Centre Performance Coach

**Role**: Centre Performance Coach

**Location**: Adelaide, South Australia

**Employment Type**: Full Time - 6 month Fixed Term Contract

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.

We're seeking a highly motivated and resourceful Centre Performance Coach to support and coach Centre Directors to be empowered, informed, innovative, adaptive and accountable leaders. To support and partner with Centre Directors to understand where they are at in terms of their capability and experience to enhance their personal growth and development. This will be achieved through a ‘coaching with accountability’ approach with the Centre Performance Coach supporting the Centre Director’s continual improvement and progress.

The Centre Performance Coach requires a strong understanding of and commitment to a strengths-based approach to support the capability build of Centre Directors. A pragmatic, approachable and supportive interpersonal style, along with experience in reflective coaching methodologies and practices is highly desirable. This role requires a sound knowledge of the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF), National Quality Framework (NQF) and business disciplines.

**Your Impact**:
Hold regular coaching sessions with your assigned cohort of Centre Directors.
Deliver coaching via a combination of virtual and in-person sessions to achieve best efficiencies and impact where it is most needed.
Document goals, action plans and commitments by Centre Directors to support ongoing coaching conversations and accountability approach.
Support and coach Centre Directors to be highly capable leaders and continuously improve on building professional relationships with team members and peer network.
Hold monthly My Growth Check-ins with your assigned cohort of Centre Directors with a focus on their ongoing professional development.
Contribute to Centre Director performance reviews providing evidence of each Centre Director’s professional growth and capability build.
Participate in regular coach workshops and contribute to coach peer network.
Action changes required to workplace environment to ensure compliance to the company’s health and safety requirements

**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
Security and stability - 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**:
Minimum 2-year Early Childhood qualification / or relevant qualification with experience in a leadership role
Strong business acumen across all domains of centre performance.
Experience working in centres and with Centre Directors is highly desirable
Valid Working with Children Check
Open Driving Licence

How to apply

Supporting our people and protecting our children

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.

**Posting Notes**: MAWSON LAKES, ADELAIDE || SA || Australia (AU) || | || Bachelor (ECT) 3yr || Full-Time