Quality and Regulation Advisor

Childcare and Kindergarten Association; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading provider of early childhood education as a Quality and Regulation Advisor. You will support compliance with the National Quality Framework, drive quality improvements, and provide expert guidance to ensure the highest standards of education and care. This role involves collaboration with teams, centre visits, and the development of training resources. Enjoy a range of benefits including work-life balance, professional development, and a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Family-friendly priority access to childcare

Employee Assistance Program

BUPA health insurance discounts

2 days’ work from home per week

Flexible start and finish times

Laptop, phone and iPad

Funded Blue Card and National Police Check

Professional development opportunities

Referral bonus reward

Qualifications

• Expertise in National Quality Framework and Standards.
• Experience in early childhood education compliance.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert regulatory advice on NQF and NQS.
• Conduct centre visits to evaluate practices and operations.
• Support organisational compliance and policy implementation.

Skills

Team Player

Passion for Early Childhood Education

Education

Valid Blue Card or Exemption Card

Current Police Check

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.

As a C&K Quality and Regulation Advisor, you play a critical role in supporting the implementation of the National Quality Framework (NQF) and driving continuous quality improvement across C&K.By providing expert guidance on C&K policy, regulatory compliance, and best practices in early childhood education, the position ensures that centres meet and exceed the National Quality Standard. Working closely with regional and central teams, the role contributes to developing targeted resources, facilitating professional learning, and supporting centres through the Assessment and Rating process. Through regular centre visits and collaboration, the role fosters a culture of reflective practice and compliance, directly influencing the quality of education and care provided. The impact of this position extends beyond individual centres, shaping systemic improvements that uphold C&K’s commitment to excellence and ensuring positive outcomes for children, families, and educators across the organisation.

As a subject matter expert, the Quality and Regulation Advisor provides guidance and support to staff across C&K — including both those in child-facing roles and those in operational or support functions.

This Advisor role will support the Childcare team and will involve some travel, including to locations outside the Greater Brisbane area.

Key Accountabilities

• Provide Expert Regulatory Advice: Deliver timely, professional, and accurate advice on the National Quality Framework (NQF), National Quality Standard (NQS), approved learning frameworks, and C&K policies to support compliance and quality improvement.
• Drive Continuous Quality Improvement: Collaborate with regional and central teams to support individual centres in improving practice and performance, using quality rating data and compliance trends to inform targeted strategies and initiatives.
• Monitor and Assess Centre Operations: Conduct centre visits to evaluate practices and operations against regulatory requirements and C&K standards, providing tailored guidance to enhance quality and support best outcomes for children.
• Support Organisational Compliance and Policy Implementation: Assist in the development and review of C&K policies and procedures, support regulatory notification processes, and contribute to responses for Assessment and Rating reports and regulatory submissions.
• Develop and Deliver Professional Resources and Training
  Contribute to the creation of resources and facilitate training to build educator understanding of the NQF and compliance.

“Q&R Advisors are the go-to experts for Early Childhood Education Managers (ECEM) to ensure services are compliant under National Quality Standards, Laws and Regulations. With their calm and measured approach, they're always happy to chat through tricky situations with ECEMs, in a way that makes complex regulations easier to understand. Their willingness to work with ECEM’s through scenarios, often in real-time, has made them valued partners for ECEMs and the management support team." -Beth Kerr, Moreton North Coast Region

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.

• Find a healthy work-life balance with family-friendly priority access to C&K childcare centres and discounts of up to 35% 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
• 2 days’ work from home per week and flexible start and finish times!
• Laptop, phone and iPad
• Funded Blue Card and National Police Check.
• Take your career to new heights with professional development opportunities.
• Support the growth of our teams and earn a $1000 referral bonus reward.
• Plus so much more.

What you’ll bring

We strongly uphold our child safety policies and procedures. To thrive and succeed in this role, you will have:

• Valid Blue Card or Exemption Card.
• Current Police Check

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.

How to apply: Please submit your resume and a cover letter explaining why you are suited to the role.

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.