Address- Grow your career and impact with kind, humble people who value you
- Be rewarded for your commitment with a wage rate of $30-$34 per hour plus salary sacrificing options.
- Permanent full time - 40 hours per week with monthly RDO
For Children. For You. For Always.
Are you ready to make a difference that lasts a lifetime?
At C&K, our purpose is to make a positive impact on children’s lives. It’s what we’ve been doing for more than 115 years. Through evidence-based thinking, hard work and true compassion, we’ve built a trusted reputation as Queensland’s leading provider of early childhood education.
Join us and find a better way with C&K - for children, for you, for always.
Find your Better Way
Every C&K career helps children belong and grow. We want the same for you and joining C&K means impacting a child’s life journey for the time they spend with us and long after they leave. But, so much of what we do depends on you.
We’ll set you up for success with a range of benefits, programs and opportunities to help you earn, be well and grow.
- Be rewarded for your commitment with a wage rate of $30-$34 per hour plus salary sacrificing options.
- Live, work and be well with our Employee Assistance Program for you and your family.
- Save money with childcare discounts for eligible employees with children enrolled at a C&K Branch Centre.
- Find a healthy work-life balance with parental leave, return-to-work support, and family-friendly priority access to C&K childcare centres.
- We fully fund your Blue Card, Police Check, First Aid, CPR, and Asthma and Anaphylaxis certification.
- Our Referral program also awards you with $1000 for referring a successful candidate so you can be rewarded for supporting your team’s growth.
Help shape the future of children in our care
As our highly valued Lead Educator with our Newmarket team, you’ll nurture children’s curiosity, creativity and capability so they become confident lifelong learners.
C&K Newmarket Community Childcare Centre is located off Baradine Street in Newmarket. Our centre is less than 15 minutes from the Brisbane city centre and close to bus stops servicing the area. As a home away from home the spacious and natural environments within our centre are thoughtfully planned and well resourced, with opportunities to meet the needs and interests of all children.
Using your skills, ideas and passion for education, you’ll:
- Create a safe, supportive and engaging learning environment for children, their families and our wider community.
- Be supported by a team of kind, humble people who share their knowledge to help you learn, grow and achieve more than you ever thought possible.
- Shape the future of children in our care by Taking a lead role in planning, implementing and evaluating a stimulating play-based education program for children aged 0 to 5 years.
- Following all reporting requirements, regulations and legislation to ensure we continue to lead the way in our field.
What you’ll bring
Whether you’re an experienced early childhood professional, newly graduated or just commencing your studies, if you’re energetic, fun and committed to guiding children’s early learning and development, we’ll set you up for success!
To thrive and succeed in this role, you will have or be willing to work towards:
- A minimum of a Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care or willingness to commence studying that qualification.
- First Aid, CPR and Asthma and Anaphylaxis certification.
- Valid Blue Card or Exemption Card.
- A Police Check current within three months (or willingness to obtain one).
You will bring a passion for achieving long-lasting, high-quality outcomes for children, their families and the community alongside a team-player mindset - when you join C&K, you join a village of good-hearted, talented people, so you can lean on them as they lean on you.
Join us and find a better way with C&K - for children, for you, for always.
C&K is a child-safe organisation and all C&K employees are required to undergo a police check and not be a ‘Restricted Person’ or Suspended Educator under the QLD Blue Card System.
We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people from all backgrounds.
Newmarket, QLD
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