Educator

C&K; City of Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 41,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive hourly wage $30.06–$38.14

Job summary

At C&K Birkdale South, educators nurture children’s early learning in a safe, engaging play-based environment and partner with families and the wider community.

You’ll work within a supportive team, contribute to high-quality practice and uphold child-safety standards, with opportunities for professional development and a balanced, family-friendly workplace.

Qualifications

• Hold a Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care.
• Completion of National Child Safety Training – Foundation Certificate.
• First Aid, CPR and Asthma/Anaphylaxis certification.
• Valid Blue Card or Exemption Card and police check.

Responsibilities

• Create a safe, supportive and engaging play-based learning environment for children.
• Collaborate with families and the wider community to support children's development.
• Work with the team to deliver high-quality early childhood education programs.
• Uphold child safety policies and procedures at all times.

Skills

Team player

Child safety

Education

Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care

Tools

First Aid Certification

CPR Certification

Asthma & Anaphylaxis Certification

Blue Card / Exemption Card

National Child Safety Training – Foundation Certificate

Police Check (QLD)

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 Birkdale South

As one of our highly valued Educators at C&K Birkdale South, 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. This role has become available due to an internal promotion, and the Birkdale team are looking forward to welcoming a new Educator who can share their own unique skills and practices to build on the wonderful experiences they are creating for the Birkdale community.

• Permanent full-time: 40 hours per week + monthly ADO
• Pre-Kindergarten 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.
• Completion of the National Child Safety Training – Foundation Certificate
• First Aid, CPR and Asthma and Anaphylaxis certification.
• Valid Blue Card or Exemption Card.
• APolice 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.

Birkdale, QLD