Early Childhood Teacher

Early Childhood Teacher (Full-Time) | $43.73 – $60.50 per hour | Lara, VIC

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.

Our Bee Safe Commitment: 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.

At Busy Bees, we follow our Bee Curious curriculum, built on the belief that children learn best through play, exploration, and meaningful relationships with educators.

We’re seeking a passionate and dedicated Early Childhood Teacher to join our team at Busy Bees at Lara, located at 44/46 Buckingham Street, Lara VIC 3212, on a full-time basis. You will play a key role in planning and delivering high-quality educational programs that support children’s learning, development, and wellbeing in a safe and engaging environment.

What you’ll do

• Deliver high-quality educational programs aligned with the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF)

• Create engaging, play-based learning experiences that support each child’s development

• Build strong, respectful relationships with children and families

• Collaborate with educators to maintain a positive and reflective team culture

• Support the service to meet and exceed the National Quality Framework (NQF)

• Contribute to curriculum planning, observations, and documentation

What you’ll bring

• A genuine commitment to child safety, speaking up, always doing the right thing, and alignment with Busy Bees values

• Bachelor of Early Childhood Education

• Current Teacher Accreditation/Registration for VIC

• Strong knowledge of the EYLF and National Quality Standards (NQS)

• Experience working as an Early Childhood Teacher within Australia is highly regarded

• Current Working with Children Check for VIC

• A genuine passion for child-led learning and ongoing professional growth

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, NQAITS register/Prohibited Persons & 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 Bee Safe commitment.

Apply now to join Busy Bees at Lara and make a meaningful impact in a supportive and high-quality early learning environment.

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.