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.

We are seeking an experienced and people-focused Centre Director to lead our well-established Busy Bees at The Park service. This large, high-performing centre is exceptionally well resourced, with a highly experienced leadership structure.

As the face of the service, you will play a visible, hands-on leadership role focused on building strong relationships with families, supporting and mentoring your team, and driving occupancy, financial performance and operational excellence.

What you'll do

- Lead the day-to-day operations of a high-quality early learning service.
- Drive occupancy growth and financial performance in line with budget targets.
- Build, mentor and retain a high-performing leadership team.
- Maintain compliance with the National Quality Framework and ACT regulations.
- Foster a culture of safety, inclusion, and educational excellence.
- Develop strong partnerships with families and the local community.
- Collaborate with your Area Director and support functions to achieve strategic goals.
- Lead performance management, workforce planning, and succession planning.

What you'll bring

- A genuine commitment to child safety, speaking up, always doing the right thing, and alignment with Busy Bees values.
- Diploma or Bachelor qualification in Early Childhood Education and Care (ACECQA approved)




- Current ACT Working with Vulnerable People Registration (WWVP).
- Proven experience leading a service, ideally within a medium to large centre environment.
- Strong knowledge of the National Quality Framework (NQF), EYLF, and compliance requirements.
- Demonstrated ability to manage occupancy, rosters, and financial performance.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Why Busy Bees?

- Join a unique workplace location with excellent accessibility near Canberra Airport.
- Lead a large, well-resourced centre with experienced educators and leadership support already in place.
- 50% childcare gap-fee discounts for permanent staff, because your family should benefit too.
- First Aid, CPR & mandatory training covered, ongoing career development, and access to our Busy Bees learning platform and ACCCO RTO pathways.
- Hands-on leadership, strong tenure and a culture built on trust, respect and collaboration.
- Opportunities & training to progress from Educator to leadership, management and area roles.
- Free, confidential EAP access for you and your immediate family, when you need it most.

Employment is conditional on satisfactory, rigorous pre-employment checks (including WWVP, ID, Qualifications, Gecko Training, Work Rights, NQAITS register/Prohibited Persons & References) and child safety training, reflecting our strong commitment to safeguarding, equity, diversity and inclusion.

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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📌 Centre Director (Canberra)
🏢 Busy Bees
📍 Canberra