Only About Children
Nursery Room Leader
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About This Role
Only About Children Eynesbury
We're looking for a confident, caring and organised Nursery Room Leader to join our team at Only About Children Eynesbury.
This is a role for someone who loves guiding a room, building strong relationships and creating the kind of calm, engaging environment where children and educators can thrive.
There's a spacious, community-centred feel to working at Eynesbury. Set on St Arnaud Road, opposite Eynesbury Recreation Reserve Playground and directly across from Eynesbury Primary School, the campus is purpose-built with plenty of room for children to learn, grow and explore. With onsite parking and extended hours, it feels practical and connected.
Inside, Eynesbury feels warm, bright and child-led. Children learn in custom-designed environments filled with natural and recycled materials, supported by educators who help build confidence, creativity and belonging. Families often describe the team as welcoming, nurturing and communicative. It's a campus where children feel secure, curious and proud of what they are learning.
You're The Difference at OAC
At Only About Children, everything starts with one simple truth: You're The Difference.
As a Room Leader, the way you set the rhythm, support your team and build trust with families shapes the experience of every child in your room. Your leadership helps children feel settled, educators feel confident and families feel connected.
About The Role
As Room Leader, you'll be responsible for the day-to-day educational, operational and people outcomes within your allocated room.
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You'll lead curriculum delivery, child safe practice, team communication and family partnerships, while supporting educators to build confidence and deliver high-quality care and learning.
What You'll Do
- Lead the daily rhythm of your room, creating calm, consistent routines that help children and educators thrive.
- Lead planning, implementation and evaluation of programs aligned with the EYLF and OAC Grow Curriculum.
- Guide educators in intentional teaching, documentation, reflective practice and learning analysis.
- Maintain child safe supervision, ratios, behaviour guidance and incident management across the room.
- Build strong family partnerships and act as the key contact for room-level communication.
- Mentor, coach and support educators, including onboarding, feedback and capability building.
- Contribute to QIP, audits, meetings, Responsible Person shifts and campus-wide quality outcomes.
What You'll Bring
- Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care or higher.
- Demonstrated experience leading a room or team in an ECEC setting.
- Strong working knowledge of the EYLF, NQF, child safety and inclusive practice.
- Current First Aid, CPR, Asthma and Anaphylaxis qualifications.
- Strong people leadership, mentoring and communication skills.
- Ability to manage room priorities, family communication and quality expectations.
- Current Working with Children Check and relevant state-based child protection clearance.
What We Offer
- Above award pay and recognition, including worker retention payment, Thank You and Excellence Awards, loyalty milestones and our Refer a Friend Program.
- Up to 50% childcare discount for eligible team members, plus paid parental leave and salary sacrifice options.
- Leadership and professional development, including access to Grow Curriculum training, Nurture Inspire Program and expert-led Soundbite sessions.
- Career pathways into Assistant Director, Educational Leader and Campus Director opportunities, supported by leadership coaching.
- Education assistance and qualification support, including financial contributions and paid study leave where eligible.
- Wellbeing support, including two Wellbeing Days, additional leave purchase options and 24/7 TELUS Health EAP access.
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Child safety and inclusion
At Only About Children, child safety is at the centre of everything we do. We maintain a zero-tolerance approach to child abuse and harm, and we are committed to creating safe, nurturing and inclusive environments where every child has a voice, feels safe, and is valued and respected.
Everyone who joins our team shares responsibility for upholding child safe practices, meeting regulatory requirements and supporting children's wellbeing. Successful candidates will be required to complete all relevant working with children, background and compliance checks.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds who share our commitment to child safety, inclusion and high-quality early learning.
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If you're ready to lead with warmth, confidence and purpose at Only About Children Eynesbury, we'd love to hear from you.
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