With more than 115 years of experience in early childhood education and care, C&K is one of Queensland's largest and oldest providers of early childhood education and care.

As a not-for-profit organisation, we put children at the centre of everything we do, and deliver high-quality early childhood education and care programs that honour every child’s curiosity, individuality and potential.

Help shape the future of children in our care

As a valued Lead Educator, you’ll inspire and guide children’s learning journeys, helping them grow into curious, capable, and confident lifelong learners.

Welcome to C&K Birralee Childcare Centre in beautiful Ferny Hills, Northwest Brisbane! For over 43 years, our centre has been a beloved part of the community, offering families a warm and welcoming environment. Our spacious outdoor play areas, shaded by leafy trees, provide the perfect setting for children to explore, learn, and play.

Bring your passion, creativity, and skills to help shape the future of the children in our care. Collaborate with your team to create a safe, supportive, and engaging play-based learning environment for children, families, and the wider community.

Find your Better Way

Every C&K career helps children belong and grow. We want the same for you and joining C&K means impacting a child’s life journey for the time they spend with us and long after they leave.  But, so much of what we do depends on you.

We’ll set you up for success with a range of benefits, programs and opportunities to help you earn, be well and grow.

• Get a better deal with a wage rate of $31-$35 per hour plus salary sacrificing options.
• Full time - 40 hours per week with monthly RDO
• Access a nationally recognised qualification in the high-demand field of early childhood education and care with subsidised training for eligible students through the C&K College.
• Scholarships of up to $6000 for eligible Educators who are working towards their Diploma qualification under the Qualifications Pathways Program (QPP).
• Are you working towards your Early Childhood Teaching qualifications? Eligible students can access up to $35,000 in scholarship subsidies under the Qualifications Pathways Program (QPP) to provide you with the support and skills to progress your early childhood career.
• Find a healthy work-life balance with parental leave, return-to-work support, along with family-friendly priority access to C&K childcare centres and discounts of up to 75% of the gap fee.
• Plus so much more.

What you’ll bring

Whether you’re an experienced early childhood professional, newly graduated or just commencing your studies, if you’re energetic, fun and committed to guiding children’s early learning and development, we’ll set you up for success!

To thrive and succeed in this role, you will have or be willing to work towards:

• A minimum of a Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care or willingness to commence studying that qualification.
• 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 strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people from all backgrounds.

Ferny Hills, QLD