Lead Educator

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 Ripley Childcare Centre** As one of our highly valued **Lead Educators at C&K Ripley Childcare Centre**, 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. C&K Ripley Childcare Centre is a highly regarded early learning environment catering to children from 6 weeks to 5 years of age. Our centre boasts a combination of age-based rooms and communal learning spaces, fostering a sense of community and collaboration among children of all ages. Our spacious outdoor areas feature established gardens, shaded trees, and large sandpits, encouraging exploration and discovery across all developmental areas. Our centre has been rated as "Exceeding" the National Quality Standard by ACECQA, reflecting our commitment to high-quality early childhood education. - **38 hours per week with rotating roaster from 6.30am to 6.15pm**: - **This is a float position.**: - **C&K Ripley is conveniently located for Ripley residents and surrounding areas on the corner of Nevis Street and Fischer Road. The centre is a short 3 minute car ride from the Ripley Central State School.**: - **Permanent full time Lead Educator position** “From the moment I interviewed and toured my service I knew it was a place I wanted to be. Walking in the doors felt like a warm hug from the first day and the team has been nothing but welcoming.” - Jessica Christenson - Lead Educator, Yuingi C&K **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 $34.19 - $38.32 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. - Access to scholarships of up to $6000 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 Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care. - 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._