Director/Manager - Children and Family Centre

2 weeks ago

Mornington Shire, Australia Save the Children Full time
Job Description:Job Title: Director/Manager - Children and Family Centre

Save the Children Australia seeks an experienced and passionate Director/Manager to lead our Children and Family Centre (CFC) and Long Day Care (LDC) teams. The successful candidate will have a strong background in early childhood education and a commitment to supporting the development of children and families in our community.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the team to deliver high-quality early childhood education programs that meet the needs of children and families
  • Maintain a safe and healthy environment for children, families, staff, and visitors
  • Develop and maintain partnerships with parents, families, and community to provide support and education for children
  • Work with local services to facilitate community groups, activities, events, and stakeholder meetings
  • Drive community development processes and champion a best practice approach to integrated service delivery

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Early Education or equivalent
  • Experience working with and supervising educators providing care and supervision for young children from diverse backgrounds
  • Demonstrated experience in working alongside children and families, using a partnership and strengths-based approach in a community development setting
  • In-depth knowledge of the Learning Outcomes in the Early Years Learning Framework
  • Thorough knowledge of child protection processes and commitment to upholding them
  • Demonstrated experience in maintaining service records, reporting, and collection of outcome data

What We Offer:

  • Competitive salary and full salary packaging benefits
  • Shared accommodation provided on island, if required
  • Extra leave to use in a range of ways to ensure you're able to perform at your optimum
  • Internal employment and development opportunities
  • Supportive Managers – we provide professional supervision training and monthly supervision sessions so you can feel supported and build a career at Save
  • Support for workplace wellness, including access to our free, confidential Employee Wellbeing Program

Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. You can read about the Scheme and our commitment to Safeguarding here.

Why Work with Us?

We are a learning organisation that invests in the development and wellbeing of our people. Our workforce is approximately 1100 people strong, and proudly diverse, whether in race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, cultures and beliefs. It takes all types of personalities and talents to drive our organisation, and we value a healthy work-life balance and ensure our people feel connected to each other and our impact.

Learn from inspiring people and grow from a connection to our strong local and global networks. From our programs to our support services - this is the place to realise your purpose. A place to make a difference: In this full-time, maximum term role (through to June 2026), you'll lead the teams at both our Children and Family Centre (CFC) and Long Day Care (LDC). The CFC works with children aged 0-8 and their families, running a number of programs including School Transition, Play2Learn, School Holiday and After School Clubs. At the LDC, we work with children aged from 6 weeks to 5 years across all areas of Early Childhood Education and Care, including Health and Safety and Transition to School. While the role is based primarily on Mornington Island, a FIFO schedule (from Brisbane, Cairns or Townsville) will also be considered for the right candidate. You will make a difference by: Leading the team to deliver the EYLF curriculum framework, ensuring quality and consistency in the delivery of an early childhood education program Maintaining a safe and healthy environment for children, families, staff, and visitors ensuring policies and procedures are followed, and legislation is complied with across our centres Working on partnerships with parents, families, and community to provide appropriate education and care for children Partnering with local services to facilitate community groups, activities, events, and stakeholder meetings Driving community development processes and championing a best practice approach to integrated service delivery You're an experienced leader who's truly passionate about standing up for children, and your exceptional cultural knowledge will help you build strong connections with local community, families and children. Your infectious enthusiasm for your job will see you actively seeking out families in need of support, and your team will be driven to high performance by your dynamic leadership. Bringing your best every day, means: A Bachelor's Degree in Early Education or equivalent (recognised by ACECQA as an early childhood teaching qualification), or Bachelor of Primary Teaching with an approved Diploma-level qualification Experience working with and supervising educators providing care and supervision for young children from diverse backgrounds, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds Demonstrated experience in working alongside children and families, using a partnership and strengths-based approach in a community development setting In-depth knowledge of the Learning Outcomes in the Early Years Learning Framework Thorough knowledge of child protection processes and commitment to upholding them Demonstrated experience in maintaining service records, reporting, and collection of outcome data Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. You can read about the Scheme and our commitment to Safeguarding here.

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