Early Childhood Teacher

Creche & Kindergarten Association; Strathpine; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 97,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wage rate: $50.55 - $70.74 per hour +

75% gap fee discounts for C&K centres

Employee Assistance Program (financial

Blue Card funding

First Aid certifications funded

Beginning to Teach mentoring

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

C&K Strathpine South Childcare Centre is seeking an Early Childhood Teacher to lead a safe, supportive and engaging learning environment for children, their families and our wider community. You will shape a culture where everyone can belong, grow and thrive.

The role is full-time, Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week with monthly RDO. You will lead our play-based kindergarten program and foster inclusion, connection and high-quality learning outcomes.

Qualifications

• ACECQA approved Bachelor's Degree of Early Childhood Education or equivalent
• First Aid, CPR and Asthma and Anaphylaxis certifications
• National Child Safety Training – Foundation Certificate
• 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

Responsibilities

• Lead our play-based kindergarten program, fostering a culture of learning, inclusion and connection
• Create a safe, supportive and engaging learning environment for children, their families and the wider community
• Collaborate with families and colleagues to support children's learning and 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 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. 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 atC&K Strathpine South Childcare Centre!

As our highly valued Early Childhood Teacher at C&K Strathpine, 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.

• Full Time - Monday to Friday
• 40 hours per week with monthly RDO
• Lead our play-based kindergarten program, fostering a culture of learning, inclusion, and connection

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 $50.55 - $70.74 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.
• 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
• First Aid, CPR and Asthma and Anaphylaxis certification.
• Completion of the National Child Safety Training – Foundation Certificate
• 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.

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.