment to high‑quality practice informed by the National Quality Framework, the EYLF, Child Safe Standards, and principles of inclusion and social justice.

You demonstrate strong capability in managing complex, fast‑paced environments in which each day presents new demands and challenges. You balance established routines with emergent situations and individual requirements, and you apply sound judgement when navigating competing priorities, where child safety and wellbeing are the paramount considerations in your decision‑making. You have a sound knowledge of, and meet, all reporting and compliance expectations while upholding a steadfast commitment to play‑based, creative, and child‑centred learning.

You cultivate respectful and trusting relationships with children, families, and colleagues, fostering a strong sense of belonging. You design culturally responsive, developmentally appropriate learning experiences, and communicate with clarity and professionalism while upholding the highest standards of safety, regulatory compliance, and quality.

To find out more about the role, click to view the Role Description

Our commitment to Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion

We are committed to creating a culturally safe and accessible workplace where dignity, trust, respect, and the promotion of diversity and inclusion are valued, so you can safely bring your whole self to work and connect with your community through our many diverse employee networks.

If you require an adjustment in the recruitment process, please contact our Talent Acquisition Advisor listed below.

A career of life-changing impact awaits you. Apply now!

Applications close 11.55pm AEST Monday 6 April 2026

To apply for this role, click on 'apply now' and provide:

• Your current resume
• Copies of your qualifications, where applicable, (upload as one PDF file). Certified copies preferred; these will be required if successful for the role.
• Response to one targeted question when prompted in the application form (max 300 words)

Targeted Question: Describe a recent example where you demonstrated inclusive practice while working with children, families or colleagues from diverse cultural backgrounds, abilities or perspectives. In your answer, explain the situation, the actions you took to ensure everyone felt respected and able to participate, how you engaged others’ views to support cultural sensitivity, how you recognised or managed any potential bias, and the outcome of your approach.

General recruitment and adjustment enquiries: contact Linda Dewbery, Talent Acquisition Advisor, via linda.dewbery1@tafensw.edu.au or 02 7921 5811.

Role-specific enquiries: contact Katherine Diamante, Early Childhood Director, via katherine.diamante1@tafensw.edu.au or 02 7921 6782.

For helpful insights into preparing your application, TAFE NSW’s recruitment process, and getting interview ready, read through our Application Process and the interactive Capability Application Tool.  

TAFE NSW Children’s Centres are committed to upholding child safety and the wellbeing of children. This is a child-related position. A Working with Children Check is a prerequisite for anyone in child-related work. It involves a national criminal history check and review of findings of workplace misconduct and adherence to the NSW Child Safe Standards.

To be eligible for positions at TAFE NSW, you need to be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident of Australia or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand passport.

A talent pool, valid for 18 months, may be created for this position, and position(s) of the same classification that subsequently becomes vacant, may be filled via this recruitment.