Centre Manager

_This is an excellent opportunity for a confident, warm, and experienced Centre Manager to join a friendly and welcoming ELC with an excellent reputation in the local community. _

**Benefits**
- Generous remuneration package - well above award
- Achievable incentives, some weekly
- Head office to assist with recruitment, marketing and the P&L, leaving you time to focus on your team and families in your care
- Consistent and flexible hours to best suit your lifestyle
- Beautifully designed learning environments - with great outdoor spaces as big as the indoor spaces
- Stacks of quality learning resources
- Staff discounts for your children
- Paid professional development opportunities catered to your developing knowledge and interests in education as applicable to Early Childhood
- Excellent well-being initiatives

**About the service**

The service is centrally located, close to public transport and provides a parking spot for the leader. With less than 80 children at full occupancy, this role is manageable and comes with less stress than some of the larger centres in the area.

The service prides itself on demonstrating fun, safe, exciting & engaging environments and experiences for children between 6 weeks to 6 years.

The team is a fantastic mix of cultures and backgrounds who each bring something different & unique to the families being served. The service has earned itself a terrific reputation within the local community.
- **About the role**_

You must demonstrate a proven ability to use your naturally excellent communication skills to persuade, engage, inspire, and motivate a team of passionate Educators to deliver optimal learning outcomes for the families being served. Most of the families being served are from Mandarin or Cantonese-speaking backgrounds, so language skills in this area will be an added bonus
- **The non-negotiables **_
- Diploma qualification or higher
- Minimum of 2 years experience as Centre Manager or higher
- Strong knowledge of the National Quality Framework and Early Years Learning Framework
- Inherently responsible and dedicated to providing a safe and positive environment for children and staff
- Willingness to continue professional development and contribute to ongoing learning
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills
- Ability to work collaboratively and build positive relationships with families and the wider community
- Strong organisational and time management skills

If this sounds like your next career move, or if you are exploring your career and do not know if this is right for you, then apply, and we can discuss it further.
- At Early Years Talent, we connect passionate early childhood educators, teachers and childcare staff with job opportunities. Our clients range from boutique exceeding early learning centres, long day cares to community-managed not-for-profits and kindergartens/preschools._
- If you are thinking about a career change or trying to find your feet in the sector - speak to one of our Early Years Talent consultants today._

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $80,000.00 - $120,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Childcare assistance
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring program
- Professional development assistance
- Salary packaging

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Morning shift
- No weekends

Supplemental pay types:

- Performance bonus
- Weekly bonus

**Education**:

- Diploma (preferred)

**Experience**:

- centre leadership: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Working with Children Check (preferred)

Work Location: In person