Are you an experienced Early Learning leader ready to make a broader impact across multiple services?

About the Opportunity

As Area Manager, you'll partner with Service Directors and Coordinators to build financially sustainable, high-performing Early Learning services across a diverse portfolio of Long Day Care, Preschool and OSHC services.

Working closely with the Early Learning Operations Manager, you'll provide strategic and operational leadership with a strong focus on business performance, occupancy growth, budgeting, workforce planning and financial accountability. You'll coach and support leaders to confidently manage their services as successful businesses while maintaining exceptional quality, compliance and child-safe practices.

This is an opportunity for an experienced Early Childhood leader who enjoys analysing performance, identifying opportunities for growth and helping others achieve strong commercial and operational outcomes.

Key responsibilities include:

• Partner with Directors and Coordinators to achieve occupancy, revenue and budget targets
• Analyse financial and operational performance and develop strategies to improve service sustainability
• Coach leaders in budgeting, workforce planning, resource management and business decision-making
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen financial performance and service delivery
• Support services to maintain compliance with legislative, regulatory and National Quality Framework requirements
• Lead performance conversations and develop action plans to address operational challenges
• Support growth opportunities, business development initiatives and new service opportunities
• Foster strong leadership capability and high-performing teams across your portfolio
• Managing child protection matters, quality improvement initiatives and service performance
• Building positive, high-performing and engaged teams
• Supporting business development opportunities, new services and strategic projects
• Partnering with internal and external stakeholders to strengthen service delivery and community outcomes

About You

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• Degree qualifications in Early Childhood or a related field
• Minimum 5 years' experience within the Early Childhood sector
• Previous experience as a Director of an Early Childhood service
• Experience leading operations across multiple services or sites
• Strong people leadership, coaching and financial management capability
• Sound knowledge of the Australian Early Childhood sector, funding models and legislative requirements
• A passion for delivering high-quality outcomes for children, families and communities
• Exceptional relationship-building, communication and stakeholder management skills

What we offer you 

• Maximum allowable salary packaging to pay less tax (additional $18,550 tax-free plus regional benefits plus parking) 
• A commitment to offer opportunities to grow your career  
• Discounts and cash backs programs with major retailers 
• Wellbeing programs including confidential employee assistance program available to you and your family members 

Click here to find out more about our great benefits: Benefits of working at Uniting 

What to expect

Please know that employment with Uniting requires:

• A National Police Check
• Valid working with Children’s Check
• Working Rights Check

How to apply

If you see yourself in this role, we’d love to hear from you. Just click on the ‘Apply now’ button, fill out your details and submit. Once you apply, we’ll keep you up to date on how your application is progressing. 

About Uniting Early Learning

When you’re part of Uniting NSW.ACT, you’re part of a diverse, purpose-led team of people who are really making a difference to the world around them.

We contribute to the work and mission of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT through social justice advocacy, community services and spiritual care. We provide care and support for people through all ages and stages of life, with a focus on people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. Our purpose is to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.

Uniting leaders and employees work together to create a culture that is safe, inclusive and person-centred. We bring this to life every day through our values: compassionate, respectful, imaginative and bold.

Uniting acknowledges the continuing sovereignty and rich cultural diversity of Australia’s First Peoples. We pay our respects to all Elders – past, present, and emerging – and to all First Peoples on whose lands we live and work. 

Uniting is a Child Safe Organisation committed to promoting the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of children and young people.