Early Childhood Teacher

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 116 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.

Join our dedicated team as a Fixed Term Full-Time Teacher (fixed-term until Dec 2026) — Monday to Friday, 8 hours/day — and play a vital role in creating a nurturing, play-based learning experience for our little ones

The position starts 13 October 2025.

Grow Futures Together at C&K Middlemount Community Childcare Centre

Are you an Early Childhood Teacher who sees every challenge as an opportunity and every child as a capable learner? At C&K Middlemount, you'll join a team that celebrates curiosity, resilience, and joyful exploration. You will:

• Co-create a supportive, play-based learning space where each child, aged 6 weeks to 5 years, is seen, heard, and respected.
• Partner closely with families and our local community, nurturing deep relationships that matter.
• Work alongside our dedicated Director, Jackie, in an environment that values professional growth, reflective practice, and evidence-informed teaching.

Why C&K Middlemount?

Every C&K career empowers children to belong, grow, and thrive. We invest in educators' well-being, financial security, and professional growth—because when you succeed, their futures do too.

What We Offer

• Fixed Term full-time role through to December 2026 (Mon–Fri, 8 hrs/day)
• Subsidized 3-bedroom rental house—designed to support educators on-site
• Competitive remuneration: annual salary range of $92,000–$129,000 + super, or hourly equivalent
• Childcare fee discounts: up to 75% off the gap for your own children.
• Comprehensive professional support including funded Blue Card, Police Check, First Aid; C&K EAP with nutrition coaching, financial counselling, specialist support (LGBTIQA+, First Nations); and access to C&K College, scholarships, mentoring, and ongoing PD

What You'll Do

• Design and deliver engaging programs grounded in the Early Years Learning Framework, fostering children's leadership in their learning journey.
• Observe and respond to each child's strengths, supporting self-regulation, empathy, social skills, and autonomy.
• Build positive, inclusive environments where children feel secure, valued and empowered to "slow down" and explore
• Engage in ongoing reflection and collaboration, sharing insights and strategies within your team and across the wider C&K network.

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:

• An ACECQA approved bachelor's degree of Early Childhood Education or equivalent
• First Aid, CPR and Asthma and Anaphylaxis certification.
• Valid Blue Card or Exemption Card.
• Current Police Check current
• Knowledge of the National Quality Framework and Standards and the Early Years Learning Framework and Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guide.

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.