Assistant Director

The Creche and Kindergarten Association; Hughenden; On-site; AUD 58,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive hourly wage $42.12–$43.50

Family-friendly 75% gap fee discounts

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Blue Card funded

Police Check funded

First Aid certifications funded

Beginning to Teach mentoring

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

The Creche and Kindergarten Association (C&K) Hughenden Community Childcare Centre is seeking an Assistant Director to support the Centre Director in daily operations and centre management. You will cover opening/closing shifts and act as the person in charge when needed, helping foster a nurturing, safe environment for children and families.

This permanent full-time role starts December 2026, with a competitive hourly wage and benefits such as childcare discounts, an Employee Assistance

Qualifications

• Must be Diploma in Early Childhood qualified.
• First Aid, CPR and Asthma and Anaphylaxis certification.
• Valid Blue Card or Exemption Card.
• Current Police Check current
• Knowledge of the National Quality Framework and Standards and the Early Years Learning Framework and Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guide.
• Completion of Foundations of Child Safety training (Geccko).

Responsibilities

• Support the Centre Director in leading daily operations and ensuring smooth centre management.
• Step in to support during non-contact times and assist Group Leaders when needed.
• Responsible for opening or closing shifts and being in charge when required.

Education

Diploma in Early Childhood

Job description

At C&K, our purpose is to make a positive impact on children’s lives. It’s what we’ve been doing for more than 116 years. Through evidence-based thinking, hard work and true compassion, we’ve built a trusted reputation as Queensland’s leading provider of early childhood education. And as a child safe organisation, we put children's safety and wellbeing at the heart of everything we do, creating nurturing spaces where children can learn, explore, play and grow.

Help Shape Futures at C&K Hughenden Community Childcare Centre

As our highly valued Assistant Director at C&K Hughenden, you’ll support the Centre Director in leading daily operations and ensuring smooth centre management. You will also step in to support during non-contact times and assist Group Leaders when needed. You will be required for opening or closing shifts and also be a responsible person in charge. Through your ideas, passion, and experience, you will play an integral role in fostering a culture where everyone can belong, grow, and thrive.

• Permanent Full Time
• Position starts Dec 2026

Find Your Better Way and Enjoy the Benefits

Every C&K career helps children belong and grow. We’ll set you up for success with a range of benefits, programs and opportunities to help you earn, be well and grow.

• Be rewarded for your commitment with a wage rate of $42.12 up to $43.50per hour plus superannuation.
• Find a healthy work-life balance with family-friendly priority access to C&K childcare centres and discounts of up to 75% of the gap fee.
• Be well and prosper with an Employee Assistance Program that includes financial counselling, nutrition coaching, individual counselling and specialist support for LGBTIQA+ and First Nations individuals.
• Funded Blue Card, Police Check and First Aid certifications.
• Take your career to new heights with the Beginning to Teach program, specialized mentoring and professional development opportunities.
• Plus so much more.

What you’ll bring

If you’re committed to guiding children’s early learning and development, we’ll set you up for success!

We strongly uphold our child safety policies and procedures. To thrive and succeed in this role, you will have:

• Must be Diploma in Early Childhood qualified.
• First Aid, CPR and Asthma and Anaphylaxis certification.
• Valid Blue Card or Exemption Card.
• Current Police Check current
• Knowledge of the National Quality Framework and Standards and the Early Years Learning Framework and Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guide.
• Completion of Foundations of Child Safety training (Geccko)

You will bring a passion for achieving long-lasting, high-quality outcomes for children, their families and the community alongside a team-player mindset - when you join C&K, you join a village of good-hearted, talented people, so you can lean on them as they lean on you.

Join us and find a better way with C&K - for children, for you, for always.

C&K is a child-safe organisation and all C&K employees are required to undergo a police check and not be a ‘'Restricted Person'’ or Suspended Educator under the QLD Blue Card System.

We welcome applicants who identify as an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, have a Culturally and /or Linguistically Diverse background and/or those with additional needs.