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Group Leader / Assistant Director - C&K Herston Road Childcare Centre

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  • Fantastic opportunity to join the Leadership Team to help lead, inspire and mentor the team around you.
  • Access to a wide range of professional development opportunities - we want you to evolve and grow within our organisation. 

About the opportunity:

We are seeking expressions of interest for an experienced Early Childhood professional to join the leadership team at C&K Herston Road as an Assistant Director. As the Assistant Director, your role will be to perform your current duties and in the absence of the Director, the Assistant Director will manage the daily operations of the service to enable the delivery of a high-quality early childhood service and program in line with C&K's vision, values and priorities.

  • Full-time - permanent - 40 hours per week

What we will require from you as an Assistant Director:

For this position, we are looking for someone who is a self-starter, who has previous experience as a leader in early childhood. You must be an approachable leader amongst the community of families, children and employees; with a hands-on approach in managing the service operationally.

  • You must continue to perform the duties of your current role at the service as a Group Leader.
  • When required, step up to the Director position, sometimes at short notice.
  • Assist the Director in leading the daily operations of the service.
  • Assist the Director in ensuring the service meets compliance obligations.
  • Model professional and ethical behaviour.

You must have the ability to:

  • Hold a Diploma in Early education and care (or an approved Diploma level qualification recognised by ACECQA)
  • Have initiative and a strong sense of personal responsibility for continuous improvement, meeting objectives and managing health and safety risks.
  • Knowledge of the C&K 'Listening and Learning Together' Curriculum Approach
  • Knowledge of National Quality Framework and Standards ("NQF" and "NQS"), the Early Years Learning Framework ("EYLF")
  • Demonstrated experience managing, mentoring and supporting early childhood education and care services/programs to deliver high-quality outcomes, and in building a capable and engaged workforce.
  • Evidence of sound professional experience that shows initiative and a strong sense of personal responsibility for meeting objectives, modelling of professional and ethical behaviour, commitment to personal development; and display of courage in the provision of advice and decision making.

At C&K Herston Road Community Long Day Care, we are currently seeking a qualified and experienced Group Leader to join the Centre. Successful educator will pride themselves on their passion and dedication for early education within the learning environment. We are looking for someone with exceptional skills to build relationships with families and children who have a fun and enthusiastic approach to their new role with C&K. You will be an educator that is dedicated to furthering their own learning as an early childhood professional and ability to be flexible and work collaboratively within a team environment.

About C&K:

C&K is proud to be the largest and longest established provider of community-based early childhood education and care services in Queensland.  Working at C&K you will have access to many benefits including, but not limited to, above-award wages, salary packaging options, priority access to C&K childcare and kindergarten centres and access to study through our C&K College.  C&K is committed to an inclusive workforce and we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.  

All C&K employees are required to undergo background checks which include police checks. 

Please note the advertising closing date is indicative only. C&K reserve the right to close the advertisement before this date is reached. Therefore, it is encouraged that you submit your application as soon as possible.

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