English Speaking Early Childhood Educator (m/f/d) for Fröbel Betriebskindergarten SKW in Lutherstadt Wittenberg
The current team consists of 15 educators who care for 60 children from less than one to six years of age. The centre's focus areas are bilingual education (with two native speakers) and language development. Our kindergarten belongs to the SKW Stickstoffwerke Piesteritz GmbH where our children and the kita team are welcome to use the company's bistro and gym.
For more information on the centre, please visit: https://kita-skwp.froebel.info/
The starting date for this fixed-term employment contract, until January 15th 2026, would ideally be as soon as possible, for 30-39.5 (= full time) hours per week.
Your responsibilities would include:
* Supporting all aspects of early childhood education and care in English,
* Planning, implementing and documenting pedagogical processes and daily routines (as part of a team),
* Completing (or supporting according to experience and qualification) structured observation and documentation of the children’s development and educational processes,
* Developing successful cooperation with parents.
Do you fulfil the following requirements?
* Are you a native speaker of English, or do you speak English at native level C2?
* Are you in the process of learning German and have achieved level B2?
* Are you a state-certified educator (staatlich anerkannnte*r Erzieher*in) or do you have a Bachelor in Early Childhood Education?
* Are you passionate about working with children between 0 and 6 years of age?
* Are you interested in working as part of a team to implement an in-house bilingual education concept?
Then we would like to hear from you.
We are offering:
* Innovative team-based work practices that enable the children in our centres to encounter new languages at an early age,
* Intensive guidance from English-speaking consultants and in bilingual education working groups,
* A responsible and varied job with an innovative employer that focuses on Children’s rights,
* Room to develop your own ideas and projects,
* Further education programmes with more than 1,500 Fröbel-financed training opportunities,
* Continuing professional development and career opportunities through specialisation as a multiplier for certain educational areas or as 2IC (second-in-charge) and centre manager or early childhood education specialist consultant for a Fröbel region,
* Professional and central resources, e.g. for incident and crisis management and child protection,
* Job shadowing and exchange opportunities with Fröbel centres in Germany and abroad (Australia),
* A salary according to the Fröbel in-house wage agreement, the only collective wage agreement that takes further training and education into account for advancement, guarantees fixed preparation and follow-up times and offers a reduction in working hours for older employees,
* 33 days of holiday per year, December 24 and 31 paid days off,
* Up to 99 Euro monthly in addition to your salary: you can choose between a combination of the “Deutschland Ticket” (for local public transport, 49 Euro) and the Fröbel-BenefitCard (50 Euro), or a monthly mobility allowance of up to 99 Euro for a JobRad (BenefitCard and JobRad are available after the probationary period),
* 733 Euro allowance for completing the “Online-Fröbel-Curriculum” in the first six months,
* A company pension scheme of 4% paid by the employer, as well as an annual bonus payment, as well as
* Up to 600 Euro bonus payment for the successful recommendation of a recognised early childhood educator (“Fachkraft”) and access to the discount portals “Corporate Benefits” and “Benefits.me”.
If you are interested in this position and you fulfil the requirements outlined above, please submit your application via the application link "Jetzt online bewerben!" below.