Join The Team

Thank you for your interest in becoming a Childhood Australia teacher or instructor. We are looking for enthusiastic, energetic, reliable and dedicated individuals to deliver our programs within childcare centres across Australia.

We are excited to invite you to complete our online application form for consideration.

How we work:
Childhood Australia teachers and instructors are casual employees that are assigned to one or more centres to deliver the relevant program. Employees are required to regularly check the roster, respond to email correspondence, submit weekly timesheets and communicate any absences well in advance with head office. Employees that are flexible and responsive will benefit from last minute opportunities for shifts within their area. Towards the end of each term, employees will need to notify their availability to head office to allocate shifts for the upcoming term. This role is not suitable for individuals seeking full time work.

How to apply:
To start your application to join the team, you will first need to agree to the below terms and conditions to ensure that Childhood Australia is a good fit for you. Once accepted simply provide us with some details to accompany your CV. This information will assist us when issuing your lessons and accessing your availability for work within your area.

Following your agreement of our terms and conditions, the initial application process should take approximately 15 minutes to complete.

On completion of this form your application will be sent to head office for consideration.

Terms and Conditions
Casual Employee Contract
Between Childhood Australia and the Employee

Duties and Obligations

• On acceptance of these Terms and Conditions, the Employee to Childhood Australia as a Casual Employee. No relationship of principal and agent, partnership or joint venture is created by this Contract.
• Childhood Australia may from time to time provide a roster to the employee offering to employ the Employee on particular dates and for particular periods on those dates.
• The Employee shall be taken to have accepted a Roster unless the Employee indicates otherwise forthwith. Having accepted a Roster, the Employee shall use best endeavours to give at least 14 days notice if the Employee is unavailable for employment in accordance with that Roster or any part of it.
• Childhood Australia may on 24 hours notice cancel any Roster or any part of any Roster, even if accepted.
• The duties of the Employee while in Employment shall be:
  1. To use the Employee’s best endeavours to achieve the goals set out and agreed to in any work plan;
  2. To preserve, protect and enhance the goodwill of Childhood Australia and its programs and otherwise act in the best interests of Childhood Australia;
  3. To actively market the services provided by Childhood Australia;
  4. To do all things within the Employee’s power and to the best of the Employee’s ability to obtain new Clients for Childhood Australia;
  5. To liaise with Childhood Australia and its employees in ensuring that any Clients of Childhood Australia are provided with efficient service;
  6. Generally to do all things within the Employee’s competence to ensure that the good reputation of Childhood Australia and its programs is maintained;
  7. To provide and perform such other duties within the limits of the Employee’s professional competence in connection with the business carried on by Childhood Australia as Childhood Australia may direct from time to time.
• During any Employment the Employee shall:
  1. Observe and conform to all the laws and customs of the business observed by Childhood Australia in discharging the Employee’s duties and act in a manner becoming of a person in the Employee’s position;
  2. Carry out the Employee’s duties.
• It is essential that all Employees have a current Working With Children Check. It is the Employees responsibility to obtain and maintain a Working With Children Check, ensuring that the Working With Children Check is valid throughout the term. If the Employee does not have a Working With Children Check at the time of the commencement date they will take all necessary steps to obtain one prior to commencing any work.
• If the Position Description stipulates that a valid First Aid Certificate is required, it is essential that all Employees have a valid First Aid Certificate. It is the Employee’s responsibility to obtain and maintain a First Aid Certificate, ensuring that the First Aid Certificate is valid throughout the term. If the Employee does not have a valid First Aid Certificate at the time of the commencement date they will take all necessary steps to obtain one prior to commencing any work.
• Childhood Australia delivers its programs through a variety of locations including:
  1. Childhood Australia centres
  2. Child care centres
  3. Schools
  4. Third party locations such as Fruition Tuition, PCYC, YMCA etc
  5. Venues hired by Childhood Australia licenced teachers, and
  6. Any other location deemed suitable by Childhood Australia.
• Childhood Australia will generally offer the Employee work at the location/s outlined by the Employee although Childhood Australia may offer work to the Employee at other locations as required for operational reasons on a temporary or relieving basis.
• Smoking is not permitted on Childhood Australia’s premises or other external premises at which the Employee may be offered work.
• The Employee shall be responsible for resources and equipment provided by Childhood Australia to the Employee for use in teaching, and keep such resources and equipment clean and in good order and condition. Subject to fair wear and tear, the Employee must replace, or reimburse Childhood Australia for the cost of replacing, resources or equipment that is soiled and unusable, or lost or damaged. Childhood Australia may deduct from wages payable to the Employee any such cost.

Policies

Childhood Australia Policies (a copy will also be sent to your email on completion of your application)

• When in Employment, the Employee shall be bound by the policies of Childhood Australia as may exist from time to time.
• Childhood Australia may introduce, change and terminate policies.
• The Employee shall make all reasonable efforts to ensure awareness of Childhood Australia’s policies.
• Where the Employee accepts an offer to work at external premises, the Employee shall comply with the policies and procedures applicable there.

Employment

Remuneration

• The Employee shall be paid for any Employment offered by Childhood Australia at $24 per hour.
• The Employee acknowledges that the remuneration rates are substantially higher than would otherwise be offered to the Employee in recognition of the lack of entitlements for casual employees (such as, but without limitation, entitlements to leave, notice of termination and regular hours).
• Childhood Australia shall review the Employee’s remuneration annually and shall adjust same in accordance with Childhood Australia’s policy of annual review based on performance and productivity, and such other matters as Childhood Australia shall in its absolute discretion consider relevant.

Superannuation

• Childhood Australia will make superannuation payments at the stipulated statutory rate.
• Superannuation will be made into the Employee’s account with the nominated superannuation fund on a monthly basis.
• Childhood Australia may permit the Employee to salary sacrifice towards superannuation in Childhood Australia’s absolute discretion.

Expenses

• Childhood Australia will reimburse the Employee for all pre-approved and receipted travelling expenses and other expenses incurred by the Employee in connection with any Employment in accordance with Childhood Australia’s Expenses policy from time to time.

Annual, Long Service and Sick Leave

Restraint

• The Employee will not, in any Capacity, directly and/or indirectly, without Childhood Australia’s written approval:
1. Undertake, carry on, and/or be associated with financially, and/or be otherwise interested, engaged in and/or concerned with any business or part of any business which is competitive, in whole or part, with any aspect of Childhood Australia’s Business. For the purposes of this clause, conduct will not be considered competitive with Childhood Australia’s business to the extent that it comprises work for any person for whom the Employee previously performed work on their own account before the commencement of the Term;
2. Induce, encourage and/or solicit any of Childhood Australia’s personnel to leave Childhood Australia’s employment;
3. Approach and/or accept any approach from any of Childhood Australia’s Clients with a view to dealing with and/or doing business with those Clients on behalf of themselves and/or anybody else in any Capacity;
4. Induce and/or encourage any of Childhood Australia’s Clients and/or suppliers to terminate and/or restrict and/or diminish their trade relationship with Childhood Australia; and/or
5. Counsel, procure and/or assist any person to do any of the acts referred to in this Clause
• The Employee covenants that:
1. Substantial and valuable consideration has been received for each separate covenant and restraint in this Clause and indirectly by the Employee;
2. The Employee approves of the drafting of this Clause and considers it to go no further than reasonable necessary to protect Childhood Australia’s Business and goodwill; and
3. Any combination of the acts referred to in this Clause would be unfair and calculated to damage Childhood Australia’s Business and goodwill and would lead to substantial loss to Childhood Australia.

Termination

• This contract commences immediately upon acceptance of these Terms and Conditions and continues until terminated pursuant to these Termination Clauses.
• Childhood Australia and the Employee may terminate this Contract at any time without notice.
• The Employee will, upon the termination of this Contract:
1. Deliver up to Childhood Australia, at Childhood Australia’s Premises, all Works and Confidential Information, other than information that is part of the Employee’s general skill and knowledge, in the Employee’s possession and/or under the Employee’s control;
2. Forever desist from using any of the Works and Confidential Information, other than information that is part of the Employee’s general skill and knowledge, in any manner whatsoever; and
3. Remove and/or delete, and/or cause to be removed and/or deleted, any part of the Works and Confidential Information, other than information that is part of the Employee’s general skill and knowledge, from all Documents in the Employee’s possession and/or under the Employee’s control.

Other Legal Stuff

Intellectual Property Rights

• The Employee assigns all Intellectual Property Rights in the Works to Childhood Australia on, and from, the date of their creation.

Moral Rights

• The Employee irrevocably consents to Childhood Australia doing, and/or omitting to do, anything in relation to those Works made by the Employee in pursuance of this Contract or any Employment under this Contract, whether occurring before and/or after this consent is given, which would constitute an infringement of any Moral Rights the Employee may have now and/or in the future.

Confidential Information

• The Employee will do all things reasonably necessary to preserve and protect the confidentiality of the Confidential Information.
• The Employee will not without approval in writing from Childhood Australia or for the purpose of carrying out the Employee’s duties:
1. Use or allow the use of the Confidential Information for any purpose;
2. Make or allow the making of copies or extracts of all or any part of the Confidential Information;
3. Transmit or allow the transmission by any means of all or any part of the Confidential Information; or
4. Photograph or otherwise record images of all or any part of or allow the photographing or recording of images of all or any part of the Confidential Information.
5. Disclose the Confidential Information to any third party.
• The Employee will:
1. Safely and securely store the Confidential Information when not in use;
2. Notify Childhood Australia of any actual or suspected breach of this Contract and take all steps and comply with all directions from Childhood Australia to prevent or stop any actual or suspected breach; and
3. Return immediately to Childhood Australia all Confidential Information (including any copies, extract note or other record) when requested to do so by Childhood Australia at any time or upon termination of this Contract.

Interpretation

• In this Contract unless the context requires otherwise:-
1. The singular includes the plural and vice versa;
2. Headings to clauses are included for the sake of convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of the clauses to which they relate;
3. References to any statute or statutory provision include that statute or statutory provisions as amended, extended, consolidated or replaced by subsequent legislation and any orders, regulations, instruments or other subordinate legislation made under the relevant statute;
4. The word "person" means and includes a natural person, a company or any other legal entity whether acting as a trustee or not;
5. This Contract shall bind each party's legal personal representatives, successors and assigns;
6. Unless the Contract requires otherwise, a direction, instruction, demand, policy or permission by Leann Webb constitutes a direction, instruction, demand, policy or permission of Childhood Australia;
7. Money is to be in Australian dollars, unless otherwise stated.
• “Including” and similar expressions are not words of limitation.
• Where a word or expression is given a particular meaning, other parts of speech and grammatical forms of that word or expression have a corresponding meaning.
• A provision of this Contract must not be construed to the disadvantage of a party merely because that party was responsible for the preparation of the Contract or the inclusion of the provision in the Contract.
• If an act must be done on a specified day which is not a Business Day, it must be done instead on the next Business Day.

Notices

• Service of any notice under or relating to this Agreement shall be sufficiently served:
1. If delivered personally to the party to be served
2. If left at or sent by pre-paid registered post to:
1. The last known place of abode or business of the party to be served; or
2. The registered office of any party to be served
and in the case of posting such notice shall be deemed to have been duly served on the second day after such notice has been posted; or
3. If sent by facsimile transmission to the last known facsimile number of the party to be served, and shall be deemed to have been duly served at the time such facsimile transmission is sent as evidenced by a successful transmission report.

Whole Agreement

• The parties hereby acknowledge that:
1. This Agreement embodies the whole agreement between Aurora Marketing and the Contractor relating to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes any and all oral and written negotiations and communications by or on behalf of any of them
2. Specific terms of the Agreement can be modified for specific projects, but the variation must be agreed in writing and will only apply for the specific project.
• Each party acknowledges that the party has not, in entering into this Agreement, relied upon any warranty representation or statement, whether oral or written, made or published by any other party or any person on behalf of any other party or otherwise in connection howsoever with the subject matter of this Agreement, except such as are expressly provided herein and subject thereto has relied entirely upon the party’s own enquiries relating to the subject matter of this Agreement.
• The parties agree that to the extent that each of them may exclude any warranties or conditions which might otherwise be implied in connection with this Agreement or the subject matter of the Agreement by any competent legislation, then each party hereby expressly excludes from application all such implied warranties and conditions.

Variation

• Any variation of this Agreement shall have and be of no force and effect unless reduced to writing.

Proper Law

• This Agreement shall be governed by and construed pursuant to the laws of the State of Queensland and the parties agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the Courts of the State of Queensland in connection with any dispute relating to this Agreement.

Severability

• Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provisions in any other jurisdiction.

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