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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Our Bee Safe Commitment: Child safety is at the heart of everything we do and is embedded in our people, places and processes. Help us give every child the Best Start in Life.
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We're seeking an experienced and inspiring Centre Director to lead our team at Springbank Rise.
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You will play a key leadership role guiding the team, driving occupancy and quality outcomes, and fostering a safe, inclusive, and high-performing early learning environment.
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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 setting
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Strong 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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Why Busy Bees?
n Because we offer the B.E.E.S. advantage:
n Better pay. Everyday balance. Education for growth. Support you can rely on.
n We live by our values of Care, Quality, Service, and Value to make a real impact on child safety and quality.
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Strong family relationships
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Family-friendly benefits; 50% childcare gap-fee discounts for permanent staff, because your family should benefit too.
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Paid learning & development; 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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Supportive leaders & inclusive teams; hands-on leadership, strong tenure and a culture built on trust, respect and collaboration.
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Career pathways that grow with you; opportunities & training to progress from Educator to leadership, management and area roles.
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Global & national opportunities; connect with leaders across Australia and apply for our Global Talent Exchange Program (UK, Canada and Asia).
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Wellbeing support that goes beyond work; 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
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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 (Victoria)
🏢 Busy Bees
📍 Victoria