Assistant Director Cape Kids Childcare

• Work with a team who value being connected to their local community
• Permanent Full Time Role
• Far North Queensland based - Weipa

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are looking for an Assistant Director to maintain positive relationships and inclusive practices with families, children and staff whilst, ensuring compliance with service policies and procedures, National Regulations and Standards.

This is a great opportunity to learn the business side of running a thriving childcare centre, with a focus on delivering early childhood education and a commitment to safety. Reporting to the Director Cape Kids Childcare you will:

• Support the Centre Manager in the leadership of the team to provide high-quality early learning and care
• Guide and support room colleagues to follow housekeeping practices which ensure that equipment is maintained at an optimal level
• Set up and maintain a comprehensive filing system including archival and storage inventories
• Accurately and promptly process new enrolments, keeping up to date with utilisation and vacancies of the service
• Maintain a clean and safe work environment complying with all service policies and procedures
• Support the Service's programming promoting commitment to continual improvement to the quality of care provided within your room.

What you'll bring

• Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care (or equivalent)
• Current Senior First Aid certificate
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, verbal and written
• Comprehensive time management and organisational skills and have the ability to plan and organise work in accordance with priories
• Highly developed clerical and administrative skills
• Approved anaphylaxis and emergency asthma management training would be beneficial but not essential

Where you'll be working

Weipa - Rio Tinto Weipa is located 900km north-west of Cairns on the Gulf of Carpentaria and has been operating for over 50 years. Over the years, it has developed into a vibrant and diverse cultural hub of the Western Cape. Weipa offers a coastal community rich in geographical beauty and cultural heritage that provides families with opportunities to participate in leisure activities, sports and community events. With a strong sense of community, the region has plenty of natural beauty to offer including the opportunities for boating, fishing, camping and exploring. Construction of the Amrun mining operation, located 40 kilometres southwest of Weipa, was completed in late 2018 expanding our bauxite operations to continue production from one of the world's premier bauxite deposits.

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls 'progress' begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress.

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium the world's first to be certified "responsible" helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe.

Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

Applications close on Wednesday 28th July (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).