Lead Educator

1 week ago

Mackay, Queensland, Australia CandK Full time $60,000 - $80,000 per year

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 Mackay Children and Family Centre

Join our beautiful C&K Mackay Children and Family Centre and support our dedicated team in providing quality early learning and family support within a warm, inclusive, and community-focused environment.

  • Monday to Friday, 7:00 – 5:30pm

"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 $34.29-$38.43 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.  

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.  

Mackay, QLD

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