Job Description

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.

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Key responsibilities

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- Lead delivery of consulting engagements, making sure work is completed on time, to a high professional standard, and properly closed out
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- Manage team workload and capacity
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- Own quality assurance and technical review of compliance and operational advice, including senior sign-off on high-risk or material matters
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- Support a rolling program of service visits and compliance reviews across our client portfolio
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- Set up new services and support new Providers and Service teams as they come on board
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- Lead, coach and develop a team of area managers, including regular performance conversations
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- Build and maintain strong client relationships throughout each engagement
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About you

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- Significant experience leading service delivery in skilled services, consulting,



or a multi-site regulated environment
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- A strong track record managing team capacity while developing capability
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- Experience leading and developing a team of experienced professionals
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- Excellent, genuinely deep working knowledge of the National Quality Framework and the Education and Care Services National Law and Regulations
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- Ability to obtain and maintain a Working with Children Check in Queensland and other jurisdictions, and to pass a national police history check
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- Direct experience in the Australian early childhood education and care sector, ideally in service leadership
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- Experience within an approved provider or multi-site operator
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- Systems & tech-savvy mindset
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About us

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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.

📌 Childcare - National Operations Manager (Queensland)
🏢 Kairos HR
📍 Queensland