Help Shape Futures at C&K Blackwater Community Childcare Centre
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 116 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. And as a child safe organisation, we put children's safety and wellbeing at the heart of everything we do, creating nurturing spaces where children can learn, explore, play and grow.
As one of our highly valued Lead Educators, you'll support and guide children's learning and development, so they become curious, capable and confident lifelong learners.
One of our Lead Educators will be heading on a parental leave and we would love for someone passionate about nurturing and caring for children to come and work at our Childcare on a Fixed Term Full Time contract.
The role:
* Contract starts May 2026 up to Feb 2027
* 8 hours every Monday to Friday with opening and closing shifts
Find Your Better Way and Enjoy the Benefits
Every C&K career helps children belong and grow. 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$35.79 - $40.14 per hour plus superannuation.
* Find a healthy work-life balance with family-friendly priority access to C&K childcare centres and discounts of up to 75% of the gap fee.
* Be well and prosper with an Employee Assistance Program that includes financial counselling, nutrition coaching, individual counselling and specialist support for LGBTIQA+ and First Nations individuals.
* Access to scholarships of up to $6000 under the Qualifications Pathway Program.
* Plus so much more.
What you'll bring
If you're committed to guiding children's early learning and development, we'll set you up for success!
We strongly uphold our child safety policies and procedures. To thrive and succeed in this role, you will have:
* Hold a Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care or be working towards
* 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).
* Completion of the National Child Safety Training – Foundation Certificate
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 welcome applicants who identify as an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, have a Culturally and /or Linguistically Diverse background and/or those with additional needs.
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