WWCC Officer

Role: Working with Children Check Officer

Location: Murarrie, Brisbane (with flexible working arrangements) however open to alternative locations for the right candidate.

Employment Type: Full-time, 12mth Fixed Term

Help us keep children safe by ensuring compliance with Working with Children Check (WWCC) requirements across the organisation.

As our WWCC Officer, you'll play a vital role in safeguarding children by managing WWCC validation, compliance, and reporting processes nationally.

You'll provide trusted advice and support to centres, staff, volunteers, contractors, and students, ensuring our practices align with legislation, child safe frameworks, and regulatory obligations.

Your Impact:

In this role, you'll play a vital part in safeguarding children by ensuring Goodstart meets its Working with Children Check (WWCC) obligations nationally. Your work will strengthen our child safe culture and provide peace of mind to families, centres, and communities.

You'll support our people by maintaining accurate WWCC records, managing compliance requirements, and providing timely advice to centres, staff, volunteers, contractors, and students across all states and territories. You'll also respond to enquiries and concerns with professionalism, helping to identify risks and ensure the right actions are taken.

By building knowledge and confidence in our centres and contributing to continuous improvement, your impact will be felt across the organisation—giving our teams the confidence that every child is safe and supported in our care.

What Goodstart can offer you:

Flexible work arrangements giving you choice about when and how work will be done in order to better manage your work and non-work needs

Salary Packaging benefits which reduce your taxable income to increase take home pay

Access to discounted childcare (up to 15%)

Fitness Passport - access to gyms and pools for you and your family at a heavily discounted price

Discounted health care and access to employee wellbeing program with BUPA

Exclusive discounts on travel, gym memberships, Apple and Dell products, and more.

Free annual flu shot (optional)

Option to purchase extra leave for even greater work life balance

First Nations Support and Cultural Leave

Work for a company that has an aspiration to be globally recognised for early years practice and learning outcomes

Gain significant investment in your growth and development with support, tools, training and experiences that will truly enhance the progress and outcomes for children in their earliest years.

You'll bring to the table:

A valid Working with Children Check (relevant to your state/territory).

Experience in a customer-service focused role, with strong communication and relationship-building skills.

Background in business administration, compliance, or early learning (desirable).

Knowledge of WWCC requirements, child protection legislation, or child safe organisation principles (desirable).

Proven ability to manage compliance-based processes independently, with attention to detail and confidentiality.

Strong Microsoft Office skills and the ability to adapt quickly to new systems.

Completion of secondary education (minimum).

How to apply

Click 'Apply Now' and submit your application.

We review applications as they are submitted. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible for your best chance to progress to the next stage of the process. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all positions

Have a question? Contact our Talent Acquisition Team via email

If you are a placement agency or external recruiter, please refrain from submitting resumes to Goodstart unless you have a signed staffing agency agreement with us. Goodstart will not be responsible for or pay any placement fees for candidates submitted by agencies that are not approved suppliers. Any resumes received from agencies or external recruiters without an agreement will be reviewed by Goodstart and may be shared with our internal recruiting team for their reference.

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.

Safety is our priority and we will take any action necessary to ensure that all children can feel safe and be safe, and are safeguarded from abuse, neglect and harm. As a Child Safe Organisation, all of our candidates must have or obtain a valid working with children check.

Posting Notes: AUSTRALIA || Australia || Australia (AU) || | SF: LI || No Early Childhood Qualification || Full-Time