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 Community Kindergarten  

At C&K Mackay Community Kindergarten, you'll join a warm and welcoming community where children, families and educators truly belong. Set within a beautiful natural learning environment just minutes from the heart of Mackay, our kindergarten is a place where curiosity is encouraged, relationships are valued, and learning through play is celebrated every day.

As Director/Teacher, you'll lead a well-established kindergarten program alongside passionate educators who are committed to creating a safe, inclusive and nurturing space for every child. With supportive families, small group sizes and a strong sense of community, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful difference while being supported every step of the way by a team that genuinely cares. It's a wonderful opportunity to bring your leadership, passion and ideas to a kindergarten where children thrive, families feel connected, and educators are empowered to grow.

• Fixed-term, part-time opportunity for Term 4
• Monday and Tuesday 7:30am - 4:00pm, Wednesday, Thursday and alternate Fridays 7:30am - 3:00pm, however we're also open to a Monday, Thursday and alternate Friday arrangement for the right candidate!
• Lead a welcoming, play-based kindergarten program, inspiring children's learning, fostering belonging and building strong connections with families and the local community.  

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 $43.41 - $59.87 per hour plus Directors allowances plus superannuation 
• Enjoy your holidays as you work during school terms 
• 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. 
• Funded Blue Card, Police Check and First Aid certifications. 
• Take your career to new heights with the Beginning to Teach program, specialized mentoring and professional development opportunities. 

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  
• Completion of the National Child Safety Training – Foundation Certificate 
• First Aid, CPR and Asthma and Anaphylaxis certification. 
• Valid Blue Card or Exemption Card. 
• Current Police Check 
• 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 ‘’ 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