Nominated Supervisor

**Our Company**

Queensland Childcare Services is a privately owned and operated company who has been providing early childhood education in South East Queensland since 1991. Our first and foremost important goal is to inspire delight, curiosity, and inquiry in the classroom. These are the greatest gifts our educator can give a child.

**The Centre**

**Busy Learners Early Education Centre** opened in October 1993 and cares for 75 children aged from birth to school age. We provide before and after school care to school age children as well as vacation care in the school holidays. We offer many programs including bush kindy and music programs and incorporate Aboriginal perspectives into our every day learning. We also have a strong sustainability focus in our centre.

**The Opportunity**

We are looking for a Director to run our **Inala **service. The successful applicant will have the ability to lead, motivate and inspire the current team of early childhood staff along with creating and maintaining meaningful relationships with families and the surrounding community. You will coordinate all day to day Centre operations such as admin, health & safety and staff development. You will ensure strong management for the day to day operations of the centre through regular evaluation of systems and processes, as well as management of staff rosters, staff ratios and adequate supervision. You will ensure centre and staff compliance with relevant legislative documents and build and maintain a strong relationship with children, families, staff and other internal and external stakeholders.

**Why choose Queensland Childcare Services?**:

- 3% above award wage rate
- 95% staff discount off employee’s childcare fees
- Paid professional development courses
- Paid tuition fees (Cert III and Diploma)
- Paid First Aid and CPR certification
- Paid annual Food Safety certification
- Paid annual Fire Training certification
- Paid annual Child Protection certification
- Paid Staff Meetings
- Free uniforms
- Access to our 24/7 (EAP) employee assistant program offering financial/mental/physical wellbeing counselling
- Access to our company (LMS) learning management system to support with ongoing development and skills
- Career and professional development opportunities within our company (24 locations)

**About You**

The role calls for a confident and resilient personality. Some traits of a good Centre Director include:

- Positive outlook
- Problem solving and growth mentality
- Good judgement and initiative
- Decisive and mature
- Strong leadership skills.
- Good communication and mediation skills
- Thorough understanding of EYLF and NQS
- Professionalism

**Must haves**
- Hold a Diploma of Early Childhood Education or Diploma in Early Childhood Education
- Demonstrate a high level of communication skills and maintain a professional manner in the workplace
- Have a strong understanding of the EYLF and NQS
- Current First Aid, CPR & Asthmas and Anaphylaxis certificate
- Current Blue Card
- Previous experience as an Assistant Director essential
- Above all be passionate about living a healthy lifestyle as this is imperative to be a role model for the children in our care
- Please note that only successful applicants will be contacted and that once the position is filled it will close._

**Salary**: From $85,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Employee discount
- Profit sharing

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (preferred)

Work Location: In person