KU named Employer of Choice for ninth consecutive year

KU Children’s Services has again been recognised as an Employer of Choice at The Australian Business Awards, with 2024 marking the ninth consecutive year where the early learning provider has been recognised. 

The Australian Business Award for Employer of Choice recognises organisations that develop leading workplaces that maximise the full potential of their workforce through established policies and practices that demonstrate effective employee recruitment, engagement and retention.

Organisations are required to demonstrate their achievements across the key areas of Culture, Leadership and Strategy; Education, Training and Development; Performance, Recognition and Remuneration; and Health, Safety and Satisfaction before being independently benchmarked against world-class performance standards.

“KU is incredibly proud of (our) positive staff culture and to have been named again as an Employer of Choice at The Australian Business Awards for nine consecutive years,” CEO Christine Legg said. 

“We’re committed to ensuring our workplace culture allows for people to thrive, innovate and develop lifelong careers, and we warmly welcome new staff into the KU family, invest in their future, and support them as people.”

KU was the first early childhood education provider in Australia to be mnamed an Employer of Choice in 2016, and since that time has been consistently praised for its outstanding commitment to employee wellbeing and culture.

Ms Legg accepted the award on behalf of KU and its more than 2,000 employees across over 125 services and programs saying “we remain firmly focused on living our values, and by placing our people at the heart of all we do.”

“We constantly reimagine and co-create a world of work where our people and our purpose thrive in harmony in a supportive and inclusive culture,” she added.

KU believes that its commitment to a thriving and supported professional workforce is also reflected in the quality of its services which are ranked amongst the highest quality in the country. 

76 per cent of KU services have been rated as ‘Exceeding’ the National Quality Standard, compared to the national average of just 23 per cent.

Established in 1895, KU Children’s Services remains proudly not for profit and enriches the lives of more than 10,000 children and their families each year through services including long day care, kindergartens, preschools, NDIS services, inclusion services, family programs and more.

Learn more about KU here.