Job Description
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Location Level 4, 70 Cordelia Street,South Brisbane, QLD, ****,Australia
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Employee Type Full Time
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Contact information
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Contact Name Aimee Yates
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Contact Phone **********
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Description
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Great leadership isn't about managing more centres—it's about helping excellent leaders thrive.
n At Edge, our Area Managers are coaches, mentors and strategic partners to Centre Directors. If you're passionate about developing people, lifting quality and making a genuine impact across multiple communities, we'd love to hear from you.
n Reporting directly to the General Manager of Operations, you'll lead a portfolio of seven centres across the Sunshine Coast & Moreton Bay area while partnering with specialist Support Office teams including Property, Finance, Family Engagement, Marketing, Compliance, Program & Practice, HR and Recruitment.
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Aroona
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Peregian Beach
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Peregian Springs
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Morayfield East
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With centres spread across the Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay, regular travel and being visible within your centres will be an important part of the role.
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Why Join Edge?
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Lead an established portfolio with the support of an experienced executive team.
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Coach and develop Centre Directors rather than simply manage operations.
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Build leadership capability and succession across your portfolio.
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Influence quality, culture, occupancy and commercial performance.
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Partner with dedicated Support Office specialists.
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Work directly with the General Manager of Operations.
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Competitive salary package with vehicle and hybrid flexibility.
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About the Role
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As Area Manager, you'll create the conditions for your Centre Directors and their teams to succeed.
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You'll:
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Coach and develop Centre Directors to become confident, capable and accountable leaders
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Build strong leadership teams and identify future talent and succession opportunities
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Drive quality improvement, child safety and Assessment & Rating readiness
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Support centres to achieve sustainable occupancy and commercial performance
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Use centre performance and operational insights to identify where support or intervention is needed
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Build positive relationships with educators, children, families and local communities
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Partner with Centre Directors through challenges including people leadership, performance, staffing and centre operations
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Work collaboratively with specialist Support Office teams to remove barriers and improve centre performance
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Partner with the General Manager of Operations on strategic and operational priorities
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What Success Looks Like
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Success in this role isn't simply seven centres hitting their numbers.
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It's seeing:
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Centre Directors growing in confidence, capability and accountability
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Strong leadership teams developing underneath them
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High-quality education and care delivered consistently
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Child safety and quality embedded in everyday practice
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Healthy occupancy and sustainable commercial performance
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Meaningful coaching and support visible within each centre
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Strong relationships between centres, families and Support Office
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Future leaders being identified and developed across the portfolio
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About You
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You're an experienced multi-site operational leader who understands that your success comes through the success of the leaders you support.
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You'll bring:
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Demonstrated multi-site leadership experience, ideally within Early Childhood Education and Care
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A genuine coaching and mentoring mindset
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Strong experience developing leaders and building high-performing teams
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Sound understanding of quality, compliance and operational excellence
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Commercial awareness and confidence working with occupancy, staffing and financial performance
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The ability to adapt your leadership approach across different centres and leadership styles
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Confidence having constructive and sometimes challenging conversations
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A collaborative, authentic and values-led leadership style
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Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise across multiple services
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Relevant leadership experience and Early Childhood qualification/s.
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Current driver's licence.
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Working with Children Check / Blue Card (or ability to obtain).
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Ability to travel regularly across the Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay portfolio.
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Child Safety
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Edge Early Learning is committed to safeguarding children and maintaining environments where every child feels safe, respected and valued. Successful applicants will undergo appropriate child safety screening and pre-employment checks.
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If you're ready to move beyond managing centres and instead develop the leaders who make them successful, we'd love to hear from you.

📌 Area Manager - Sunshine Coast & Moreton Bay (Queensland)
🏢 Edge Early Learning
📍 Queensland