Our Client:
Our client is a mission-driven organisation providing high-quality early childhood education and care services across a diverse regional footprint. With a commitment to inclusive, values-based service delivery, the organisation supports families and communities through a network of early learning centres offering Long Day Care, Kindergarten, and Outside School Hours Care. The organisation’s work is grounded in community values and best practices, ensuring the wellbeing, safety and development of children is at the heart of everything they do.
The Opportunity:
A unique chance has arisen for an experienced and strategic General Manager to join the executive leadership team and lead a large and complex early learning and care operation. This role is ideal for a values-aligned leader who brings a blend of operational expertise, financial acumen, and a passion for quality early childhood education.
You will be responsible for the overall operational leadership of early learning centres across the region, ensuring compliance, quality, sustainability and growth of services.
Your key responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Provide visionary leadership and strategic execution for early learning and care services aligned with organisational objectives and sector best practice.
- Oversee daily operations, ensuring regulatory compliance, risk mitigation and high-quality service delivery across multiple early learning centres.
- Lead business development initiatives including financial planning, growth strategy, market positioning and sustainability.
- Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships across government, education, community, and regulatory bodies.
- Drive safeguarding practices, embedding a culture of child safety and continuous improvement across all centres.
- Develop and implement robust systems for policy development, compliance monitoring, reporting and quality assurance.
- Provide financial leadership including P&L; oversight, contract and asset management, funding compliance, and business case development.
Your Skills & Experience:
To succeed in this role, you will bring a strong blend of operational leadership, sector knowledge, and values-aligned practice.
- Tertiary qualifications in Early Childhood Education, Business, or related field.
- Demonstrated experience in a senior executive or operational leadership role in the early childhood education sector.
- Deep understanding of the Early Learning and OSHC regulatory and funding environment.
- Proven experience leading multidisciplinary teams and implementing high-performance, people-centred leadership
- Demonstrated capacity to lead strategic initiatives, growth projects and asset development.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience in board reporting.
- Strong understanding of WHS legislation, workforce planning and organisational culture development.
- A valid Blue Card (Working with Children Check), National Police Certificate and open driver’s licence.
The Offer:
This is a rare opportunity to join a purpose-driven organisation in a strategic leadership role where your impact will be felt across the region. You’ll be supported by a collaborative executive team, offered a competitive above-award salary, and benefit from flexible working arrangements and opportunities for professional development. Lead with purpose in a role that combines operational leadership, service growth, and sector innovation.
To ensure compliance with Australian employment law, this role is only open to candidates who possess either the right to work in Australia, permanent residency, citizenship status or visa status.
How to Apply:
To apply online, click ‘apply’ at the top of this page, or contact our designated Recruitment Consultant, Virginia Sharpe on or (emailprotected) for a confidential discussion.
CBC Staff Selection – Redefining Recruitment
With over 36 years’ recruitment experience, CBC Staff Selection specialises in providing professional, quality recruitment services to a wide range of candidates and clients throughout Far North Queensland (Cairns region), North Queensland (Townsville and Mackay region) as well as Regional Queensland.
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Note
This job description is provided for information purposes and is subject to change.
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