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 Mount Gravatt West Community Childcare Centre** As one of our highly valued **Educators** at **C&K Mount Gravatt West Community 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. Our experienced and passionate educators foster close relationships with families, ensuring a welcoming and inclusive environment. They focus on nurturing your child's curiosity, building their resilience and developing their confidence - all through the joy of learning through play. Nestled under the trees, we are proud of our spacious natural outdoor learning environment, with leafy trees, grass, dirt, leaves, and wildlife such as native birds and possums. Our nature-based playground inspires challenging and open-ended play where children are provided with uninterrupted time to explore and engage in learning. We respect children as powerful learners, thinkers, theorisers and active citizens. C&K Mount Gravatt West is tucked away in a quiet end of Clough Street in Mt Gravatt. Our centre is less than 15 minutes from the Brisbane city centre and close to bus stops servicing the area. **This is an exciting permanent full-time Educator position, offering 8 hours of meaningful work each day. Plus, enjoy a rostered day off to recharge and maintain a healthy work-life balance while making a difference in the lives of young learners** - “This is what I enjoy about working with C&K; the staff truly embody the company’s purpose of nurturing and inspiring children to succeed in an ever-changing world.” - Mackenzee Nicolson - Assistant Educator, Gumdale 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 $25.10 - $32.03 per hour based on the experience 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. - 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._