State Performance Lead

**Role**: State Performance Lead
**Location**: Perth, Western Australia
**Employment Type**: Permanent Full-Time
Goodstart Early Learning is currently seeking a State Performance Lead who will work alongside the State Manager in Western Australia to ensure we have the best Centre Directors in every centre, every day. The role works across all centres in the state to form a holistic view of centre performance with consideration to each centre’s contextual situation, team and leadership capability. The State Performance Lead also holds systems line manager and performance management responsibilities for a prescribed number of Centre Directors, assigned by the State Manager.
This role is a key relationship for Centre Directors, supporting them to achieve exceeding performance and become empowered, then informed and finally adaptive leaders.
**Your Impact**:
Empower Centre Directors and teams to uplift performance
Understand each centre’s KPIs and capability needs
Simplify or remove ineffective management processes
Monitor performance using data, observations, and insights
Collaborate with the State Support Team to align support with centre needs
Work with expert services to uphold Goodstart’s standards
Assist the State Manager with succession planning for Centre Directors
Ensure centres have effective Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs) and philosophies
**What Goodstart can offer you**:
Flexible work arrangements giving you choice about when and how work will be done in order to better manage your work and non-work needs (as arranged with your manager)
Not-For-Profit Salary Packaging benefits which reduce your taxable income to increase take home pay
Access to discounted childcare (up to 15%)
Option to purchase extra leave for even greater work life balance
First Nations Support and Cultural Leave
Work for a company that has an aspiration to be globally recognised for early years practice and learning outcomes
Gain significant investment in your growth and development with support, tools, training and experiences that will truly enhance the progress and outcomes for children in their earliest years.
**You’ll bring to the table**:
Demonstrated ability to strategically think, collaborate and coordinate across state and national functions and the ability to navigate complexity, competing priorities and constantly changing situations and needs
Being a dynamic individual adept at supporting and surpassing KPIs, while navigating through various centres, each with distinct capabilities and operational landscapes.
A sound knowledge of the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and National Quality Framework (NQF).
Qualifications in a Business, Teaching or Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) discipline would be beneficial, but not essential
Strong business acumen across all domains of centre performance
Demonstrated ability to evaluate existing knowledge, analyse data and formulate strategies to improve current performance
Demonstrated ability to develop, lead and nurture high performing teams
Valid WA Working with Children Check Card
Current National Police Clearance
Current Open Driving License
At Goodstart, we're not just Australia's largest provider of early learning and care - we're a passionate community of 15,000 team members across more than 660 centres, dedicated to nurturing over 60,000 children every day. As a not-for-profit social enterprise, our mission is to improve the lives of Australia's children and their families.
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We’re an equal opportunity employer that is proud of our inclusive and diverse work environment. We know that Goodstarters from diverse cultures, backgrounds and experiences strengthen our teams and help us grow. We’re also deeply committed to Reconciliation and creating an environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People feel a strong sense of belonging and connection.