Early Childhood Teacher

C&K; Mackay Regional; Hybrid; AUD 69,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Blue Card & Police Check funded

First Aid certifications funded

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Professional development programs

Beginning to Teach mentoring

Job summary

C&K Mackay Children and Family Centre is seeking an Early Childhood Teacher to lead a safe, engaging learning environment for children, families and the community in Mackay, QLD. The role is permanent full-time, Monday to Friday, 8:00am–4:30pm, with a wage rate of $50.55-$70.74 per hour plus super.

Applicants must have an ACECQA approved degree and relevant certificates. You'll join a child-safe organisation committed to high-quality early learning, care and family support, with funded

Qualifications

• ACECQA approved Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education or equivalent.
• Current First Aid, CPR and Asthma/Anaphylaxis certifications.
• Blue Card or Exemption Card and Police Check are required.
• Knowledge of National Quality Framework, EYLF and QKLG.
• Ability to engage effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Responsibilities

• Lead a safe, supportive and engaging learning environment for children.
• Collaborate with families and the wider community to support learning.
• Contribute to a culture where every child belongs, grows and thrives.

Skills

Cultural competence

Community engagement

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education

ACECQA approved

First Aid, CPR

Asthma & Anaphylaxis certification

Blue Card / Police Check

National Safety Training Foundation Certificate

Knowledge of NQF & EYLF & QKLG

Job description

At C&K, our purpose is to make a positive impact on children’s lives.It’swhatwe’vebeen doing for more than 115 years. Through evidence-based thinking, hardworkand true compassion,we’vebuilt 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,playand grow.

Help Shape Futures at C&KMackay Children and Family Centre

As our highly valuedEarly Childhood Teacherat C&KMackay Children and Family Centre,you’llleada safe,supportiveand engaging learning environment for children, theirfamiliesand our wider community.Through your ideas,passionand experiences, you will be integral to shapinga culture whereeveryone can belong,grow and thrive.

C&K Mackay Children and Family Centre is a vibrant, welcoming space where children, families, and community come together. As an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander service, we celebrate all cultures while offering high-quality early learning, care, and family support in a safe and nurturing environment.

• Permanent Full Time
• Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 4.30pm

Find Your Better Way and Enjoy the Benefits

Every C&K career helps children belong and grow.We’llset you up for success with a range of benefits,programsand opportunities to help you earn, bewelland grow.

• Be rewarded for your commitment with a wage rate of $50.55- $70.74per hour plus superannuation.
• Find a healthy work-life balance with family-friendly priority access to C&K childcarecentresand discounts of up to 75% of the gap fee.
• Be well and prosper with an Employee Assistance Program that includes financial counselling, nutrition coaching, individualcounsellingand specialist support forLGBTIQA+and First Nations individuals.
• Funded Blue Card, Police Check and First Aid certifications.
• Take your career to new heights with the Beginning to Teach program, specializedmentoringand professional development opportunities.
• Plusso much more.

Whatyou’llbring

Ifyou’recommitted to guiding children’s early learning and development,we’llset 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 approvedBachelor's DegreeofEarly ChildhoodEducationor equivalent
• First Aid, CPR and Asthma and Anaphylaxis certification.
• Completion of the National Child Safety Training – Foundation Certificate
• Valid Blue Card or Exemption Card.
• CurrentPolice Check current
• Knowledge of the National Quality Framework and Standards and the Early Years Learning Framework and Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guide.
• Identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, or demonstrate cultural competence and the ability to effectively engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities

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-safeorganisationand all C&K employeesare required toundergo a police check and not be a‘Restricted Person’ or Suspended Educator under the QLD Blue Card System.

Wewelcome applicants who identify as an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, have a Culturally and /or Linguistically Diverse background and/or those withadditionalneeds.

Mackay, QLD