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.
Our Bee Safe Commitment: 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.
We’re seeking a proactive and people-focused People & Culture Co-ordinator to deliver high-quality HR support and service across our national network. This role is based in Brisbane on a full-time basis.
What you’ll do
• Provide end-to-end HR administrative support across the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, changes and offboarding
• Respond to HR enquiries and provide guidance to leaders on policies, procedures, awards and employment conditions
• Maintain compliance registers and conduct audits across Blue Cards, work rights, qualifications and employee records
• Support key P&C initiatives including reward & recognition, wellbeing programs, traineeships and graduate pathways
• Assist with HR reporting, projects and cyclical activities such as remuneration reviews, performance processes and case support
What you’ll bring
• A genuine commitment to child safety, speaking up, always doing the right thing & an alignment to our Busy Bees values
• Experience in a HR or People & Culture support role
• Understanding of employment legislation, awards and HR processes (ECEC exposure highly regarded)
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills with a customer-focused mindset
Why Busy Bees?
Because we offer the B.E.E.S. advantage:
Better pay. Everyday balance. Education for growth. Support you can rely on.
We live by our values of Care, Quality, Service, and Value to make a real impact on child safety and quality.
• Exposure to a broad HR function with opportunities to grow your career in People & Culture
• Family-friendly benefits; 50% childcare gap-fee discounts for permanent staff, because your family should benefit too
• Global & national opportunities; connect with leaders across Australia and apply for our Global Talent Exchange Program (UK, Canada and Asia)
• Stability with heart; a global organisation with a local feel, where child safety, wellbeing and quality are never compromised
• Supportive leaders & inclusive teams; hands-on leadership, strong tenure and a culture built on trust, respect and collaboration
Employment is conditional on satisfactory, rigorous pre-employment checks (including WWCC, ID, Qualifications, Gecko Training, Work Rights, NQAITS register/Prohibited Persons & 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 Bee Safe commitment.
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.