“From the moment I interviewed and toured my service I knew it was a place I wanted to be. Walking in the doors felt like a warm hug from the first day and the team has been nothing but welcoming.” - Jessica Christenson – Lead Educator, Yuingi C&K 

Are you ready to make a difference that lasts a lifetime?

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.

Help shape the future of children in our care

Perched on Yirandali land on the banks of Queensland's longest river, C&K Hughenden has a rich connection to the Hughenden community, known for its smile and friendly wave on every corner. Due to exciting changes in 2025, there is a new opportunity for highly valued Lead Educator to join the team, and support and guide children’s learning and development, so they become curious, capable and confident lifelong learners. 

Using your skills, ideas and passion for education, you’ll help shape the future of children in our care by:

• Collaborating with your team to create a safe, supportive and engaging play-based learning environment for children, their families and our wider community
• Lead the implementation of C&K’s Listening & Learning Together, with the Early Years Learning Framework
• Contribute to documentation that makes each individual child’s learning and growth visible
• Engaging in ongoing reflective practice
• Building collaborative partnerships with families and colleagues to enrich children’s learning

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.
• Kickstart 2025 with a Full time Fixed Term role from February to August 2025 supporting maternity leave cover.
• Live, work and be well with our Employee Assistance Program for you and your family.
• Find a healthy work-life balance with parental leave, return-to-work support, and family-friendly priority access to C&K childcare centres with childcare discounts up to 75% for eligible employees with children enrolled at a C&K Branch Centre.
• Fully funded Blue Card, Police Check, First Aid, CPR, and Asthma and Anaphylaxis certification
• Be rewarded for supporting the growth of our teams with a $1000 referral bonus for referring a successful candidate to a C&K vacancy.
• 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).
• Or 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.

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.

Location: Hughenden, QLD