Thriving Teachers Operations Partner

**Role**: Thriving Teachers Operations Partner

**Location**: Murarrie, Brisbane Queensland

**Employment Type**: Permanent - Full time

With 15,000 Goodstart team members across 661 centres nurturing 63,600 children, we’re Australia's largest provider of early learning and care. As a not-for-profit social enterprise, we exist purely to improve the lives of Australia's children and their families. From our centre teams to our support teams, we work together to make a real difference for children in those crucial early years.

The newly created department of Goodstart Thriving Teachers is a specialised component of the Teaching, Learning and Support function. The Thriving Teachers National Leads are responsible for the design, development, and implementation of professional development programs and accreditation and registration support for all teachers through their career stages with Goodstart. The aim of Thriving Teachers is to improve the progression, retention and quality of all teachers aligned to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST).

As a critical member of the Thriving Teachers Program, the role of the Thriving Teachers Operations Partner, is to support the effective operational implementation of the core functions of the Thriving Teachers Program, with a key role in leading the operationalisation of a new teacher mentoring role aimed at supporting Early Career teachers across Goodstart. The Operations Partner will ensure positive and collaborative working relationship across the team to deliver key strategies and activities in a centre-led, effective and sustainable way.

**Your Impact**:
Drive strategic implementation to advance Thriving Teachers initiatives at Goodstart Early Learning, aligning services with core principles and tailored to teacher needs
Collaborate closely with program leads to evaluate strategies, analyse data, and foster cooperation across teacher programs for continuous improvement
Establish and maintain operational strategy aligned with Goodstart's direction and KPIs, ensuring success measures guide operations effectively
Lead implementation of operational structures for initiatives, including budgeting and evaluation, while ensuring smooth project delivery through proactive communication
Collaborate with program leads to create sustainable operational plans, providing support to drive engagement and achievement
Contribute to program vision realisation through internal collaboration, fostering high performance and positive relationships
Cultivate strong internal relationships to ensure data relevance and promote organisational values, supporting knowledge management
Manage operational aspects such as budgeting and team databases, facilitating accreditation activities and ensuring program efficiency

**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.
Not-For-Profit Salary Packaging benefits which reduce your taxable income to increase take home pay.
Access to discounted childcare (up to 15%)
Discounted health care and access to employee wellbeing program with BUPA
Exclusive discounts on travel, gym memberships, Apple and Dell products, and more.
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.
Be a part of a team and work environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging, inclusion and purpose.
Regular social events at our head office location
Strong connection to purpose - as Australia’s largest provider of early learning and care and a not-for-profit social enterprise, we exist purely to improve the lives of Australia’s children and their families.

**You’ll bring to the table**:
Strong organisational and management skills including attention to detail and ability to manage multiple sets of data for program administration
Demonstrated negotiation and problem-solving with multiple stakeholders and interpersonal communication skills
Experience supporting the management of budgets and reconciliation
Experience with data creation, management and working with data
Experience in a coordination and administration role

**Skills**:
Experience in an operational management, supporting the effective and efficient operations of a service, team or function
Strong relationship, communication and collaboration skills
The ability to take initiative and drive operational improvements in service efficiency and effectiveness.
Extensive experience in using the Microsoft Office suite including online communication platforms.
Strong attention to detail
Experience in the education/ ECEC sector is desirable.

How to apply

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