For Children. For You. For Always.

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.

Join us and find a better way with C&K - for children, for you, for always.  

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 $34.71-$38.62 per hour plus $1250 retention bonus paid twice yearly.
• Live, work and be well with our Employee Assistance Program for you and your family.
• Enjoy stability and a better work life balance with a permanent part time opportunity supporting the Kindergarten with Extended Hours Program Monday to Friday from 1 pm - 6 pm. Flexible hours during school holidays.
• Find a healthy work-life balance with parental leave, return-to-work support, and family-friendly priority access to C&K childcare centres.
• We fully fund your Blue Card, Police Check, First Aid, CPR, and Asthma and Anaphylaxis certification.
• Enjoy childcare discounts of up to 75% for eligible employees with children enrolled at a C&K Branch Centre.
• Be rewarded for supporting the growth of our teams with a $1000 referral bonus for referring a successful candidate to a C&K vacancy.
• 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.

Help shape the future of children in our care

At C&K Redlands, we’re all about creating a place where kids feel right at home, where every day is a chance to explore, play, and grow. Kirsten and her amazing team of educators are here to spark curiosity, nurture creativity, and make learning a joyful journey for every child. We love seeing each child’s personality shine through and believe in play-based learning that’s as unique as they are!

The Kindergarten Extended Hours Program commences from the end of the kindergarten program and continues the children's learning into the afternoon until 6 pm. As our highly valued Extended Kindergarten Coordinator, you will use your skills, ideas and passion for Education in a permanent part time opportunity every Monday to Friday. Starting at 1 pm you will have ample time to plan and prepare for your afternoon alongside the Extended Kindergarten Educator where you will lead, support and guide children’s learning and development, so they become curious, capable and confident lifelong learners.

As the Leader in the Kindergarten Extended Hours Program, 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.

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 and hold or actively working (at least 50% completed) towards an ACECQA Approved Early Childhood Teaching qualification (highly desirable)
• 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.

Redlands, QLD

“We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant."