Educator

Join Queensland’s leading Early Childhood Education provider
- Grow with us with unrivalled support for your learning and development
- Permanent full time position - 38 hours a week
- Toddler and Float Position - Multiple hiring
- Above Award pay rate of $22-28 per hour

**Where Every Child Flourishes**

We are Queensland’s biggest childcare and kindergarten provider with nearly 350 early services located across our sunny state. We strive to encourage a love of learning through our curriculum of Listening and Learning Together

Our team are driven by our purpose of nurturing and inspiring children to succeed and passionate about our culture of collaboration, inclusivity and dedication to the growth of all our people, little or otherwise

**Our Centre**

C&K Ripley is a unique centre that caters for up to 87 children across insert number learning spaces. Our Centre is now looking for an Assistant Educator who is passionate about working alongside children in their early years to work in the Toddler room 5 days a week. When joining our Centre, you will contribute to a team that values open communication and sees children as competent and capable learners.

Joining us will bring you:

- Joining us will bring you:

- **Unrivalled Support**: Join a welcoming and collaborative team committed to providing you all the training, learning and support you need to grow your skills and knowledge We want you to evolve and grow within our team.
- **Wellbeing**: Access our comprehensive support services like our Employee Assistance Program.

**Joining our Family**

Our Centre is now looking for an **Assistant Educator** who is passionate about working alongside children in their early years to work in either the Toddler room or Float position, 5 days a week. When joining our Centre, you will contribute to a team that values open communication and sees children as competent and capable learners.

You will be working on a permanent full-time basis, 38 hours per week or we are open to discussion about your availability. We are looking for an educator who can be flexible, and work shifts between the hours of 6:30am - 6:30pm on rotating rosters.

**Ideally you will have**:

- Certificate lll qualification in early childhood (qualification must be recognised by ACECQA); or enrolled and actively working towards
- Current First Aid, CPR and Asthma & Anaphylaxis certification
- Hold or willing to obtain a paid Blue Card
- Previous experience working with children
- Passion for creating and delivering a simulating learning environment
- An understanding of the provision of a safe, well planned indoor and outdoor learning environment
- Skilled with documenting observations of children's behaviour and development, in the form of learning stories
- An ability to implement a planned program, in collaboration with the Room Leader ensuring the needs of individual children and the group are met

**The benefits**:
As an Assistant Educator at the centre, you will be given training and support to assist you with your onboarding.

As well as;
- Additional non-contact time
- Career progression opportunities
- C&K pays for our permanent staff to have a paid blue card and renewals
- Professional development and training opportunities
- Discounted fees to study with the C&K College of Early Childhood
- Salary packaging options & above award wage
- Return to work support
- Priority access for your children’s care to C&K childcare and Kindergarten services
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

All C&K employees are required to undergo background checks which includes a police check. Also, all C&K employees will need to have obtained their 1st and 2nd vaccinations for COVID-19 as a condition of employment.

Location: Ripley, QLD