Administrator - Mat Leave Contract

Happy Hearts Childcare & Kindergarten; Burpengary; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing program access

Worker Retention Payment Grant

Job summary

Happy Hearts Childcare & Kindergarten – Burpengary QLD is seeking an Administrator to be the friendly first point of contact for families and visitors while providing essential administrative support to the Centre. This parental leave contract runs from mid-September 2026 to March 2027 with potential extension.

The successful candidate should be committed to engaging with children and families in a variety of ways, bringing warmth, organisation and strong IT skills to daily operations.

Qualifications

• Friendly, approachable and family-focused demeanor.
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail.
• Confident using computers and administrative systems.
• Excellent communication and time-management skills.
• Prior childcare admin experience valued but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Welcoming families and visitors in a warm, professional manner.
• Answering phone calls, emails and enrolment enquiries.
• Managing enrolments, bookings and waitlists.
• Assisting with CCS, childcare software, and general administrative tasks.
• Supporting management with compliance and documentation.
• Maintaining confidentiality at all times.

Skills

Friendly

Organised

Tech savvy

Communication

Time management

Education

Cert 3 or Diploma Qualified

Working With Children Check - Blue Card

Tools

Childcare software

CCS

Job description

Happy Hearts Childcare & Kindergarten – Burpengary QLD

Here at Happy Hearts our children are the Centre of all we do.

We have created a safe, inspiring and nurturing environment that lets children begin their journey of self-discovery. We help them build their confidence, self-awareness and emotional intelligence. As afamily owned and operated company, our Approved Providers believe that nothing comes above the health, safety and wellbeing of our children, and our team.

We operate with paramount consideration for children; if additional staffing is required we support it, we have active CCTV across our service and keep the children at the centre of our focus at all times. We don't post children on social media, we expect our team to engage with our children, not with a device. Budgets are generous, professional development is encouraged and paid for, and support is abundant. Your opinions, your voice and your experience matters. We pride ourselves on the way we take care of our team, and how our team take care of our children.

The Role

As our Administrator, you will be the friendly first point of contact for families and visitors while providing essential administrative support to the Centre. This is a parental leave contract, running from the middle of September 2026 until March 2027 with the potential to extend.

The successful applicants should be committed to engaging with children and families in a variety of ways.

Key responsibilities include:

• Welcoming families and visitors with a warm and professional manner
• Answering phone calls, emails and enrolment enquiries
• Managing enrolments, bookings and waitlists
• Assisting with CCS, childcare software, and general administrative tasks
• Supporting the management team with compliance and documentation
• Always maintaining confidentiality

About You:

• Friendly, approachable and family-focused
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail
• Confident using computers and administrative systems
• Excellent communication and time-management skills
• Previous childcare admin experience highly regarded (but not essential)
• Cert 3 or Diploma Qualified Essential

Relationships keep our hearts happy!

Developing positive relationships within our centre community, local community and global community is at the centre of all we do at Happy Hearts. We care for our team and value your contributions. Being part of our team means you will have access to Professional and Personal Development as well as our unique Wellbeing Program. .

At Happy Hearts, we value our Educators wellbeing and have created an initiative to support this. All of our Educators have access to our Wellbeing Program which offers the following;

We're paying the Retention Payment!

• All uniforms paid for including a NAIDOC shirt.
• Monthly budget for Educators wellbeing
• Staff Discounts
• Access to a company funded EAP

We’re excited to announce that our company is participating in the Worker Retention Payment Grant!

As part of this initiative, eligible employees will receive additional payments as a thank-you for their hard work and commitment. This is just one of the many ways we show appreciation to our team.

Required Qualifications & Desired Skills

• A Growth Mindset,
• A love of learning,
• Ability in developing and maintaining positive relationships with children families and colleagues,
• Current Working With Children's Check - Blue Card, and a clear compliance history
• Knowledge of relevant legislative policies, standards and requirements.

Our Values

Our values guide our practice and we use these to build a positive and heart centred team culture.

H.E.A.R.T.S

• HOLISTIC:We believe in a holistic approach to learning for children and adults.Everyone is unique and their skills, interests and abilities are honoured here at Happy Hearts.
• ENVIORNMENT:We acknowledge and understand the importance of the environment for all who engage in our program. The environment we create is safe, homely, flexible, natural, inviting and is a third teacher within our program.
• AUTHENTICITY:“Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than you.” – Dr Seuss.We value and respect the individuality of each other, our children and families. At Happy Hearts, everyone has a voice, we lead with kindness and everyone belongs.
• RELATIONSHIPS:From the moment we are born, human beings form relationships with others. We understand the basic human need to connect with others and build positive, healthy, respectful relationships with each other, our children and families.
• TEAM WORK:Respecting and honouring each other as we strive towards a common vision of high-quality early learning is what we do. We are not a team because we work together, we are a team because we respect, trust and care for each other.
• SUPPORT:We understand that we are only as strong as the support that surrounds us and therefore value our Happy Hearts team members, our Owners and our wider support networks.We continually strive for excellence and have the support we need to achieve this.