Early Childhood Teacher

1 week ago

Mackay, Queensland, Australia C&K Childcare and Kindergarten Full time $45,000 - $60,000 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 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.

Help Shape Futures at C&K Marian Community Kindergarten.

Join C&K as our Early Childhood Teacher at C&K Marian. You'll lead a nurturing and engaging learning environment that supports children, families, and the wider community. Your ideas and passion will help shape a culture where everyone can belong, grow and thrive.

This is a wonderful opportunity to join a passionate, close-knit team that's deeply connected to the Marian community. Together, we create meaningful early learning experiences that prepare children for the next stage of their learning journey.

  • Monday to Friday - 7:30am - 3:00pm
  • Lead our kindergarten groups of up to 22 children
  • Located in peaceful Marian, approx. 30 minutes from Mackay, with on-site parking

Find Your Better Way and Enjoy the Benefits

At C&K, we'll support your wellbeing, professional growth, and work-life balance.

  • $40.92 – $56.43 per hour + superannuation
  • Up to 75% off childcare gap fees at C&K centres
  • Funded Blue Card, Police Check, and First Aid certification
  • Access to the Beginning to Teach program and tailored mentoring
  • Employee Assistance Program including financial, nutritional and cultural support
  • Clear pathways for professional development and progression

What you'll bring

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.

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