Early Childhood Education Manager

2 weeks ago

Australia The Creche And Kindergarten Association Full time

**For Children. For You. For Always.**

Are you ready to do something that truly matters?

At C&K, our purpose is to make a positive impact on children's lives. It's what we've been doing for more than 115 years. Through evidence-based thinking, hard work and true compassion, we've built a trusted reputation as Queensland's leading provider of early childhood education.

But times are changing, and so are we. And although we're passionate believers that children come first, we know our people must come first, too.

**Join us and find a better way with C&K - for children, for you, for always.**

We're on the lookout for a passionate Early Childhood Education Manager to join our Children's Services team and support our wonderful childcare centres across Queensland. In this role, you'll play a key part in managing operations in your portfolio, making sure our early childhood services and programs are delivered to the highest standards. Together, we'll bring C&K's vision, values, and priorities to life for children, families, and communities.
- Full time - 38 hours per week Monday to Friday
- Fixed term contract until December 2025 with possible extension
- Applicants must be prepared to travel across the C&K centres located across QLD
- Access to phone, laptop, fleet vehicle, professional development, training, and support
- 6 weeks annual leave

**Help shape the future of children in our care**

In this role you will lead and support service delivery, including implementation of new services, to promote integrated approaches and to achieve quality outcomes, and regional objectives aligned with C&K strategy, priorities, and values. You will:

- Manage service performance to drive continuous improvement
- Support services to identify and be responsive to client/community needs.
- Engaging with the regional management team to ensure service needs and outcomes are addressed

**What you'll bring**

To thrive and succeed in this role, you will either have:

- ACECQA approved bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education and Care or working towards
- Demonstrated experience managing, mentoring, and supporting early childhood education and care services/programs to deliver high-quality outcomes.
- Willingness to travel when required across your region
- Experience in multi-site management is desirable
- Practical understanding of key issues, strategies, and best practices in early childhood education, child health, wellbeing and inclusion, early childhood curricula, and development frameworks
- Highly developed interpersonal skills and the ability to facilitate across team collaboration and cooperation to achieve best practice outcomes in child wellbeing and inclusion
- Skills, capability and experience in exploring options and implementing innovative strategies to support and manage service delivery and business outcomes, including analysing trends and data; developing and maintaining effective relationships/partnerships; and engaging with research and best practice.

**Join us and find a better way with C&K - for children, for you, for always.**
- C&K is a child-safe organisation and all C&K employees are required to undergo a police check and not be a '_Restricted Person_' or Suspended Educator under the QLD Blue Card System._

**"We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer - we commit to respond to every applicant."**

**Brisbane, QLD

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