Early Childhood Road Safety Education Workshop Presenter (Casual)

Kids and Traffic Program | Macquarie University Services Limited (MQSL)

Are you an experienced Early Childhood Teacher who is passionate about supporting educators, children, and families? Do you enjoy facilitating professional learning and inspiring others through education? Are you looking for a new opportunity in the ECEC sector?

The Kids and Traffic Early Childhood Road Safety Education Program is seeking an enthusiastic and engaging casual Workshop Presenter to deliver professional development workshops and road safety education content to early childhood education and care services and stakeholders across NSW.

About the Role

As an Early Childhood Road Safety Education Workshop Presenter, you will deliver high-quality professional development workshops to educators, service leaders, families, tertiary students, and community stakeholders. Workshops are delivered both face-to-face and online, requiring flexibility, initiative, and strong presentation skills.

This is an exciting opportunity to combine your early childhood expertise with adult learning and community engagement to make a meaningful contribution to child safety outcomes across NSW.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver engaging professional development workshops on early childhood road safety education.
• Build positive relationships with education and care services, tertiary providers, and community organisations.
• Facilitate learning for diverse audiences including educators, families, management teams, and pre-service teachers.
• Travel regularly throughout greater Sydney to support workshop delivery and stakeholder engagement.

About You

You are a confident educator and presenter who enjoys working with adults as well as children. You are self-motivated, adaptable, and capable of working independently while maintaining strong professional relationships.

Essential Requirements

• Four-year Early Childhood Education degree or equivalent ACECQA approved teaching qualification.
• Demonstrated success teaching in early childhood education and care settings.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong understanding of the diversity of early childhood education and care services.
• Experience working with children and families from diverse communities.
• Ability to work independently and respond effectively to unexpected situations.
• Ability to travel throughout the greater Sydney region and to undertake regular evening workshops and occasional weekend work.
• Current unrestricted NSW Driver Licence.
• Current Working with Children Check.

A medical clearance, demerit point check and National Police Check will be carried out for successful applicants.

Desirable

• Experience facilitating adult learning or professional development.
• Experience or knowledge of road safety education.

Why Join Kids and Traffic?

Kids and Traffic is the leading provider of early childhood road safety education in NSW. The Program is in its fourth decade of a shared governance partnership between Transport for NSW, Macquarie University, the NSW Department of Education, Catholic Schools NSW, and Independent Schools NSW.

Working within a respected statewide program, you'll have the opportunity to:

• Engage with educators and communities across NSW
• Work with a highly regarded team of education professionals
• Apply your teaching expertise in a unique and rewarding specialist role
• Make a positive impact on children's safety and wellbeing.

Apply Now

To be considered for this position, you must submit a cover letter addressing the essential criteria and your CV.

Applicants must be legally entitled to work in Australia. 

Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact Louise Cosgrove – Acting Program Director, Kids and Traffic, on 0408283084 or [email protected] for further information about the role.

For any general recruitment enquiries please contact Mirna Alaadian [email protected]

If you're already part of the Macquarie Group (MQ University, U@MQ, MQ Health, MGSM), you'll need to apply through your employee Workday account. To apply for this job: Login to Workday and go to the Careers App > Find Jobs.

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