Talent Partner

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.

Build futures as a Talent Partner at C&K

Join us as a Talent Partner, where you'll play a key role in sourcing top talent, building strong relationships with candidates and hiring managers, and developing proactive talent pipelines. If you're a strategic recruiter who thrives on networking, talent pooling, and delivering a great candidate experience, this is your chance to make an impact in a purpose-driven organization.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Building strong relationships with candidates and hiring managers to create a seamless recruitment experience.
• Partner with hiring managers to complete job briefs, sourcing, shortlisting, assessments, compliance checks, and offer negotiations.
• Leverage data-driven insights and market trends to inform recruitment strategies.
• Build and manage talent pools for current and future workforce needs.

Why You’ll Love This Role:

• Full Time opportunity working flexible hours Monday – Friday with 2 days WFH option and 1 ADO a month.
• Beat the city bustle, conveniently located in Kedron with ample street parking and close to public transport options.
• Make a difference in shaping the future of C&K by attracting and hiring top talent.
• Work closely with hiring managers, providing expert recruitment advice.
• Use proactive sourcing strategies and market insights to drive results.
• Be part of a passionate, high-performing recruitment team who have your back and want you to succeed.

If you’re ready to bring energy, enthusiasm, and excellence to our Talent Acquisition team, apply now and find your better way with C&K!

“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.
• 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 qualification in HR (or working towards) highly regarded
• Work experience in a TA or HR function would be advantageous
• A working knowledge of contemporary recruitment practices
• Valid Blue Card and National Police Check or willingness to obtain (we will fund this for you)

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.

Location: Kedron