Centre Director - Lead an exceeding, community managed NFP

Early Years Talent – Sydney North Shore NSW

This is the organisation's most senior early childhood leadership position, offering an unusual level of control over both service decisions and your own working pattern.

You will lead an established, Exceeding-rated, 56-place, community-managed not-for-profit service on Sydney's North Shore. The service is co-located with an outside school hours care program and supported by a full-time administrator.

Why this role stands out

Permanent full time position based on 38 ordinary hours

Meaningful control over how you structure your working week

The organisation's senior early childhood authority

Full-time administrative support

Additional paid service closures throughout the year

Early service closure on Fridays

Staffing maintained above minimum ratio requirements

Planned succession following the retirement of a long-serving Director

About the service

This is a warm, established community service with a distinctive cultural identity and calendar. It welcomes children, families and educators from various backgrounds while maintaining strong connections with the community it serves.

The service operates independently rather than as part of a multi-site early learning group. It is community-managed, not-for-profit, and co-located with an outside school-hours care program.

An established Educational Leader retains responsibility for curriculum and pedagogical leadership, while the full-time administrator supports the service's daily administrative workload.



This allows the Centre Director to concentrate on operational leadership, compliance, workforce decisions, family relationships and sustainable service performance.

About the role

As Centre Director, you will be the organisation's principal early childhood authority. There is no Area Manager or corporate early childhood department sitting above the position.

When government policy, regulation or compliance requirements change, you will translate those changes into updated policies, procedures and practices, then lead their implementation across the service.

Your responsibilities will include:

Maintaining compliance with the National Quality Framework, regulatory requirements and service policies

Leading staffing, rostering, recruitment and responsible-person coverage

Motivating, managing and providing constructive feedback to staff

Addressing performance concerns and conducting difficult conversations fairly and confidently

Building trusted relationships with children, families, educators and community stakeholders

Responding constructively to complaints and sensitive family matters

Working collaboratively with the Educational Leader

Supporting sustainable enrolment growth without compromising quality





Working closely with the full-time administrator and the co-located outside school hours care leadership'

You will have considerable autonomy to determine how you structure your 38-hour working week, reflecting the seniority and accountability of the position.

About you

You may already be an experienced Centre Director or Service Manager. Alternatively, you may be an accomplished Assistant Director or senior early childhood leader ready to take responsibility for an entire service.

You will bring:

Strong knowledge of early childhood regulation, compliance and service operations

Demonstrated experience leading staff, rosters and workplace performance

An early childhood qualification, or another relevant qualification, combined with substantial early childhood sector leadership experience

The confidence to make sound decisions without relying on an Area Manager or the corporate office

Warm, tactful and credible communication with families and educators

Commercial awareness and the ability to support sustainable occupancy

Genuine respect for the service's cultural identity, calendar and community expectations

Eligibility and willingness to act as Nominated Supervisor and Responsible Person

A current Working with Children Check and the required child-protection and first-aid credentials, or the ability to obtain them before commencement

The decisive requirement is your demonstrated ability to lead a regulated early learning service safely, independently and well.

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📌 Centre Director - Lead an exceeding, community managed NFP (New South Wales)
🏢 Early Years Talent
📍 New South Wales