Educator

C&K; Coolum Beach; On-site; AUD 41,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

75% gap fee discount

Subsidised training

Scholarships up to $3000

Competitive hourly wage

Job summary

Join C&K Coolum as an Educator in a safe, supportive play-based learning environment. You will work with a dedicated team to foster curiosity, creativity and confidence in young children, with strong community ties and a focus on children's safety.

We offer a wage rate of $30.06–$38.14 per hour plus super, 75% gap fee discounts, subsidised training for eligible students, and scholarships up to $3,000 under the Qualifications Pathway Program.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated commitment to child safety and wellbeing.
• Ability to support play-based learning and engage families.
• Willingness to commence studying and pursue ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Support a safe, engaging play-based learning environment.
• Build strong relationships with children and families and the wider community.
• Deliver the Centre’s high-quality early childhood program in line with policies.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Education

Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care

First Aid / CPR / Asthma & Anaphylaxis certs

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 at C&K Coolum

As one of our highly valued Educators at C&K Coolum, you’ll work alongside your team to create a safe, supportive and engaging play-based learning environment for children, their families and our wider community.

With a team of experienced and dedicated educators, many of whom have been part of the C&K community for over a decade, the centre is committed to fostering strong relationships with children and families. Through C&K's renowned play-based learning approach and government-approved kindergarten program, children are encouraged to develop curiosity, creativity, confidence, and a lifelong love of learning

• Fixed term fulltime till Dec 2027
• Pre-Kindy room

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 $30.06 - 38.14 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.
• Access a nationally recognised qualification in the high-demand field of early childhood education and care with subsidised training for eligible students through the C&K College.
• Access to scholarships of up to $3000 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, or a willingness to commence studying, a certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care.
• Completed National Child Safety Training – Foundation and Advanced Certificate (Courses 1 to 4)
• 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).

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.

Coolum, QLD