📍 Goodstart Griffin, QLD (located on the traditional lands of the Gubbi Gubbi, Turrbal & Ningi Ningi Peoples)
🕒 Permanent Part-Time
💰 Up to $31.36 + Super + Benefits
Looking for a meaningful career where you can make a difference every day? At Goodstart, we'll support you to build a rewarding career while gaining a nationally recognised qualification.
Through our Fee-Free Traineeship Program, you'll gain hands-on experience working with children while studying towards your Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care Best of all, we'll cover your training costs and support you every step of the way.
🎓 Fee-Free Training – Goodstart covers all related RTO enrolment and training fees
💰 Earn while you learn with above-award pay rates
🚀 Pathway to permanent employment upon successful completion of your qualification
As a Trainee Educator at Goodstart Griffin, you'll be supported by experienced Educators, Teachers, and Centre Leadership to develop the skills and knowledge needed for a successful career in Early Childhood Education.
You'll play an important role in supporting children's learning, development, and wellbeing while working towards your Certificate III qualification.
In this role, you'll:
✨ Help create safe, inclusive, and engaging learning environments
✨ Build positive relationships with children, families, and colleagues
✨ Support educational programs and daily learning experiences
✨ Contribute to a positive team culture
✨ Learn and apply the Early Years Learning Framework and National Quality Standards
✨ Develop practical skills through hands-on experience and study
🏡 Modern 110-place purpose-built centre
🌟 Six large learning spaces designed to support children's learning and exploration
🕕 Open from 6:00am to 6:00pm
🚗 Ample onsite parking
🛍️ Just 10 minutes from Westfield North Lakes
🏫 Conveniently located opposite Griffin State School
🤝 Dedicated and experienced team, including educators with up to 20 years of service
🌏 Diverse, multilingual team speaking Spanish, German, Hindi, Tagalog and Gujarati
At Goodstart Griffin, you'll join a welcoming team that is passionate about supporting children, families, and each other's professional growth.
To be eligible for a traineeship, you must:
✔ Be willing to study towards a Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care
✔ Have permanent working rights in Australia
✔ Have strong communication and organisational skills
✔ Be enthusiastic, motivated, and passionate about working with children
✔ Be able to work independently and as part of a team
✔ Have flexible availability
✔ Hold (or be willing to obtain) a QLD Working with Children Check
✔ Hold a Certificate of Completion for the National Child Safety Foundation Training via the Geccko platform
✔ Provide proof of immunisation against Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) and Whooping Cough (Pertussis), or be willing to receive them
Please note: To be eligible for a traineeship, you must not have completed a Certificate or Diploma qualification (outside of secondary school) within the last seven years.
🎓 Fully funded Certificate III qualification
💰 Above-award pay rates while you study
📚 Paid study time, mentoring, and professional development opportunities
🌿 Two wellbeing days included in your personal leave each year
🏖️ Option to purchase additional leave for greater work-life balance
💪 Fitness Passport – discounted access to gyms and pools for you and your family
👶 Up to 50% childcare discount for eligible employees
🌏 First Nations Support and Cultural Leave
🎁 Discounts on travel, technology and insurance
👕 Uniform allowance and employee referral program
🤝 Ongoing career opportunities with Australia's largest early learning Not-for-Profit
As Australia's largest provider of early learning and care and a not-for-profit social enterprise, everything we do is focused on improving the lives of children and families.
When you join Goodstart, you're not just starting a job. You're building a career with an organisation that invests in your development, supports your wellbeing, and provides genuine opportunities for growth.
Click 'Apply Now' to submit your application and begin your journey in Early Childhood Education.
We're reviewing applications as they are received, so don't wait—apply today for the best opportunity to progress through our recruitment process.
I'd love to chat about the role and what makes Goodstart such a rewarding place to work.
📞 Jessica Ambury, Talent Acquisition Partner
📱 07 3918 2019
📧 jambury@goodstart.org.au
At Goodstart we are deeply committed to Reconciliation and encourage Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people to apply. For further information and support email deadlycareers@goodstart.org.au
Supporting our people and protecting our children
We’re an equal opportunity employer that is proud of our inclusive and diverse work environment. We know that Goodstarters from diverse cultures, backgrounds and experiences strengthen our teams and help us grow. We’re also deeply committed to Reconciliation and creating an environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People feel a strong sense of belonging and connection.
Safety is our priority and we will take any action necessary to ensure that all children can feel safe and be safe, and are safeguarded from abuse, neglect and harm. As a Child Safe Organisation, all of our candidates must have or obtain a valid working with children check along with Certificate of Completion for the National Child Safety Foundation Training, completed via Geccko platform.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
