Centre Director | Exceeding Not for Profit Centre
The Centre
Are you an experienced early childhood leader looking for an opportunity to make a lasting impact on children, families, educators, and the wider community?
This is an outstanding opportunity to lead an Exceeding-rated service with great community connections and a sector leading early years programme.
The Opportunity
As the Early Learning Manager, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across the service, ensuring the delivery of a high-quality educational program that is responsive to the needs of children, families, and the local community.
Working closely with the Assistant Manager and Educational Leader, you will lead and inspire a team of passionate educators and teachers, fostering a positive culture built on collaboration, professional growth, and continuous improvement.
About the Role:
As the Director, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing the daily operations and educational programs for the service. You will lead a team of passionate educators, ensuring that every child receives a nurturing and enriching learning experience. Your responsibilities will include curriculum development, staff management, parent engagement, and maintaining compliance with regulatory standards.
Key Responsibilities
Lead the day-to-day operations of the service, ensuring quality, compliance, and sustainability
Build and maintain strong relationships with children, families, educators, and the local community
Coach, mentor, and develop educators and teachers to achieve best practice outcomes
Support a culture of reflection, innovation, and continuous improvement
Ensure the educational program aligns with the National Quality Framework and centre philosophy
Collaborate with a network of experienced Early Learning leaders




Drive service performance while maintaining exceptional educational outcomes
Requirements:
Previous leadership experience within an early childhood setting
A Bachelor qualification in Early Childhood Education (preferred)
Strong knowledge of the NQF, EYLF, and Victorian early years sector
Proven experience leading, coaching, and developing teams
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
Solid operational and financial management capability
A genuine commitment to high-quality education and child-centred practice
Current VIT or Working with Children Check and Australian working rights
Benefits:
Competitive salary package
Tailored professional development opportunities
Supportive work environment that values innovation and collaboration.
Ongoing coaching and mentoring from experienced executive leaders
Free onsite parking
Career progression within a respected and values-driven organisation
The opportunity to work within a collaborative network of experienced early childhood leaders
Ready to Take the Next Step? If you're passionate about educational excellence and leading high-performing teams, we'd love to hear from you.
*Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.*
ANZUK Education is a child-safeorganisationcommitted to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. All applicants must complete child safety screening before starting, and all staff must follow our child-safe practices and those of our partner schools and early childhood services.
We support educators in finding rewarding careers across early childhood, primary, secondary, and special education settings - within government, faith-based, and independent schools - both in Australia and overseas.
As a diverse and inclusive employer, we welcome applicants of all ages, genders, abilities, cultural backgrounds, and beliefs, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
#J-*****-Ljbffr

📌 Centre Director | Exceeding Not For Profit Centre (Melbourne)
🏢 Anzuk
📍 Melbourne