Educational Leader / Assistant Director

The successful applicant must have a strong desire to provide high quality care as well as attention to detail. This role is a senior management role within the centre where mentoring and coaching your team occurs every day. You will support the Centre Director in the running of the centre as well as your Lead Educators in planning and practice. Suitable applicants must be able to meet the following criteria :

• Hold a minimum of Diploma in Early Childhood Education
• Previous experience as a room leader / educational leader
• Use your amazing coaching techniques to help develop reflective practices
• Identify areas of improvement and support educators in their planning
• Demonstrate a high level of communication skills and maintain a professional manner in the workplace
• Have a strong understanding of the EYLF and NQS
• Above all be passionate about living a healthy lifestyle as this is imperative to be a role model for the children in our care
• Current Blue Card
• 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)
• conditions apply
• The Centre
• Chermside Early Education Centre
• is located on Kuran St, Chermside. Our centre has been rated as an
• Exceeding Centre
• by the Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) and cares for up to 75 children each day. We offer a huge range of high quality programs for our children such as swimming lessons, music and movement and language opportunities. We are passionate about sustainability and gardening and love to explore these practices with the children in our care.
• Our Company

Queensland Childcare Services has been around for over 30 years and aims to be at the forefront of the Early Childhood Education sector. Our centres offer a range of services to our families such as beach, bush and farm kindy, swimming and Healthy Bodies Programs. We even have our own dietician! Children's development is at the forefront of every company decision and to provide meaningful, well rounded and high quality early education.

• Please note that only successful applicants will be contacted and that once the position is filled it will close._
• Salary
• 35.00 - $45.00 per hour
• Benefits
• Employee discount
• Profit sharing

Schedule :

• 8 hour shift

Work Location : In person