• Fixed Term Contract, Full Time
• A rewarding and supportive culture with layers of support and professional development
• Be a member of a successful and sustainable company and long-standing company with an excellent reputation and a history stretching back over 100 years
• Your time is important to you; so is your career. Join one of Brisbane's leading early education providers and set yourself up for success

About the Centre: 

C&K Strathpine South Childcare Centre is a 5-room service offering Early Childhood Education for children from 6 weeks through to 5 years. It is one of C&K's bigger centres (licensed up to 125 children per day) it can be described as fast-paced yet fun and supportive environment where we encourage and strongly promote personal and professional development and innovative thinking. We offer a holistic approach to high-quality education centred not just on learning but also on building meaningful relationships to ensure children feel safe, secure and supported. 

We have four thoughtfully designed outdoor spaces that encourage children to engage in risk-taking, demonstrate their agency and explore their own unique competencies and capabilities.

About the role:

C&K Strathpine is looking for a passionate Early Childhood Teacher to work in the Kindergarten room. The role is Fixed term contract, Full-Time commencing soon. 

C&K Strathpine embraces Listening and Learning Together: C&K Curriculum Approach which underpins the values, commitments and visions for children's learning in support of the expectations described in The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia (EYLF) and the Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guidelines (QKLG). A distinguishing feature of the curriculum approach is the way that educators skillfully partner with children and families to create caring and vibrant learning communities. 

Ideal applicants will have:

• A Bachelor of Education in Early childhood or equivalent early childhood qualification OR
• Be studying towards and have completed 50% of a Bachelor of Education in Early childhood or equivalent early childhood qualification.

Education and Practice:

• An ability to lead the implementation of a planned program, ensuring the needs of individual children and the group are met
• An ability to document and assess children's learning behaviour and development
• Maintain and demonstrate current working knowledge and theories relevant to early childhood education
• Demonstrated understanding of the provision of a safe, engaging, well planned indoor and outdoor learning environment
• Participate in professional learning and development to enhance individual leadership and management capability and facilitate learning opportunities for the team. 

Relationships with children:

• Demonstrated experience in providing practical guidance and interaction that ensures quality outcomes for children
• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining positive relationships with families that supports each child's needs 

Personal accountability:

Evidence of demonstrated or developing experience that shows:

• Initiative and a strong sense of personal responsibility for meeting objectives and managing health and safety risks;
• Models professional and ethical behaviour;
• Commits to personal development; and
• Displays courage in the provision of advice and decision making. 

About C&K:

C&K is proud to be the largest and longest established provider of community-based early childhood education and care services in Queensland.  Working at C&K you will have access to many benefits including, but not limited to, above-award wages, salary packaging options, priority access to C&K childcare and kindergarten centres and access to study through our C&K College.  C&K is committed to an inclusive workforce and we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.  

All C&K employees are required to undergo background checks which include police checks.

Please note the advertising closing date is indicative only. C&K reserve the right to close the advertisement before this date is reached. Therefore, it is encouraged that you submit your application as soon as possible.