Centre Director For Chatham Street

The Rumpus Room Chatham Street is looking for someone absolutely wonderful to step in to lead the team as Director. 

If you dream of leading a team full of passion, always innovating, reflecting, growing, striving for best practice...

If you dream of opportunities for professional growth for you and your team, and management that support you as a person...

If you dream of a team that genuinely gets along, love each other, and find enjoyment in lifting each other up...

If you dream of...

-being paid 16% above award

-flexible working arrangements for you and your team,

- monthly RDO’s,

- Professional Development paid for,

- paid meetings and PD,

- staff discounts on fees,

- generous budgets you can spend as you see fit,

- and a say in how budgets are set...

If you dream of beautiful environments for children and adults, where upkeep is prioritised...

Then please, send through your application and cover letter to *****@therumpusroom.com.au or apply via this Seek ad and let us know why you would be the perfect person to continue to lead this service.

About us: 

The Rumpus Room Children's Centres aim to Delight Children, Impress Parents, and Inspire Staff. We believe in the wonder of childhood and aim to create beautiful and wonderous learning environments for children. 

We are passionate about the outdoors and outdoor play, about relishing in childhood, and are comprised of a wonderful team of very passionate advocates for children and childhood. 

We believe that respect for children should be the foundation of all that we do here, and are constantly striving for best practice, always reflecting, growing, and making change. 

We are a collection of services where our staff and our teachers contribute to the decision making at all levels of ‘management’ and operate under a wonderful distributed leadership model, whereby staff collaborate and contribute to creating a wonderful working environment. 

We value professional development of our staff and offer a significant budget to ensure this is able to prioritised, including one pupil free staff development day per year. 

We are innovative in the programs we deliver, offering interest-based programs for children, that are accessible to children of all ages. 

About you:

You will be innovative, inspired, and passionate about the Early Education Sector. You will be flexible and adaptable to change, with an open mind, and an affinity for working with your team to ensure all voices are heard and all parties feel seen. 

You will be prepared to see what Early Childhood can be when you are not bound or restricted by budgets or time-frames, and will be eager to contribute new and creative ideas to an already forward-thinking team and service. You will be aware of and have deep appreciation for the Regulations and Frameworks, but will not be stifled by these, and will be able to think critically and reflect to work with them to suit the team and setting.

You will bring joy and positivity to your new role and will be eager to connect with children, staff, and families, to continue to build on this incredible community.