We’re looking for another mentor to grow with us.

Cultivating Curiosity is growing, and we’re looking for someone pretty special to join our team.

Not simply someone who can supervise children or run activities.

We’re looking for a mentor — someone who genuinely enjoys being around children, believes in protecting childhood, and wants to build meaningful, trusting relationships with the children and families in our community.

And importantly, someone who wants to be here for the long haul.

Our groups are intentionally small, and connection sits at the heart of everything we do. Consistency matters. Our children deserve adults they can come to know, trust and feel safe with.

We’re not looking for a filler.

We’re looking for someone who wants to become part of what we’re building.

A little about us

Cultivating Curiosity is a nature-based homeschool community on the Gold Coast, built around four pillars:

Curiosity • Creativity • Connection • Intuition

We believe children need time and space to play, explore, wonder, create, move, get messy, take appropriate risks, solve problems and discover what they’re capable of.

Our days aren’t about recreating school outdoors.

We follow curiosity, create opportunities for discovery and give children space to think, experiment and try things for themselves.

We believe behaviour is communication. We value connection over compliance. And we believe children deserve to be treated with kindness, dignity and respect.

There is intention behind what we do — without needing to control every moment.

Who we’re looking for

You’re honest, reliable, patient, kind and consistent.

You genuinely enjoy being with children — not just teaching or supervising them but getting to know them.

You’re playful and curious, while also being calm and confident enough to hold boundaries when needed.

You notice the child who hasn’t quite found their place yet.

You can sit alongside big feelings without immediately needing to fix them.

You’re comfortable with mess, mud, noise, outdoor environments and plans changing because the children have taken the day somewhere unexpected.

You communicate openly, take initiative, work well as part of a small team and can be relied upon to show up.

And you understand that our role isn’t always to give children the answer.

Sometimes the most powerful thing we can say is:

“I don’t know. How could we find out?”

Experience matters, but just as important to us is who you are around children.

About the role

Because Cultivating Curiosity is growing quickly, this role will likely grow with us too.

We’re currently looking for another mentor to begin working alongside Tyler and Melissa in our existing homeschool groups. Our children are predominantly around 4–8 years old, and our days are spent outdoors supporting play, exploration, creativity, connection and child-led learning.

For the remainder of 2026, we’d love the right person to join us for a few hours here and there, working alongside us and getting a genuine feel for our groups, our children and the way we do things.

There’s no expectation that you walk in knowing exactly how to be a Cultivating Curiosity mentor. We’d much rather give the right person time to learn our approach, build relationships and find their feet.

Looking ahead to 2027

We’ve had a much bigger response to our 2027 programs than we anticipated, and we’re currently working through enrolments and finalising our groups.

Because of that, we can’t guarantee exact hours just yet.

At this stage, we anticipate the role could begin at around 1–2 days per week, primarily working alongside Melissa, with the opportunity for hours and responsibilities to grow as Cultivating Curiosity grows.

We’re also looking for someone who has some flexibility to provide casual cover when one of our mentors is away.

Initially, you’d be there as a supporting mentor — helping us set up experiences, engaging and playing with the children, supporting them through challenges, keeping our groups safe outdoors and becoming another trusted adult within our community.

Over time, for the right person, there is absolutely room for this to become more.

That could eventually mean taking greater ownership within a group, contributing ideas and experiences, communicating with families and potentially stepping into a Lead Mentor position.

We’re a relatively new and growing business, so this probably isn’t the right role for someone who needs guaranteed full-time hours or a completely fixed schedule from day one.

But for someone who connects deeply with what we’re doing and wants to grow alongside us, we think there’s something pretty special to build here.

This probably isn’t for you if...

You’re looking for a few temporary hours until something else comes along.

You need every day to follow a predetermined plan.

You believe adults should always step in, solve problems or provide the answers for children.

You find mess, noise, mud or changing plans particularly stressful.

Or you see working with children primarily as managing their behaviour.

There’s nothing wrong with different approaches to working with children — but Cultivating Curiosity has a very particular heart, and protecting that matters deeply to us.

We want the people who join our team to genuinely believe in what we’re creating, not simply work within it.

There’s room to grow here.

We want to invest in the right person.

Someone who can deeply understand our philosophy, build genuine relationships with our children and families and become a trusted part of Cultivating Curiosity.

For the right person, there is potential for this position to grow into a Lead Mentor role in the future — taking greater ownership of a group, contributing to experiences and program ideas, building relationships with families and eventually leading Cultivating Curiosity days.

You don’t need to walk in ready to do all of that.

We’re looking for someone willing to learn, contribute, grow and stay.

We’re not just filling a position. We’re looking for someone who could become an important part of where Cultivating Curiosity goes next.

Interested?

We’d love to know a little more about you than what we can learn from a résumé.

Please email us your résumé along with your answers to the questions below to hello@cultivatingcuriositygc.com.au.

A little about you

1. Tell us a little about yourself and your experience working with children.

2. What drew you to Cultivating Curiosity specifically?

3. What do you believe children need most from the adults who work alongside them?

4. Tell us about a time you supported a child through a difficult moment or challenging behaviour. What did you do?

5. How do you feel about child-led learning, and what does that mean to you?

6. Our days can involve mud, creeks, climbing, paint, noise, changing weather and plans that sometimes go completely out the window. How does that kind of environment feel to you?

7. What are you looking for from a role over the next 1–2 years?

8. Would you be interested in progressing into a Lead Mentor role in the future? If so, what would excite you about that?

9. What is your current weekly availability?

A few practical things

Please also let us know:

• Do you currently hold a valid Working with Children Check (Blue Card)?

• Do you hold a current First Aid and CPR qualification?

• Do you hold a current driver licence and have reliable transport?

• Are you comfortable working outdoors in varying weather conditions?

• Are there any regular commitments that may affect your ongoing availability?

Please send your résumé and responses to:

hello@cultivatingcuriositygc.com.au

We’re much more interested in finding the right person than filling this position quickly.

If you’ve read this and thought this feels like me, we’d genuinely love to hear from you.