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.
Bee Safe: Child safety is at the heart of everything we do and is embedded in our people, places and processes. Help us give every child the Best Start in Life.
As the Assistant Centre Director, you will work closely with a strong and supportive Centre Director. This is a hands-on leadership role where your commitment, initiative, and passion will make a real difference.
This opportunity is perfect for an experienced aspiring Assistant Centre Director who is ready to take the next step into leadership. You'll be supported to build your leadership capability while gaining valuable experience in centre operations, team development, and creating a positive culture where children, families and educators can thrive.
Key Responsibilities
Support the Centre Director in the day-to-day leadership and operations of the service.
Lead, mentor, and inspire educators to deliver high-quality education and care.
Build strong partnerships with families and the local community.
Support compliance with the National Quality Framework (NQF) and National Regulations.
Contribute to curriculum planning, reflective practice, and continuous improvement.
Step into the Centre Director role when required.
About You
A genuine commitment to child safety and wellbeing & alignment to our Busy Bee values.
A Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care (or higher).
Current Working with Children Check.
Sound knowledge of the EYLF, NQS, and Child Protection legislation.
Leadership experience or a strong desire to grow into a leadership role within the ECEC industry.
A collaborative, positive, and supportive leadership style.
Why Join Busy Bees?
Family-friendly benefits; 50% childcare gap-fee discounts for permanent staff, because your family should benefit too.
Paid learning & development; First Aid, CPR & mandatory training covered, ongoing professional development, and access to our Busy Bees learning platform and ACCCO RTO pathways.
Supportive leaders & inclusive teams; hands-on leadership, strong tenure and a culture built on trust, respect and collaboration.
Career pathways that grow with you; opportunities & training to progress from Educator to leadership, management and area roles.
Global & national opportunities; connect with leaders across Australia and apply for our Global Talent Exchange Program (UK, Canada and Asia).
Wellbeing support that goes beyond work; 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 WWCC, ID, Qualifications, Gecko Training, Work Rights & 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 Triple Layer Child Safety Framework: trusted, trained and caring people, safe, supervised and supportive environments, and clear, consistent and transparent processes.
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.
