Location: 326 High St, Geelong VIC 3216
Rate: $34.51 – $39.24 per hour (depending on qualifications and experience).
Busy Bees is a leading global, early learning provider, offering high-quality education in nurturing, purpose-built centres where educators are supported to grow, lead and make a real difference in children’s lives, with over 130 centres across Australia and around 3,000 employees.
Bee Safe: Child safety is at the heart of everything we do and is embedded in our people, places and processes. Help us give every child the Best Start in Life.
We are currently seeking a passionate and experienced Lead Educator to lead the daily learning program within our 0–12 month age group. In this role, you will guide and support your team in creating a safe, engaging and nurturing environment that promotes each child’s development and wellbeing in line with the Early Years Learning Framework.
What you’ll do
Lead the planning and implementation of a high-quality educational program aligned with the EYLF.
Inspire and mentor Educators within your room.
Create a safe, inclusive and stimulating learning environment.
Build strong, collaborative relationships with families and the local community.
Ensure compliance with the National Quality Framework (NQF) and centre policies.
What you’ll bring
A genuine commitment to child safety and wellbeing & alignment to our Busy Bee values.
Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care (or ACECQA-approved equivalent).
Current First Aid, CPR, Asthma and Anaphylaxis certification and WWCC.
Demonstrated experience leading a room in a day care setting.
Strong knowledge of the EYLF and NQS.
Why Busy Bees?
Because we offer the B.E.E.S. advantage:
Better pay. Everyday balance. Education for growth. Support you can rely on.
We live by our values of Care, Quality, Service, and Value to make a real impact on child safety and quality.
12.5% above-award pay, Retention Payments & everyday extras; uniform and laundry allowances included, so your take-home pay stays yours.
Family-friendly benefits; 50% childcare gap-fee discounts for permanent staff, because your family should benefit too.
Paid learning & development; First Aid, CPR & mandatory training covered, ongoing professional development, and access to our Busy Bees learning platform and ACCCO RTO pathways.
Supportive leaders & inclusive teams; hands-on leadership, strong tenure and a culture built on trust, respect and collaboration.
Career pathways that grow with you; opportunities & training to progress from Educator to leadership, management and area roles.
Wellbeing support that goes beyond work; free, confidential EAP access for you and your immediate family, when you need it most.
Employment is conditional on satisfactory, rigorous pre-employment checks (including WWCC, ID, Qualifications, Gecko Training, Work Rights & References) and child safety training, reflecting our strong commitment to safeguarding, equity, diversity and inclusion.
We are proud to be a child safe organisation, putting child safety at the heart of everything we do through our Triple Layer Child Safety Framework: trusted, trained and caring people, safe, supervised and supportive environments, and clear, consistent and transparent processes.
Why Work for Busy Bees?
If you’re passionate about early learning, Busy Bees is the place to be. Although we are part of a global organisation, our company was founded by three families looking for better, more enriching childcare. Three decades later, we still keep the same values at heart.
We know that we couldn’t do what we do without the important people in our teams. We invest in our people and work with them to build career pathways that inspire.
