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 Coorparoo Community Kindergarten** As one of our highly valued **Educators** at **C&K Coorparoo Community Kindergarten**, 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. **We have two part-time, permanent Educator positions available with flexible options to suit your schedule One position will cover the beginning of the week, and the other will focus on the end of the week and the hours for both positions are 7:15 AM to 2:45 PM. The working days are: Monday, Tuesday, and alternate Wednesdays and Thursday, Friday, and alternate Wednesdays.** C&K Coorparoo has beautiful, large landscaped gardens providing an open natural learning environment where the children explore, investigate, and extend their learning. Our indoor space fosters child-led experiences and provides many different and inspiring opportunities to play and learn. C&K Coorparoo is located on Meridian Street in Coorparoo. The kindy is situated in a quiet culdasac off Cavendish Road. - “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 $25.31 - $33.67 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. - 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._