Assistant Director

**Role**: Assistant Director

**Location**: Plympton SA

**Centre**: Goodstart Plympton

**Employment Type**: Full Time

**Salary**: Ranges from $34.63-$35.63 per hour + super

Use your experience in early learning and work alongside our Centre Director to support our centre and team

Competitive pay at least 7% above award + a range of benefits including childcare discount + salary packaging available

Work for Australia’s largest early learning Not-for-Profit

Are you an experienced early learning professional who’s ready to take their career to the next level, honing leadership skills and helping to build a successful business?

As the Assistant Director, you will use your experience and leadership qualities to engage and motivate your centre team to drive continuous improvement in all aspects across centre operation. You will work in collaboration with your centre leadership team and establish respectful and reciprocal relationships with families and engage in networks within the centre’s local community.

**About Goodstart**:
Our purpose-built centre is located on Anzac Highway and provides much-needed care for local families. Featuring seven spacious learning spaces over a single level and a separate nursery sleep room, Goodstart Plympton is designed as a modern yet home-like, naturally inspired environment. Our centre is open Monday to Friday 6.30am-6.30pm, and is licenced for 111 children per day from 6 weeks to school aged.

A major focus for our centre is how working with the broader community can help us enrich the children’s learning experience. Through visits to the centre as well as excursions and participation in community events, we are able to deepen the relationship between the centre and the community, while teaching the children about being a contributing and active member of society.

Our vision is that "Children are provided through their learning environment the tools and experiences to gain confidence, be knowledgeable, strong and resilient". Join our Facebook community to keep in touch with what's happening in our centre, and get expert information on parenting and early childhood.

**In this role, you will**:
Support the Centre Director in the leadership of the team to provide high-quality early learning and care

Mentor and build capabilities within the centre team

Be responsible for the overall management of the centre in the Centre Director’s absence

Use and implement the Goodstart Practice Guide

**What Goodstart can offer you**:
We truly value you - that’s why we pay more. At Goodstart, Assistant Directors get at least 7% above the award rate

Up to 50% discount off your childcare gap fees and 6 weeks paid parental leave

Tax benefits through salary packaging - a great way to pay for expenses with money from your salary before tax is taken out

Paid professional development - we offer a range of opportunities to grow your skills and your career

Wellbeing focus - you’ll get two wellbeing days included in your personal leave per year

Additional leave - you’ll have the option to purchase extra leave for even greater work life balance

Retail discounts - you’ll save money on insurance, travel and technology

Uniform allowance and employee referral program

Security and stability - as Australia’s largest provider of early learning and care and a not-for-profit social enterprise, we exist purely to improve the lives of Australia’s children and their families

If you have previous experience as an Assistant Director or in a centre leadership position, or similar, then we’d love to talk to you about which of our amazing opportunities would be the best fit for you.

How to apply

Supporting our people and protecting our children

We’re an equal opportunity employer that is proud of our inclusive and diverse work environment. We know that Goodstarters from diverse cultures, backgrounds and experiences strengthen our teams and help us grow. We’re also deeply committed to Reconciliation and creating an environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People feel a strong sense of belonging and connection.

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**Posting Notes**: PLYMPTON, ADELAIDE || SA || Australia (AU) || | || Diploma - Children's Services or equiv || Full-Time