Assistant Director

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**Role**: Assistant Director
**Location**: Northern Suburbs Brisbane
**Centre**: Goodstart Redcliffe - Williams Street
**Employment Type**: Full-time, Permanent
**Pay**: $30-$35/hr + 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.

**Our Centre: Goodstart Redcliffe Wiliams Street**:

- Family-oriented child care centre nestled in a converted home environment.
- Individualized programs based on children's unique interests and the Early Years Learning Framework.
- Strong focus on sensory-rich and play-based learning experiences.
- Transparent communication with families through the Storypark platform, family nights, and newsletters.
- Diverse and stimulating indoor setups across toddler to kindergarten rooms.
- Newly renovated outdoor playgrounds designed for age-appropriate play and nature interaction.
- Well-equipped center with engaging toys, books, and computer learning programs.
- In-house cook providing nutritious and tasty meals for children.
- Emphasis on community involvement with regular events, visits, and celebrations.
- Daily art and music experiences foster creativity and self-expression.

**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.