Lead Educator

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. 

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. At C&K, you’ll help shape the future of the children in our care - and there’s so much more we can do to set a new standard for our sector. 

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 hourly plus salary sacrificing options.
• Live, work and be well with our Employee Assistance Program for you and your family. 
• 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.
• Take advantage of the C&K College to further develop your skills and qualifications. 

 Help shape the future of children in our care 

Our team at Banyo Station is made up passionate Educators who are excited to engage our wonderfully diverse community. We love encouraging our children to connect with nature and they love exploring our beautiful space and playing with our Chickens! 

As one of our highly valued Lead Educators, you will take a lead role in planning, implementing and evaluating a stimulating play-based education program for children in our Toddler Room. This is a 40 hour per week role with 2 RDO hours accumulated per week.

Using your skills, ideas and passion for education, you’ll help shape the future of children in our care by collaborating with your team to create a safe, supportive and engaging play-based learning environment for children, their families and our wider community. 

 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 either have or be willing to work towards: 

• A minimum of a Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care or studying/willing to study 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 Prohibited Person or Suspended Educator. 

We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people from all backgrounds. 

Banyo, QLD