Assistant Centre Manager | Lucknow

Brand-new 88-place centre opening November 2026

Ready for your next step in early childhood leadership?

This is your opportunity to help build a centre from the beginning , not simply step into someone else’s established way of doing things.

As Assistant Centre Manager at Journey Early Learning Lucknow, you’ll join the founding Centre Leadership Team and work alongside your Centre Manager to help establish the team, culture, systems and family experience of our brand-new centre.

You’ll have genuine leadership responsibility from day one, the opportunity to broaden your operational capability, and experienced people around you as you grow.

What’s in it for you?

- Competitive remuneration + applicable ECEC Worker Retention Payment
- Journey Childcare Discount, subject to eligibility and applicable terms
- Paid Birthday Leave
- Dedicated professional development through Journey Academy
- Genuine leadership development and career progression opportunities
- The opportunity to join the founding Centre Leadership Team
- A dedicated Centre Quality Manager partnering with the centre
- Direct support from specialists across Journey’s broader Support Office ecosystem
- The opportunity to build experience across people leadership, operations, compliance, families, quality and commercial performance
- A role designed to build the capability you’ll need for your next leadership step

Step up. Help build it. Grow into what’s next.

Journey Early Learning Lucknow is a brand-new 88-place, five-room centre opening in November 2026.

As Assistant Centre Manager, you won’t just be helping run the day.

You’ll help establish how the centre operates.





Working closely with your Centre Manager and the broader Centre Leadership Team, you’ll have the opportunity to influence how we welcome families, build our team, establish strong operating rhythms and create the culture our new centre becomes known for.

And when required, you’ll be ready to step into broader centre leadership responsibilities.

It’s an chance to build real management experience while having support around you.

Lead alongside. Step up when it matters.

Your role will span the day-to-day operation of the centre and the longer-term work of building a high-performing service.

You’ll have the opportunity to:

- Support the Centre Manager across the overall operation of the centre
- Help establish strong daily operating rhythms from opening
- Support rostering, staffing, resources and centre operations
- Lead, guide and support educators across the service
- Contribute to the recruitment and onboarding of the founding team
- Coach and mentor team members as they build capability
- Support performance conversations and professional development
- Build strong relationships with children, families and the local community
- Support compliance with the National Quality Framework, National Quality Standard and regulatory requirements
- Contribute to quality improvement,



audits and continuous improvement
- Support centre budgets, financial processes and responsible resource management
- Help establish accurate records, documentation and compliance systems
- Support family engagement, community connections and centre growth
- Step into Centre Manager responsibilities when required

Leadership with an ecosystem around you.

Taking the next step in leadership shouldn’t mean having to work everything out on your own.

At Lucknow, you’ll work alongside your Centre Manager, Educational Leader and Early Childhood Teacher as part of the Centre Leadership Team.

You’ll also be connected to Journey’s broader ecosystem of specialist support, including:

- Centre Quality
- National Safeguarding
- Pedagogical Strategy
- Capability and Culture
- Finance and Payroll
- Marketing and Experience
- Journey Academy and Learning Development
- IT Support

Your Centre Quality Manager will be a key partner to the centre, providing another experienced layer of support as the leadership team establishes the new service.

The focus is partnership — giving our centre leaders access to specialist expertise while they remain accountable for leading their centre.

Already leading — or ready to take the next step?

You may already be an Assistant Centre Manager or 2IC looking for a role with greater scope.

Or you might be an experienced Lead Educator, Educational Leader or senior early childhood professional who has built strong people and operational capability and is ready to move into centre leadership.

We’re interested in people who can demonstrate leade

📌 Assistant Centre Manager | Lucknow (East Gippsland Shire)
🏢 Journey Early Learning Careers
📍 East Gippsland Shire