Centre Manager

First Steps Learning Academy is a privately owned Long Day Care Centre catering for children 0-5 years. We strive to provide the highest quality care and education for our children. We employ dedicated qualified educators who are committed to further learning and are passionate about teaching and caring for children in their early learning years.

As Centre Manager you will:

• Be empowered to run a smooth and efficient centre operations for all children and their families
• Be passionate about creating strong ties and relationships with families, local schools, businesses and surrounding networks.
• Enjoy building connections with and engaging local communities. 
• Coach and guide a team of passionate educators to best practice and oversee and guide the highest quality of classroom curriculum
• You will ensure our Centre is always immaculately presently and that all internal and external play spaces are fresh, age appropriate and safe
• Accountable for key financial metrics including enrolments, occupancy and centre operating expenses.
• You will have a sound working knowledge of relevant industry regulations and legislation, including the National Quality Standards and Early Years Learning Framework

You will hold:

• Minimum Diploma Qualified 
• A valid Working with Children Check
• Strong understanding of Regulation/Legislation, plus Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and National Quality Standards (NQS) essential
• Anaphylaxis, Asthma, CPR and First Aid Certificates
• Proven experience managing a child care centre.
• Strong team leadership experience
• Working knowledge of Xplor (beneficial but not essential)

If you are looking for an exciting opportunity to continue to strengthen your career in early childhood education then apply now!