🌱 Early Childhood Educator
Part-time (22.5 hrs/week)– Froebel Carlton
Work days: Wednesday to Friday (7.5 hours per day)
Start date: Flexible - ideally prior to July 2026
We’re here to reimagine early childhood education, and we want you to be part of it. At Froebel, we believe every child deserves an empowered childhood — one that nurtures their curiosity, capability, compassion and confidence to contribute meaningfully to the world.
Froebel Carlton is one of 5 early learning services run by the not-for-profit provider Froebel Australia. Located in the heart of Melbourne’s innovation precinct at Melbourne Connect, our purpose-built centre offers 97 places for children aged 6 months to 5 years across three levels of inspiring learning environments.
Since opening in 2022, Froebel Carlton has become a recognised leader in innovative early childhood education and was awarded the Victorian School Design Award for Best Kindergarten or Early Learning Facility. Our educational program is shaped by immersive language learning with Spanish as a second community language, inquiry-based STEM learning through our Little Scientists program, and a strong commitment to education for sustainability aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. We actively engage with the Melbourne Connect community and regularly venture beyond the centre through meaningful excursions and community experiences.
We are currently seeking an Early Childhood Educator to join our Nursery team.
We offer:
What we’re looking for:
If this sounds like your kind of place, we’d love to hear from you. Please upload your CV and a short cover letter telling us why Froebel Carlton is the right next step for you.
Froebel is a Child Safe Organisation and an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to inclusive practices in everything we do.
Only eligible applicants will be contacted.
Froebel offers families and children early learning services with a commitment to immersive language learning, inquiry-based early STEM exploration and well-designed, inspiring learning environments. The not-for-profit organisation is operating early learing centres in Sydney and Melbourne, collaborating with its parent organisation in Berlin.
We are guided by the ideas of Friedrich Fröbel, renowned as the founder of the kindergarten concept, a pioneer of progressive education, a victim of political persecution, a life-long fighter for children’s right to have access to education and a protected childhood. His educational goal was to raise responsible citizens through a holistic approach to fostering children’s development in partnership with their parents.
VISION
We want every child to have the opportunity to grow into a curious, capable, caring and contributing global citizen, beginning with an empowered childhood.
MISSION
At Froebel, we contribute to this vision by promoting children’s rights to self-determination and participation, recognising the integrity of childhood in its own right. We scaffold children’s learning by providing contemporary immersive language learning programs, play- and inquiry-based early education, tailored to the individual child, as the foundation for sustainable community engagement within a connected world. Our educators transform children’s curiosity into learning - with knowledge, professionalism and vigour. We are part of the village that raises a child, and nurture collaborative relationships.
VALUES
Embrace Excellence | Nurture Relationships | Spread Positivity | Deliver Wow | Reimagine Early Education
