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About Woodlands

At Woodlands, we are driven by a bold vision to deliver outstanding education that empowers every child, regardless of background, to thrive through access to exceptional early learning.

Our mission is to nurture curious minds, kind hearts and confident future leaders through a unique blend of play based discovery and evidence informed teaching. Every day, we create meaningful learning experiences that spark joy, build resilience and lay the foundation for lifelong success.

Woodlands is entering an exciting period of growth, with new campuses opening and significant investment being made across our existing portfolio. As we continue to expand, we are seeking an experienced Property & Facilities Manager to lead the management, maintenance and development of our growing network of services.

This is an opportunity to play a key role in supporting the future of our organisation. You'll oversee the buildings and infrastructure that enable our educators to deliver exceptional learning experiences, while leading new projects, managing property assets and ensuring every Woodlands service is safe, compliant and operating at its best.

The Opportunity

This is a hands on leadership role for someone with a strong building, construction or facilities management background who enjoys balancing strategic planning with operational delivery.

You'll oversee the day to day management of our property portfolio while partnering with Operations, Centre Leaders and external contractors to deliver maintenance programs, capital works and exciting new centre developments.

As Woodlands continues to grow, you'll play an integral role in creating safe, functional and inspiring environments for children, families and our teams.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the management of Woodlands' property and facilities portfolio across multiple locations.

- Develop and implement preventative maintenance programs to ensure services remain safe,



compliant and operational.

- Manage reactive maintenance requests and coordinate timely repairs across all campuses.

- Oversee capital works, refurbishments, fit outs and building improvement projects.

- Support the delivery of new centre developments from construction through to operational readiness.

- Manage landlord relationships, lease agreements, renewals and property negotiations.

- Coordinate contractors, consultants and service providers while ensuring quality, safety and value for money.

- Monitor facilities budgets, capital expenditure and project costs.

- Ensure all buildings meet legislative, compliance and workplace health and safety requirements.

- Conduct regular site inspections, risk assessments and property audits.

- Develop long term asset management strategies to support organisational growth.

- Partner with Centre Managers and internal stakeholders to resolve facilities issues and identify improvement opportunities.

- Support emergency maintenance and business continuity planning when required.

About You

You're an experienced property or facilities professional who enjoys solving problems, managing projects and building solid relationships.

You bring a practical, solutions focused approach and understand how well maintained environments contribute to exceptional outcomes for children, families and employees.

You thrive in a fast paced environment, can manage multiple priorities and are excited by the opportunity to help shape a growing organisation.

The Ideal candidate will:

- Demonstrated experience in property, facilities, construction or asset management.





- Strong knowledge of building maintenance, contractor management and compliance requirements.

- Experience managing commercial leases and landlord relationships.

- Proven project management experience across maintenance, refurbishments or capital works.

- Excellent financial and commercial acumen, including budgeting and cost management.

- Strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills.

- A proactive approach to identifying risks and implementing practical solutions.

- Exceptional organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

- Experience within education, healthcare, childcare or multi site environments will be highly regarded.

Why Join Woodlands?

- Join a growing organisation investing in new campuses and existing facilities.

- Lead meaningful projects that directly support children, educators and families.

- Work across an expanding portfolio with genuine variety and autonomy.

- Be part of a collaborative leadership team driving organisational growth.

- Access ongoing professional development and leadership opportunities.

- Competitive salary package and performance incentives.

- 95% childcare discount across Woodlands services.

- Make a lasting impact by creating safe, inspiring and high quality learning environments.

If you're ready to lead the infrastructure behind exceptional early learning and play a key role in the next stage of Woodlands' growth, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now and help build the future of Woodlands.

At Woodlands, we are committed to child safety. We have zero tolerance for child abuse and are committed to creating environments where children are safe, supported and empowered. We actively embed child safety and wellbeing into our culture, our practice, our recruitment and decision making. All applicants are subject to child safety screening, reference checks and pre-employment checks in line with legislative requirements.

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