The ECEC Services Leader manages both the Early Learning Centre (ELC) and Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) at their school, acting as Nominated Supervisor to ensure compliance with National Law, Regulations and CENT policies. You will lead and mentor a team to deliver quality programs within the faith-based vision and values of Catholic Education Northern Territory.

Step into a newly created leadership role. We are appointing ECEC Services Leaders at each of the following schools:

St Paul’s Catholic Primary School - Nightcliff (Darwin)

Mother Teresa Catholic Primary School - Zuccoli (Darwin)

St Joseph's Catholic College - Katherine

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic College - Alice Springs

The Position

The Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Services Leader is a school-based position, reporting to the Leader of Education and Care Services at the Catholic Education Office, Northern Territory, and working in partnership with the school Principal.

If you are an experienced early childhood education and care leader with a passion for mentoring teams and driving educational excellence, join Catholic Education Northern Territory (CENT) and make a lasting impact on our children, families and community.

What we offer:

Salary of $120 -$130 + super (depending on location)

The opportunity to lead early childhood services within a rich multicultural Catholic community

Funded professional development

Employee Assistance Program

Discounted school fees for children attending the school

Leave loading equal to 17.5% of 4 weeks’ salary

Relocation assistance may be available (depending on location)

Key Responsibilities:

The ECEC Services Leader will have experience in:

Team Leadership & Development: Coach,



mentor and inspire staff through effective induction, professional learning and positive culture building.

Service Management: Oversee budgets, enrolments, staff ratios and day-to-day operations of both services in full alignment with National Law, Regulations and CENT policies.

Educational & Compliance Excellence: Drive EYLF V2, MTOP V2 and NQS implementation; maintain continuous improvement system platforms.

Community & Culture: Build collaborative partnerships with families, school leadership and allied health professionals, while embedding Catholic identity, values and inclusive practices.

The successful applicant will:

Hold a minimum of a Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care (or equivalent) and HLTAID012, with demonstrated leadership experience in an early childhood education and care setting.

Demonstrate well-developed coaching and mentoring skills that give staff practical guidance and ensure quality practice and outcomes.

Demonstrate experience building a capable and engaged workforce.

Hold, or be eligible to obtain, a Working with Children clearance (NT Ochre Card), National Police Check and PRODA RA number, and complete Mandatory National Child Safety Training (Foundation and Advanced).

Demonstrated capacity to lead improvement, innovation and change using evidence-based decision making.

Experience with the 1Place compliance platform and Xplor CCMS.





Active membership of a Catholic Eucharistic community committed to Catholic values and worship.

This is a leadership role for an experienced mentor and strategic thinker who builds capable, engaged teams. Lead the way and make a lasting difference for our children and families

Interviews are expected to be held on 9 & 10 November.

The Catholic Education Office reserves the right to close this advertisement early or extend it beyond the closing date.

Welcome to Catholic Education in the Northern Territory, a network of schools built on our Christian values and on the history and traditions of this land across Australia's top end.

For more than one hundred years our schools have been proudly educating children and supporting families throughout the Northern Territory. Today we are contemporary learning communities with a culturally diverse student population and transformative leadership. Our schools are places of welcome and inclusion, they are places of community, and they are places of opportunity for both students and teachers.

Welcome to Catholic Education in the Northern Territory, a network of schools built on our Christian values and on the history and traditions of this land across Australia's top end.

For more than one hundred years our schools have been proudly educating children and supporting families throughout the Northern Territory. Today we are contemporary learning communities with a culturally diverse student population and transformative leadership. Our schools are places of welcome and inclusion, they are places of community, and they are places of prospect for both students and teachers.

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📌 ECEC SERVICES LEADER (Darwin)
🏢 Catholic Education NT
📍 Darwin