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.

Join our passionate team at C&K, where we're committed to supporting quality early childhood education across Queensland. We're seeking an experienced Head of Workforce to help lead and execute our people strategy.

About the Opportunity

This is a permanent full-time role where you'll shape the future of our workforce while making a meaningful impact on early childhood education. You'll work closely with our leadership team to develop innovative solutions that attract, retain, and develop outstanding talent across our organisation. This is a stand-alone role with no direct reports, reporting directly to the Chief People Officer.

You’ll help us shape the future of children in our care by:

• Creating and executing strategic workforce plans aligned with business growth, emerging trends and future capability requirements
• Leveraging people analytics to deliver insights that inform executive decisions and support operational workforce management.
• Acting as a strategic advisor to leadership teams, providing workforce intelligence and solutions that drive organisational success.
• Leading delivery of cultural initiatives, recruitment innovation, employee experience enhancements and talent retention strategies.
• Managing complex workforce projects and change initiatives, ensuring stakeholder engagement and continuous improvement.

What We're Looking For

• Extensive experience in workforce planning, analytics and modeling preferably within regulated sectors (ECEC, education or similar)
• Demonstrated success leading workforce projects and driving change management initiatives
• Strategic influencer that can execute, with exceptional stakeholder engagement skills across all organisational levels
• Data-driven problem solver who identifies trends, assesses risks, and develops innovative workforce solutions
• Strong communicator who inspires teams, navigates complexity, and delivers results in dynamic environments
• A current Blue Card and National Police Check or the ability to obtain

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.

• Find a healthy work-life balance with family-friendly priority access to C&K childcare centres and discounts of up to 35% 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.
• BUPA health insurance discounts
• Funded Blue Card and National Police Check.
• Plus so much more.