Job Description
Centre Manager | Lucknow
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Brand new 88 place centre opening November ****
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This is your opportunity to lead a brand-current Journey centre from the beginning. From building your team, shaping the culture and creating the kind of centre you want to lead.
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And while Lucknow is new, you won't be building it alone.
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Earn up to $125,000 p.a. plus 12% super and annual bonus
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$1,500 sign-on bonus
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Journey Childcare Discount, subject to eligibility and applicable terms
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Paid Birthday Leave
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Relocation support available for the right candidate
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Sponsorship may be considered for suitably qualified candidates
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Dedicated professional development through Journey Academy
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Genuine leadership and career progression opportunities
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A dedicated Centre Quality Manager partnering with you
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Direct support from specialists across every key Support Office function, forming part of Journey's broader ecosystem
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Build it. Lead it. Make it yours.
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Journey Early Learning Lucknow is a brand-new 88-place, five-room centre opening in November ****.
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As our inaugural Centre Manager, you will have the opportunity to:
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Recruit and develop your founding team
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Shape the centre culture from day one
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Establish strong relationships with children, families and the local community
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Lead the centre through opening, enrolment growth and establishment
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Set clear expectations around quality, safeguarding and team performance
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This is an prospect to put your leadership imprint on a new centre, while having the systems, expertise and support of an established early learning provider behind you.
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You lead the centre. We build the support around you.
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At Journey, Centre Managers have genuine ownership of their services, but we don't expect them to be the expert in everything.
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Your Centre Quality Manager will be a key partner, alongside Journey's Support Office ecosystem of subject matter experts across areas including:
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Centre Quality
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National Safeguarding
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Pedagogical Strategy
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Marketing and Experience
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Capability and Culture
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Finance
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IT Support
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The focus is partnership—giving you access to the right expertise when you need it, so you can stay focused on your people, families and centre.
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The role:
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As Centre Manager,



you will lead the overall performance, culture and operation of Journey Early Learning Lucknow.
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Your role will include:
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Building, leading and retaining a high-performing team
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Developing your Centre Leadership Team
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Partnering with your Educational Leader and ECTs to support strong educational practice
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Maintaining high standards of quality, compliance and safeguarding
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Creating an engaging and trusted experience for families
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Building relationships within the Lucknow and broader Bairnsdale community
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Leading staffing, occupancy, enrolment growth and centre performance
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Coaching and developing future leaders.
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We are looking for someone who enjoys being visible, connected and hands-on in their centre.
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What you'll bring:
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You will ideally hold:
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a Diploma or Bachelor qualification in Early Childhood Education and Care, or an ACECQA-approved equivalent
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National Child Safety Certificates (Foundation and Advanced Certificates)
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Experience as a Centre Manager, Centre Director or Service Manager; or strong Assistant Centre Manager experience with demonstrated readiness to step up
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A genuine commitment to child safety and safeguarding
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Strong knowledge of the National Quality Framework, National Law and Regulations and EYLF
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Demonstrated experience leading and developing teams
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Confidence in driving occupancy and centre performance
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Strong communication and relationship-building skills
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The ability to balance quality, people, compliance and operational priorities
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Considering a move to East Gippsland?
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You don't need to already live in Lucknow or Bairnsdale to start a conversation with us.
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We welcome experienced early childhood leaders from Melbourne, regional Victoria and interstate who may be considering a move to East Gippsland.
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Relocation support may be available for the right candidate
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and sponsorship may be considered where applicable eligibility requirements are met.
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Why Journey?
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At Journey, you get the opportunity to lead with ownership while being surrounded by people who understand what it takes to run a great early learning service.
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Through your Centre Quality Manager, Journey Academy and our specialist Support Office ecosystem, you will have access to the people, development and expertise you need as your centre grows.
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For Lucknow, you also get something that doesn't come along often:
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the opportunity to build the team, shape the culture and establish a new centre from day one.
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Ready to build something of your own?
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If you are looking for your next Centre Manager opportunity and want genuine influence over the team and culture you lead, we would love to hear from you.
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Child safety at Journey:
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Journey Early Learning is committed to being a Child Safe Organisation and to creating environments where every child is safe, supported, respected and heard.
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As a Victorian Early Childhood Employer, we expect all employees and leaders to actively uphold the Victorian Child Safe Standards, applicable child protection obligations and Journey's safeguarding requirements.
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For our Centre Managers, child safety is a core leadership responsibility. You will be expected to:
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Role model a strong child safe culture across the service
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ensure safeguarding expectations are understood and embedded in everyday practice
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Act promptly on concerns, disclosures or indicators of harm
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Support employees to understand their reporting and escalation obligations
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Maintain professional boundaries and safe practices
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Ensure children's rights, wellbeing and safety remain central to decision-making.
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Journey's See, Act, Tell safeguarding framework supports our teams to recognise concerns, respond appropriately and speak up when something does not feel right.
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All appointments are subject to Journey's pre-employment screening and child safety requirements, including the relevant Working with Children Check and any other checks, qualifications or clearances required for the role.
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Journey Early Learning is a Child Safe Organisation and is committed to the safety, wellbeing and protection of all children in our care.

📌 Centre Manager (Bairnsdale)
🏢 Journey Early Learning Group
📍 Bairnsdale