Lead Educator & Educator

At Happy Hearts Albany Creek, we pride ourselves on creating a safe, inspiring, and nurturing environment where children can begin their journey of self-discovery. We support our children to build confidence, develop self-awareness, and grow their emotional intelligence.

We care for children from 6 weeks through to Kindergarten. As a growing family-owned business, we take great pride in our centres and are committed to providing the very best for our children, families, and educators.

We are a small, warm and homely 4 room service where every child is welcomed into a safe and caring environment. Our inviting spaces are thoughtfully designed to feel just like home, with each room creating its own nurturing atmosphere where children can explore, learn and grow confidently at their own pace.

With cosy areas to rest and unwind, and carefully set up play spaces filled with engaging resources, we inspire curiosity, creativity and a genuine love of learning. You’ll truly appreciate the strong sense of belonging and the meaningful relationships that make our close-knit community so special.

We are looking for a passionate and experienced Toddler Lead Educator and Support Float Educator. These are exciting opportunities for educators who are committed to providing high-quality care and education for our youngest learners, while creating a safe, responsive, and engaging environment where every child can thrive.

We are looking for someone who ‘thinks outside the box’ and honours individuality and creativity. As our Nursery Lead, you'll play an important role in building secure relationships with children and their families, planning engaging experiences that support each child's individual development, and leading a small, dedicated team with kindness and confidence. With just eight places, our nursery offers the opportunity to provide truly responsive, high-quality care and create a calm, welcoming space where every child feels valued and supported.

If you're an enthusiastic early childhood professional who believes in the importance of strong connections, play-based learning, and giving every child the very best start in life, we'd love to welcome you to our team!

Developing positive relationships within our centre community, local community and global community is at the centre of all we do at Happy Hearts. We care for our team and value your contributions.  Being part of our team means you will have access to Professional and Personal Development as well as our unique Wellbeing Program.  

At Happy Hearts, we value our Educators wellbeing and have created an initiative to support this. All of our Educators have access to our Wellbeing Program which offers the following;

• 15% Worker Retention Payment

• All uniforms paid for including your choice of NAIDOC shirt

• Training paid for- Child Protection, First Aid, CPR, Fire Training, Professional Development

• Monthly budget for Educators wellbeing and access to free counseling

• Staff Discounts

• Birthday and anniversary celebrations

• Annual awards night celebration

We’re excited to announce that our company is participating in the Worker Retention Payment Grant! 

As part of this initiative, eligible employees will receive additional payments as a thank-you for their hard work and commitment. This is just one of the many ways we show appreciation to our team.  

• A Growth Mindset,

• A love of learning,

• Ability in developing and maintaining positive relationships with children families and colleagues,

• Suitable qualifications for the role,

• Understanding of the Early Years Learning Framework and National Quality Standards and the QKLG,

• Current Working With Children's Check - Blue Card,

• Knowledge of relevant legislative policies, standards and requirements.

Our values guide our practice and we use these to build a positive and heart centred team culture.

• HOLISTIC: We believe in a holistic approach to learning for children and adults. Everyone is unique and their skills, interests and abilities are honoured here at Happy Hearts.

• ENVIRONMENT: We acknowledge and understand the importance of the environment for all who engage in our program.  The environment we create is safe, homely, flexible, natural, inviting and is a third teacher within our program.

• AUTHENTICITY: “Today you are you, that is truer than true.  There is no one alive who is Youer than you.” – Dr Seuss. We value and respect the individuality of each other, our children and families.  At Happy Hearts, everyone has a voice, we lead with kindness and everyone belongs.

• RELATIONSHIPS: From the moment we are born, human beings form relationships with others.  We understand the basic human need to connect with others and build positive, healthy, respectful relationships with each other, our children and families.

• TEAM WORK: Respecting and honouring each other as we strive towards a common vision of high-quality early learning is what we do.  We are not a team because we work together, we are a team because we respect, trust and care for each other.

• SUPPORT: We understand that we are only as strong as the support that surrounds us and therefore value our Happy Hearts team members, our Owners and our wider support networks. We continually strive for excellence and have the support we need to achieve this.

We can't wait to meet you and have you part of our TEAM!