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

As one of our highly valued Educators at C&K Mackay Children and Family Centre you will work alongside your team to create a safe, supportive and engaging play-based learning environment for children, their families and our wider community. When you join Mackay Children and Family Centre, you will be part of a dedicated quality Teaching team where children are supported to learn, grow, and develop at their own unique pace and so are you!

• Job security with a permanent full time role, Monday - Friday 7:00am-5:30pm
• Starting early January - the perfect fresh start to the new year with ongoing career development opportunities.

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 $28.84-$36.78 per hour plus superannuation based on your qualifications and experience.
• 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.
• Built-in summer holiday break with December-January closure - guaranteed time off to relax and spend with family and friends.
• Live well with employee discounts, corporate BUPA health insurance, funded First Aid and an inclusive Employee Assistance 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)
• Completion of the National Child Safety Training - Foundation Certificate

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.

Location: Mackay, Qld