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and let’s make a positive difference to young minds and shape the future of Early Learning.
At McArthur Early Childhood Education, we’re here to help you make a real difference, for children, for educators, and for the sector. For over 35 years, we’ve evolved our recruitment and staffing services to meet the growing demands of the Early Childhood Education landscape across Australia. From workforce planning to urgent casual relief, our solutions are designed to support both centres and educators with agility, care and deep sector expertise.
Quality You Can Trust. Support You Deserve.
While the industry continues to change, two things have remained constant at McArthur:
- A commitment to excellence: Every candidate and placement meets the highest quality and compliance standards.
- A focus on reducing risk: We protect both clients and educators through rigorous processes and transparent practices.
At McArthur Early Childhood Education, we understand the unique challenges of managing staffing in a busy early childhood setting. That’s why we developed Matchwell - an intuitive platform with round-the-clock personal support designed to make workforce and schedule management easier, more efficient, and stress-free for both educators and childcare centres.
For educators, Matchwell provides the flexibility to manage your schedule, set your availability, and submit timesheets with ease - ensuring you stay in control of your work-life balance. For childcare centres, it streamlines shift scheduling, compliance tracking, and timesheet approvals, helping you secure the right educators when you need them most.
Specialist Recruitment for the Entire ECE Sector
We provide tailored recruitment services across the full spectrum of Early Childhood roles, including:
- Early Childhood Educators (Diploma and Certificate III)
- Kindergarten and Preschool Teachers
- Centre Directors and Educational Leaders
- Inclusion Support and Additional Needs Assistants
- OSHC Coordinators and Assistants
- Administrative and Centre Support Staff
Our sector-specialist consultants bring hands-on experience in education and childcare, enabling us to understand the unique demands, compliance requirements and culture of your environment.
How McArthur Early Childhood Education makes a real difference.
Efficient, Reliable Processes That Save Time and Money.
At McArthur, we make recruitment seamless for both early learning centres and educators. Our end-to-end processes are designed to reduce time-to-hire and deliver cost-effective outcomes without compromising on quality. Whether you're filling a last-minute casual shift or making a long-term hire, we ensure the right match, fast.
Risk Reduction Built into Every Step.
Minimising risk is at the core of everything we do. Our thorough approach includes:
- Comprehensive client briefings
- Targeted, proactive candidate sourcing
- A 4-stage screening and compliance process
- Onsite inductions where required
Every placement is backed by robust quality assurance to support your compliance, team cohesion and peace of mind.
Deep Sector Engagement and Expertise
We’re not just recruiters; we’re active contributors to the Early Childhood Education sector. McArthur maintains strong relationships with national and state-based peak bodies, associations, and regulatory authorities. This ongoing engagement ensures we stay ahead of industry shifts, regulatory updates and emerging workforce needs.
Investing in the Future of Early Learning
Our commitment to the sector goes beyond placements. We proudly support key initiatives, programs and partnerships across Australia including long-term sponsorships that help strengthen the future of Early Childhood Education. At McArthur, we’re here to deliver more than recruitment, we deliver real impact.
Nationwide Coverage, Local Focus
With offices in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, we deliver local solutions backed by national resources. We also support early learning services across rural and regional Australia, ensuring equitable access to quality staff.
We place the right educator, in the right centre every time.
All the resources and support of Australia’s leading specialist recruiter.
McArthur has been leading and changing the world of work and care for well over 50 years, and the Early Childhood Education team is backed by all the resources of one of Australia’s most respected, successful and innovative people-focused organisations.