Early Education Centre Director

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About You:

• You have a talent for bringing energy, fun and laughter to a child’s day.
• You love being trusted to do your job and enjoy the freedom to share fresh and innovative ideas to enhance your workplace and the children’s outcomes.
• You thrive on working with an equally passionate and dedicated team who turn up each day to nurture and provide the children with the best start in life.
• You want to work with those who want to be the best – a long-standing and well-respected community provider is a perfect match for your work ethos and philosophy.

Why Us:

• Interested in building your career? We offer many opportunities for career progression and movements between our 11 centres so you can build your experience with new environments, teams and roles.
• Associate yourself with us. We’re highly regarded, with high standards and practices. We’re a safe, secure and supportive place to work. Plus, enjoy the backing and expertise of our head office team.
• Enjoy our large, picturesque and natural environments, with the opportunity to build truly meaningful connections with the children and families in our spacious environments.
• Benefits, benefits and more benefits. Local government is a great employer! We support your personal wellbeing with extra leave entitlements, access to health services, and so much more. Let’s also not forget no after-hours cleaning (we employ professionals).

Things We’ll Trust You With:

• Managing and leading a quality Early Education and care service which is responsive to children, families & the community.
• Ensuring that the Centre operates in accordance with the Education & Care Services National Law & Regulations, National Quality Standards and the Early Years Learning Framework
• Building collaborative and positive partnerships with families and the community.
• Providing superior leadership and mentoring to a team of highly regarded professionals.
• Ensuring all children receive high-quality care in an environment that is safe, caring, stimulating and nurturing of individual differences as they learn and grow physically, intellectually, creatively, socially and emotionally.

Things You’ll Do:

• Ensure that children are a provided with a warm, safe and nurturing setting to thrive in.
• Ensure a high quality early learning program is implemented for individual and groups of children.
• Guide and lead teaching practices at the centre that reflect contemporary research and best practice.
• Liaise and build positive relationships with families and the community through advocating for and promoting early education and care.
• Lead guide and support team members to implement the program, philosophy and legislative requirements.