Job Description

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.

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

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We’re on the lookout for a passionate Early Childhood Education Manager to join our team and support our wonderful Kindergartens across Queensland. In this role, you’ll play a key part in managing operations in your portfolio, making sure our early childhood services and programs are delivered to the highest standards. Together, we’ll bring C&K;’s vision, values, and priorities to life for children, families, and communities.

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- Full time - 38 hours per week Monday to Friday
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- Hybrid working arrangements
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- Applicants must be prepared to travel to C&K; centres located across QLD
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- Access to phone, laptop, fleet vehicle, professional development, training, and support
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Help shape the future of children in our care n

In this role you will lead and support service delivery, including implementation of new services, to promote integrated approaches and to achieve quality outcomes, and regional objectives aligned with C&K; strategy, priorities, and values. You will:

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- Apply effective communication and leadership strategies to engage staff, and working collaboratively, including partnering with other services in the area to support and inspires a shared sense of purpose and to deliver outcomes for children and families
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- Manage service performance to drive continuous improvement
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- Support services to identify and be responsive to client/community needs.
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- Engaging with the regional management team to ensure service needs and outcomes are addressed
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What you’ll bring n

To thrive and succeed in this role, you will either have:

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- ACECQA approved bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education and Care or working towards
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- Demonstrated experience managing, mentoring, and supporting early childhood education and care services/programs to deliver high-quality outcomes.
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- Willingness to travel when required across your region
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- Experience in multi-site management is desirable
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- Practical understanding of key issues, strategies, and best practices in early childhood education, child health, wellbeing and inclusion, early childhood curricula, and development frameworks
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- Highly developed interpersonal skills and the ability to facilitate across team collaboration and cooperation to achieve best practice outcomes in child wellbeing and inclusion
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- Skills, capability and experience in exploring options and implementing creative strategies to support and manage service delivery and business outcomes, including analysing trends and data; developing and maintaining effective relationships/partnerships; and engaging with research and best practice.
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Join us and find a better way with C&K; - for children, for you, for always.

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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.

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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.

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📌 Early Childhood Education Manager (Brisbane)
🏢 C&K Childcare & Kindergarten
📍 Brisbane