Assistant Centre Director

Assistant Centre Director | $41.72 – $43.08 per hour | Coorparoo

Busy Bees is a leading global early learning provider, offering high-quality education in nurturing, purpose-built centres where educators are supported to grow, lead and make a real difference in children’s lives, with over 130 centres across Australia and around 3,000 employees.

Our Bee Safe Commitment: Child safety is at the heart of everything we do. Help us give every child the Best Start in Life.

Working alongside our passionate Centre Director and dedicated mentor, you’ll support the day-to-day leadership of the centre, inspire educators and help create a positive, collaborative environment where everyone feels supported to grow.

This is a hands-on leadership role, where you’ll spend time in the rooms providing practical coaching, mentoring and support to educators. You’ll work alongside the teams to build confidence, strengthen practice and support the delivery of high-quality education and care.

What you’ll do

• Support the Centre Director with daily operations and leadership.
• Provide hands-on coaching, mentoring and support to educators across the rooms.
• Work alongside teams to strengthen practice and build educator confidence.
• Mentor and inspire educators to deliver high-quality care and education.
• Build strong relationships with children, families and the community.
• Support NQF compliance, curriculum planning and continuous improvement.
• Step into the Centre Director role when required.

What you’ll bring

• Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care (or higher).
• Current Queensland Blue Card.
• Sound knowledge of the EYLF, NQS and Child Protection legislation.
• Leadership experience or a strong desire to grow within ECEC.
• A positive, collaborative leadership style and genuine passion for supporting others.
• A strong commitment to child safety.

Why Busy Bees?

Better pay. Everyday balance. Education for growth. Support you can rely on.

• Purpose-built centre offering engaging learning environments and a unique rooftop playground featuring water misters, balancing logs, sandpits, a slide, tunnel, cubby house and vegetable garden.
• 50% childcare gap-fee discounts for permanent staff, because your family should benefit too.
• First Aid, CPR and mandatory training covered, ongoing professional development, and access to our Busy Bees learning platform and ACCCO RTO pathways.
• Work alongside passionate leaders who genuinely invest in their teams, with a culture built on trust, respect and collaboration.
• Opportunities and training to progress from Educator to leadership, management and area roles.
• Connect with leaders across Australia and apply for our Global Talent Exchange Program across the UK, Canada and Asia.
• Free, confidential EAP access for you and your immediate family, when you need it most

Employment is conditional on satisfactory, rigorous pre-employment checks (including Blue Card/WWCC, ID, Qualifications, Gecko Training, Work Rights, NQAITS register/Prohibited Persons & References) and child safety training, reflecting our strong commitment to safeguarding, equity, diversity and inclusion.

We are proud to be a child safe organisation, putting child safety at the heart of everything we do through our Bee Safe commitment.

Why Work for Busy Bees?
If you’re passionate about early learning, Busy Bees is the place to be. Although we are part of a global organisation, our company was founded by three families looking for better, more enriching childcare. Three decades later, we still keep the same values at heart.

We know that we couldn’t do what we do without the important people in our teams. We invest in our people and work with them to build career pathways that inspire.