Operations Leader

**About Us**

Being Early Education is an organisation committed to a powerful future for every child. With a history of Exceeding the National Quality Standards, our teams of extraordinary educators push the boundaries of what is possible in early education. It all starts from our pedagogy - “The Powerful Child” - which views children as limitless and capable. From here, our incredible educators consistently reflect and develop their practice with children, families and the communities. And we do so with joy, aliveness, and a lot of laughs

**Why Being Early Education?**

We have a unique culture called “Power, Freedom & Responsibility.” Our educators see themselves as professionals and are committed to making a massive difference to the lives of children. In our culture, you will be viewed as highly capable at your role. You will be given the freedom to work with your extraordinary colleagues to develop and deliver practice that delivers on our mission, philosophy and pedagogy. Along the way, you will be coached and mentored to discover your unique pedagogy.

To support you in your growth and development, we offer a number of internal programs unique to our organisation. However, we believe that your greatest opportunity for growth will result from being surrounded by a team filled with people who inspire you and that you can learn from.

**About the Role**

Starting at Being and reporting to the CEO, you will be developing the infrastructure to enable us to cause a powerful future for every child (our Mission) from Being Culture (our declared culture).
- You will_
- Develop, communicate, advise and deliver Being’s operational framework in collaboration with various stakeholders such as People & Culture, Finance, and Brand & Marketing.
- Attain and maintain 80% talent density across all roles in our Early Childhood Education and Care Services in partnership with People & Culture and the Centre Leaders.
- Identify legal requirements and government regulations affecting the operations of Being’s Early Childhood Education and Care Services and ensure policies, procedures, and reporting are in place that align with Being Culture.
- Assist the organisation - in particular, Centre Leaders - in having relevant, meaningful and powerful conversations with their teams in line with Being Culture.
- Create and deliver training required by the organisation on matters related to all operational matters, but not limited to:

- the National Quality Framework;
- the Early Years Learning Framework;
- Being Culture;
- Pedagogy;
- Child Development;
- The Powerful Human;
- The Powerful Child; and
- General organisation.
- Work with Leadership to develop and drive organisation initiatives/programmes.
- Develop a culture of radical candour where performance is discussed openly and celebrated, and where our philosophy (The Powerful Human) drives the nature and outcomes of these discussions.
- Assess, develop and transform the professional capabilities of service leadership (Centre Leaders), so that they are able to deliver extraordinary outcomes for their teams, children, families and communities. This includes:

- Increasing understanding and importance of key metrics and working with Leadership to ensure that key metrics are appropriately incentivised
- Developing strong and professional written and verbal communication skills
- Developing management skills, such as delegation, performance development and management
- Creating a culture of continuous improvement in line with the Exceeding themes of the National Quality Standards
- Provide day-to-day Operational Leadership and Support to Centre Leaders of all matters of interest and importance including, but not limited to, matters related to operational compliance.
- Ensure that Being Culture is alive at every service at Being by setting context, training, and guiding team members on how to align practice with Being Culture.
- Work with People & Culture and Centre Leaders to ensure we are hiring only the most extraordinary educators in line with our commitment to having the sector's most talented teams.
- Develop, communicate, advise and implement initiatives to create world-class customer experiences for customers at Being.
- Manage the integration of new Early Childhood Education and Care Services at Being.
- You are:_
- An extremely fast learner with an innovative approach to solving problems and an obsession for data
- Proactive, ambitious, and assertive: you take ownership of your work and think beyond the scope of a given assignment and are able to picture the broader context
- You move and inspire others through your communication;
- You spend time setting the context for others, rather than seeking to control them, so that you can then empower them develop extraordinary practice;
- You work well without direction and thrive and are worthy of freedom;
- You take responsibility for your ways of being and acting, and regularly engage in authentic reflection