Director

C&K Childcare & Kindergarten; Hughenden; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary package

Childcare discounts

Employee assistance

Health insurance discounts

Blue Card support

Police check funding

First aid certifications

Mentoring program

Professional development

Job summary

C&K Hughenden Community Childcare Centre is seeking a Director to lead a safe, supportive and engaging learning environment for children, families and the wider community. You will guide strategy, governance and educational outcomes with a focus on safety and inclusion.

The role is a permanent full-time leadership position starting January 2027, offering a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities for professional growth within a long-established, child-safe organisation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Early Childhood Education (ACECQA approved) or equivalent with leadership experience.
• Commitment to child safety policies and ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Lead a safe, supportive, engaging learning environment for children, families and the community.
• Shape a culture where everyone belongs, grows and thrives.
• Oversee centre operations and ensure high-quality early childhood education.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Staff development

Education

ACECQA approved Bachelor's Degree of Early Childhood Education or equivalent

Job description

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.

Help Shape Futures at C&K Hughenden Community Childcare Centre

As our highly respected Director at C&K Hughenden, you’ll lead a safe, supportive and engaging learning environment for children, their families and our wider community. Through your ideas, passion and experiences, you will be integral to shaping a culture where everyone can belong, grow and thrive.

• Permanent Full Time
• Starts Jan 2027
• Leadership Position

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 $99,899.64-$112,254.19 per annum plus Directors allowances 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.
• BUPA health insurance discounts
• Funded Blue Card, Police Check and First Aid certifications.
• Take your career to new heights with the Beginning to Teach program, specialized mentoring and professional development opportunities.
• 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:

• An ACECQA approved Bachelor's Degree of Early Childhood Education or equivalent with experience in a similar leadership role
• Approved Child Protection Training or the willingness to obtain.
• First Aid, CPR and Asthma and Anaphylaxis certification.
• Valid Blue Card or Exemption Card.
• Current Police Check
• Knowledge of the National Quality Framework and Standards and the Early Years Learning Framework and Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guide.
• Completion of Foundations of Child Safety training (Geccko)

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.