Principal Advisor- CALD

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 116 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.

The Principal Advisor- Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) is expected to lead and support inclusive practices that enhance access, participation, and educational outcomes for CALD children and families across C&K services.

Fixed Term Full Time until 12 December 2025

You’ll help us shape the future of children in our care by:

• Supporting implementation of CALD educational strategies and practices and engages support services as required, to maximise benefits for all children and C&K centre and support staff.
• Providing expert support and advice on the effective inclusion of children within C&K services who have a CALD background.
• Supporting the advancement of reconciliation at C&K to strengthen relationships and cultural safety.
• Supporting to improve outcomes for children, families and communities from a CALD background.
• Maintaining a strong and expert knowledge of current best practice, recommended guidelines and legislation relating to early childhood inclusive education and CALD.

“I love being part of an organisation whose vision is to see a state ‘where every child flourishes’. I value the opportunity to contribute, even in a small way, to the impactful work that is being done in the early childhood education sector.” - Alex Bron, Management Accountant

Find Your Better Way and Enjoy the Benefits

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.

• Find a healthy work-life balance with family-friendly priority access to C&K childcare centres and discounts of up to 35% of the gap fee.
• Be well and prosper with an Employee Assistance Program that includes financial counselling, nutrition coaching, individual counselling and specialist support for LGBTIQA+ and First Nations individuals.
• BUPA health insurance discounts
• Funded Blue Card and National Police Check.
• Take your career to new heights with professional development opportunities.
• Support the growth of our teams and earn a $1000 referral bonus reward.
• 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:

• Tertiary qualifications in Early Childhood education
• Hold and maintain Queensland College of Teachers (QCT) registration
• Experience in a similar leadership role would be desirable
• Valid Blue Card or Exemption Card.
• Current Police Check

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.