This Deputy General Managerrole is an opportunity to influence and guide the commercial pace of a state-wise business in a tangible way. You will manage, inspire, influence, and develop a high performing, skilled, and engaged team, in addition to building a strong and scalable business structure and pipeline.
This hybrid role is ideal for someone with solid commercial experience who can build systems and processes, to then teach and lead their team while managing a portfolio of 10 OOSH services.
About the role
Reporting to the State General Manager, you will have direct reports in the following roles: Regional, Mobile, and Senior Coordinators; Educational Excellence Specialists; and a Subject Matter Expert in Holiday Programming. Your role will support the General Manager to build and lead Junior Adventures Group's (JAG's) strategic and operating plan for services and contracts within the state, building brand presence, developing key external relationships, ensuring service delivery excellence, and service contract retention and growth, and contributing to the overall JAG financial and market success.
Your role will include ensuring key positive relationships in these areas:
- state and national government bodies (regulators) JAG Australia
- JAG Australia executive team
- JAG group finance
- business development managers
- school stakeholders
Partnering with parents and school communities, our goal is to build brighter futures by supporting children's development through play in fun, engaging environments. We live and breathe our company values every day by being considerate, passionate, and courageous, and making a difference.
Who are we looking for?
We can teach you about the job and JAG, but a few basics you need to have:
- strong commercial understanding with an ability to build systems and processes
- proven influential people leader who is resilient with clear, positive communication
- experience in a distributed network with large teams
- results driven with solid financial acumen
- desirable: experience in business transformation and restructuring
- desirable: experience in OOSH, childcare, education, NFP, or a care sector
- Australian work rights
- Lucrative Employee Referral Program - earn up to $750 for an employee referral via Care Friends
- Discounted Health Insurance - get a discount off your premium with Bupa
- Discounted Fitness and Wellbeing - discounted gym membership at over 400 Gyms/Studios, up to 50% off fitness & wellbeing benefits through Wherefit
- Exclusive discounts for your family to attend our services, plus 1000's of savings on various lifestyle choices
- Recognition, awards, career growth
If you share our values, want to have fun at work every day, and want a career that works for you, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now or reach out to our team with any questions: *******@junioradventuresgroup.com.au.
At Junior Adventures Group, safeguarding children is our top priority. As part of our recruitment process, we conduct thorough background checks, reference checks and appropriate screening on all potential employees to ensure that they share our commitment to safeguarding and have not been involved in any activities that could put children at risk.
We welcome all individuals from diverse backgrounds, genders, ages, religions, disability, sexual orientation, family and caring responsibilities and cultures, including people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, to apply for any open positions within Junior Adventures Group.