Childcare & Outside School Hours Care (Education & Training)
The salary is negotiable commensurate with qualifications and experience.
About Our Centre
Our member, the Munro Centre, is a community-based long day care centre located at St Lucia, Queensland.
About the Role:
This is a full-time permanent position.
As the Centre Director, you will have experience in evaluating and driving effective centre business performance by monitoring, planning, and implementing strategies in collaboration with all stakeholders to develop and accelerate centre operations to high performance.
This role is a senior and respected position within the organization, with overarching responsibility for the Centre's leadership and management.
Key Duties Include Promoting and Ensuring:
The delivery of high-quality early childhood education and care based on a primary caregiving model.
Strong trusting relationships between children, families, and staff.
A strong and cohesive professional team.
Meaningful parent participation in all aspects of the service.
Curriculum development that is child-centered and adaptive for all children's needs to ensure an inclusive environment that embraces diversity.
Flexible, relevant, and responsive service provision.
Cost-effective service provision and the best investment of available resources.
Key Responsibilities:
Work in accordance with the requirements of the Educational and Care Services National Regulations and Law, and the National Quality Framework.
Manage the Centre in accordance with the Centre Philosophy, policies, and standards in partnership with the Parent Management Committee.
Actively promote the objectives and goals of The Munro Centre.
Actively plan for and maintain high standards of management and administration of the Centre at all times.
Actively encourage and support the operation of the Parent Management Committee and parent group within the Centre, ensuring a clear understanding of roles.
Manage the staffing of the Centre.
Minimum Qualifications:
Diploma or Bachelor Qualification in Early Childhood Education.
Knowledge of the Early Years Learning Framework and the National Standards.
Current Working With Children Card (WWCC).
Senior First Aid Certificate.
Current Suitability Card.
Experience:
Ideally 2 years of experience in a management role (such as director, assistant director, or educational leader).
If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, please apply now!
To apply for this position, please send your resume and a detailed cover letter explaining why you feel you are the best candidate for the position.
We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people from all backgrounds, abilities, and identities.
We ask that only people with the right to work in Australia apply for these opportunities.
We thank all candidates for their applications; however, only those successful will be contacted for an interview.
Your application will include the following questions:
How many years' experience do you have as a centre director?
Do you have a current Working With Children (WWC) Check?
Have you worked in a role which requires a sound understanding of the early years learning framework?
Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in Australia?
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