Little Citizens is looking for relieving staff to support our Kaiako covering annual leave and unplanned absences. We are looking for relieving teachers to cover all age groups in the centre with the opportunity to have forward planned rosters as well as shifts on short notice. This is a great opportunity to join a supportive, strengths based teaching team!
About Little Citizens
Little Citizens provides high-quality education, physical development and nutritious meals all day in a fun, supportive environment. It is a long-standing not-for-profit Centre providing preschool children with outstanding early childhood education.
For more information please check our website or visit our Facebook page
About the Role
Relieving Kaiako work across all age groups in the centre assisting the teaching team with learning and play in the teaching space. Assistance with meals for tamariki and break cover are part of the role.
Experienced qualified and registered Kaiako are preferred and we will consider unqualified relievers with a passion for working with tamariki aged 0 - 5.
What’s in it for you
Qualified and Registered Kaiako Early Childhood Relievers participate in:
Have access to wellbeing services including:
To be successful in this role you will have the following:
Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.
Applicants can apply here
For any enquiries related to this role, please contact Anna Smith, Kairuruku Tāngata Pūkenga – People and Capabilities Coordinator, Ph. 027 381 5795
Toi Tū te Whenua, Toi Tū te Kai Tahutaka, Toi Tū te Tākata – The land and its people are constant, Kai Tahu Culture will be integral to our work, and our people will flourish.
Methodist Mission Southern’s vision is of a safe, caring, and sustainable society where every citizen is valued and respected, and enjoys an equal opportunity to lead a fulfilled life. We deliver a broad range of evidence-based services to people of all ages, throughout Otago and Southland.
Our social and educational services aim to develop skills and build resilience in every person we work with – to create meaningful, long-lasting changes for themselves, their whānau and their communities.
We are committed to strengthening our partnerships with Māori, improving our bicultural practices across our entire organisation, and using our skills and resources to honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi and support positive outcomes for Māori.
Our current work includes; early childhood services, self-regulation and oral language programmes, youth transition housing, client support services, speech-language communication support, prison-based education, literacy and numeracy programmes, parenting programmes, driver licence training, and capability building initiatives for other social service providers.
We are constantly looking to improve the quality of our work, and our Innovation Lab is responsible for the design, development and testing of new initiatives – including play-based approaches for improving children’s life course outcomes, virtual reality education tools for prison-based learners, transitional housing models for young people, new practice models for supporting individuals and whānau to achieve their goals, and innovative uses of data to gain insights into issues and opportunities for clients, measure outcomes, and improve service delivery across the social sector.
