Lead a team of area managers and act as the technical sign-off on compliance and operational advice going out to clients. This is a senior, hands-on leadership role for someone who genuinely understands the early childhood education and care sector and knows how to run a professional team that delivers, every time.
Key responsibilities
- Lead delivery of consulting engagements, making sure work is completed on time, to a high professional standard, and properly closed out
- Manage team workload and capacity
- Own quality assurance and technical review of compliance and operational advice, including senior sign-off on high-risk or material matters
- Support a rolling program of service visits and compliance reviews across our client portfolio
- Set up new services and support new Providers and Service teams as they come on board
- Lead, coach and develop a team of area managers, including regular performance conversations
- Build and maintain strong client relationships throughout each engagement
About you
- Significant experience leading service delivery in professional services, consulting,
or a multi-site regulated workplace
- A strong track record managing team capacity while developing capability
- Experience leading and developing a team of experienced professionals
- Excellent, genuinely deep working knowledge of the National Quality Framework and the Education and Care Services National Law and Regulations
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Working with Children Check in Queensland and other jurisdictions, and to pass a national police history check
- Direct experience in the Australian early childhood education and care sector, ideally in service leadership
- Experience within an approved provider or multi-site operator
- Systems & tech-savvy mindset
About us
We're a fast-growing early childhood education and care consultancy working alongside services right across Australia - lifting quality, strengthening compliance, and helping children and educators thrive. We combine deep sector expertise with genuinely hands-on operational support.