Role: Executive Assistant
Location: Murarrie, Brisbane, QLD
Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
Support senior leaders and help drive meaningful outcomes across a purpose-led organisation
If you're a highly organised professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys supporting senior leaders, this is an opportunity to bring your communication, coordination and relationship-building skills to a role where your work truly makes a difference.
Our Role:
We’re looking for a proactive and collaborative Executive Assistant to provide high-level support to senior leaders within Goodstart Early Learning.
In this role, you’ll manage busy and ever-changing diaries, coordinate meetings and communications, prepare professional correspondence and support day-to-day operations with a high level of professionalism, discretion and confidentiality.
You’ll join a supportive and team-oriented environment where people genuinely show up for one another, feel safe to speak up, and work through challenges respectfully and collaboratively. We’re open to candidates from a variety of business support backgrounds and are willing to invest in someone with the right attitude, adaptability and capability.
Your Impact:
Provide high-level executive support including complex diary and appointment management
Coordinate meetings, prepare agendas and support follow-up actions where required
Draft professional correspondence, responses and business communications for senior leaders
Support the preparation of reports, presentations and other confidential documentation
Manage competing priorities and shifting deadlines in a calm and organised manner
Maintain accurate records, systems and administrative processes
Undertake research and support special projects as required
Build strong working relationships with stakeholders across various levels of the organisation
Navigate sensitive and occasionally challenging matters with professionalism, resilience and confidentiality
Occasionally coordinate travel and accommodation arrangements as required
What Goodstart can offer you:
Flexible work arrangements
Salary packaging benefits available through AccessPay (eligibility applies)
Access to discounted childcare (up to 15%)
Fitness Passport - access to gyms and pools for you and your family at a heavily discounted price
Discounted health care and access to employee wellbeing program with BUPA
Exclusive discounts on travel, gym memberships, Apple and Dell products, and more
Free annual flu shot (optional)
Option to purchase extra leave for even greater work life balance
First Nations Support and Cultural Leave
Work for a company that has an aspiration to be globally recognised for early years practice and learning outcomes
Gain significant investment in your growth and development with support, tools, training and experiences that will truly enhance the progress and outcomes for children in their earliest years
You’ll bring to the table:
Previous experience ideally within the Executive Assistant or Personal Assistant space supporting senior leadership within large, multi-site or corporate environments
Strong diary management and organisational skills within fast-paced environments
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including confidence drafting professional correspondence
Ability to manage competing priorities and adapt to changing business needs
Strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to communicate across multiple levels of an organisation
High level of professionalism, discretion and confidentiality when handling sensitive matters
Resilience and confidence navigating challenging conversations or confronting emails professionally
Strong attention to detail and proactive problem-solving capability
Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Office skills including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Teams
Previous exposure to human services, education or purpose-led organisations will be highly regarded
How to apply
Click ‘Apply Now' and submit your application.
We review applications as they are submitted. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible for your best chance to progress to the next stage of the process.
Have a question? Contact our Talent Acquisition Team via email
[email protected]
At Goodstart we are deeply committed to Reconciliation and encourage Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people to apply. For further information and support email
[email protected]
If you are a placement agency or external recruiter, please refrain from submitting resumes to Goodstart unless you have a signed staffing agency agreement with us. Goodstart will not be responsible for or pay any placement fees for candidates submitted by agencies that are not approved suppliers. Any resumes received from agencies or external recruiters without an agreement will be reviewed by Goodstart and may be shared with our internal recruiting team for their reference.
Supporting our people and protecting our children
We're an equal opportunity employer that is proud of our inclusive and diverse work environment. We know that Goodstarters from diverse cultures, backgrounds and experiences strengthen our teams and help us grow. We're also deeply committed to Reconciliation and creating an environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People feel a strong sense of belonging and connection.
Safety is our priority and we will take any action necessary to ensure that all children can feel safe and be safe, and are safeguarded from abuse, neglect and harm. As a Child Safe Organisation, all of our candidates must have or obtain a valid working with children check.
