Educator

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.

Help Shape Futures at C&K Durack Community Kindergarten

As one of our highly valued Educators at C&K Durack Community Kindergarten, you’ll work alongside your team to create a safe, supportive and engaging play for learning environment for children, their families and our wider community. C&K Durack welcomes families from many cultural backgrounds, with multiple home languages spoken across our community. We value educators who bring strong cultural awareness, inclusive practices, and a genuine commitment to building meaningful relationships with children and families from diverse backgrounds.

We would particularly welcome applications from educators who have lived experience of diverse cultures, speak additional languages, or can help us strengthen connections with our multicultural community. Experience supporting children with additional needs and applying trauma-informed practices will also be highly regarded.

• Start date: Term 1 2027
• Permanent Part-time Position, working Mondays, Tuesdays and alternate Wednesdays, from 7.45 am to 3.15 pm
• C&K Durack is located on Inala Avenue, Durack, on the grounds of Durack State School.

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.

• Be rewarded for your commitment with a wage rate of $28.81 – $36.57 per hour plus superannuation.
• Enjoy your holidays as you work during school terms 
• Find a healthy work-life balance with family-friendly priority access to C&K childcare centres and discounts of up to 75% of the gap fee. 
• 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. 
• Access to scholarships of up to $3000 under the Qualifications Pathway Program. 
• Plus so much more.

What you’ll bring

If you’re committed to guiding children’s early learning and development, we’ll set you up for success!

We strongly uphold our child safety policies and procedures. To thrive and succeed in this role, you will have:

• Hold, or a willingness to commence studying, a Certificate III or Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care.
• First Aid, CPR and Asthma and Anaphylaxis certification.
• Valid Blue Card or Exemption Card.
• Completion of the National Child Safety Training – Foundation Certificate
• 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 welcome applicants who identify as an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, have a Culturally and /or Linguistically Diverse background and/or those with additional needs.

Durack, QLD