Job Description

Busy Bees is a leading global early learning provider, offering high-quality education in nurturing, purpose-built centres where educators are supported to grow, lead and make a real difference in children's lives, with over 130 centres across Australia and around 3,000 employees.

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We are seeking an experienced and people-focused Centre Director to lead our well-established Busy Bees at The Park service. This large, high-performing centre is exceptionally well resourced, with a highly experienced leadership structure.

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As the face of the service, you will play a visible, hands-on leadership role focused on building strong relationships with families, supporting and mentoring your team, and driving occupancy, financial performance and operational excellence.

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What you'll do

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Lead the day-to-day operations of a high-quality early learning service.

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Drive occupancy growth and financial performance in line with budget targets.

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Build, mentor and retain a high-performing leadership team.

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Maintain compliance with the National Quality Framework and ACT regulations.

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Foster a culture of safety, inclusion, and educational excellence.

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Develop strong partnerships with families and the local community.

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Collaborate with your Area Director and support functions to achieve strategic goals.

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Lead performance management, workforce planning, and succession planning.

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What you'll bring

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A genuine commitment to child safety, speaking up, always doing the right thing, and alignment with Busy Bees values.

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Diploma or Bachelor qualification in Early Childhood Education and Care (ACECQA approved)

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Current ACT Working with Vulnerable People Registration (WWVP).

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Proven experience leading a service, ideally within a medium to large centre environment.

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Solid knowledge of the National Quality Framework (NQF), EYLF,



and compliance requirements.

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Demonstrated ability to manage occupancy, rosters, and financial performance.

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Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

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Why Busy Bees?

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Join a unique workplace location with excellent accessibility near Canberra Airport.

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Lead a large, well-resourced centre with experienced educators and leadership support already in place.

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50% childcare gap-fee discounts for permanent staff, because your family should benefit too.

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First Aid, CPR & mandatory training covered, ongoing professional development, and access to our Busy Bees learning platform and ACCCO RTO pathways.

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Hands-on leadership, strong tenure and a culture built on trust, respect and collaboration.

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Opportunities & training to progress from Educator to leadership, management and area roles.

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Free, confidential EAP access for you and your immediate family, when you need it most.

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Employment is conditional on satisfactory, rigorous pre-employment checks (including WWVP, ID, Qualifications, Gecko Training, Work Rights, NQAITS register/Prohibited Persons & References) and child safety training, reflecting our strong commitment to safeguarding, equity, diversity and inclusion.

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We are proud to be a child safe organisation, putting child safety at the heart of everything we do through our Bee Safe commitment.

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Why Work for Busy Bees?
n If you're passionate about early learning, Busy Bees is the place to be. Although we are part of a global organisation, our company was founded by three families looking for better, more enriching childcare. Three decades later, we still keep the same values at heart.

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We know that we couldn't do what we do without the important people in our teams. We invest in our people and work with them to build career pathways that inspire.

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📌 Centre Director - The Park (Canberra)
🏢 Busy Bees
📍 Canberra