Assistant Property Manager

Join our Property team and help ensure every child learns in a safe, high-quality space.

As Assistant Property Manager, you'll put your accuracy and organisation to work—managing lease data, documentation and critical dates while supporting financial reporting and stakeholder needs to keep our national centre portfolio running smoothly.

Role: Assistant Property Manager

Location: Murarrie, Brisbane

Employment Type: 12mth Fixed Term, Fulltime

Play a key role in supporting quality early learning environments across Australia.

As Assistant Property Manager, you'll help maintain, manage and optimise our national property portfolio—ensuring our centres have safe, compliant and well-managed spaces where children can learn, grow and thrive.

Your Impact:

In this role, you will:

• Maintain accurate lease and property management data to ensure portfolio transparency and compliance
• Monitor critical dates, manage lease documentation and support timely decision-making
• Prepare and process rent and outgoings, ensuring accuracy and alignment with finance requirements
• Support effective month-end activities and financial reporting
• Respond to landlord and stakeholder queries, contributing to strong relationships
• Assist with rent reviews, reconciliations and property lifecycle changes
• Communicate planned openings and closures to internal teams
• Drive continuous improvement in systems, processes and reporting
• Always prioritise health, safety and child safeguarding in every action

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:

We're looking for:

• Experience in property management, project coordination or a time-critical administrative role
• Strong background in lease management and property administration
• Excellent eye for detail, accuracy and data integrity
• Sound financial / analytical skills, including budget and reporting experience
• Well-developed stakeholder communication skills
• Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively
• Proven time management capability with the ability to meet tight deadlines
• Strong computer literacy (MS Office essential, advanced Excel preferred)
• Experience with property management systems (SAP highly regarded)
• Current qld Working with Children Check

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.

Have a question? Contact our Talent Acquisition Team via email

At Goodstart we are deeply committed to Reconciliation and encourage Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people to apply. For further information and support 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.