To support our team, we are currently looking for two 

English-speaking early childhood assistants on a part-time basis
for up to 35 hours per week. The contract is for a fixed term until the end of 2026.

About our centre:

Our Fröbel kindergarten Springfrosch in the Golm Science Park is located in the middle of the countryside and is easily accessible by regional train. A dedicated, multicultural team of 17 educational staff and 3 English-speaking colleagues look after 120 happy and lively children aged 8 weeks until they enter primary school. The pedagogy is characterised by openness, participation and individualisation. Our educators respond to the needs and interests of the children by incorporating these into their everyday activities. A stimulating environment with a variety of materials promotes the children's educational and developmental processes.

The focus areas of bilingual work, nature, investigation and sustainability play a major role in our day-to-day educational programme. The immediate proximity of our kindergarten to the forest offers plenty of space for projects and activities in nature whereas the scientific atmosphere created by the Golm site encourages research and experimentation.

In addition, the in-house (herb)-garden offers the children plenty of space to play and explore. The meals are freshly prepared by two cooks in the in-house kitchen to ensure a balanced diet. Our facility also takes part in the GemüseAckerdemie educational programme. A particular highlight of this programme is the children's own vegetable plot, where they grow, water and harvest their own vegetables with the support of the educators.

Further information can be found at https://springfrosch-potsdam.froebel.info/.

Your responsibilities would include: 

• Supporting all aspects of early childhood education and care in English, 
• Supporting the settling-in process, 
• 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? 

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,
• Professional and central resources, e.g. for incident and crisis management and child protection, 
• 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,
• €46.55 subsidy for the Deutschlandticket and a €50 Fröbel BenefitCard* - pro rata for part-time employees, 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”.

*Entitlement after six months (probationary period) in accordance with the company collective agreement

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.