Our teams are well known for championing creative and innovative solutions to support all children in their educational journey and supporting families to reach their full potential. On Mornington Island, we are looking for a Director-Manager to oversee our Children and Family Centre and our Long Day Care teams to maximise our support on the lives of children and families. In this varied and challenging role, you will engage with families to support children to be school ready, provide referrals and grow lasting links with the community encouraging active engagement with our services.

54 reasons is Australia's leading child rights organisation - no ordinary not-for-profit.

A place where your purpose matters. Proudly part of the Save the Children Australia Group and global movement, we're here to make sure that children and young people have their rights met and thrive, in all their diversity.

With the child's voice at the centre, we provide quality services to children and their caregivers, advocating with them so that children develop, learn, and are connected, safe and confident. Our people are proudly local, reflective of the communities we serve - in every state and territory, and across regions, remote areas and capital cities.

It takes all types of personalities and talents to drive our organisation- yours included. We value a healthy work-life balance and ensure our people feel connected to each other and our impact. Learn from inspiring people and grow from a connection to our strong local and global networks. From our programs to our support services - this is the place to realise your purpose. 

A place to make a difference:

Here you're empowered to make a difference in children's lives by learning, sharing and collaborating to find new ways to solve problems.

This is a full-time role where you will work with our local team of educators in engaging with children, families, community, and groups to improve knowledge of and accessibility of early childhood education, health and wellbeing, and access to families support services.

Working in the CFC 0-8-year-old space this will include our School Transition, Play2Learn, School Holiday and After School Clubs. As the Director of the LDC you will work with children from 6 weeks to 5 years across all areas of Early Childhood Education and Care including Health and Safety and Transition to School.

You will be reporting to our Senior Manager for the Gulf. FIFO will be considered for this role.

You will make a difference by:

• Provision of the EYLF curriculum framework which ensures quality and consistency in the delivery of early childhood education program across our early childhood education and care settings.
• Maintaining a safe and healthy environment for children, families, staff, and visitors ensuring policies and procedures are followed and legislation is complied with across our centres.
• Work on partnerships with parents, families, and community to provide appropriate education and care for children.
• Partner with local services to facilitate community groups, activities, events, and stakeholder meetings.
• Drive community development processes and champion a best practice approach to integrated service delivery.

A place to feel valued: 

You are truly passionate about standing up for children. Your experience working with children and families, 'toolkit' of strategies and ability to think on your feet will see you find solutions to complex situations. Your exceptional cultural knowledge will help you build strong connections with local community, families and children. Your infectious enthusiasm for your job will see you actively seeking out families in need of support. You consider yourself a team player; you love partnerships, collaboration and have an 'all-hands-on-deck' attitude.

We recognise your contribution and provide you the support to ensure you can bring your best, knowing here you have the space and opportunity to grow.

Bringing your best every day, means:

• Demonstrated experience in working alongside children and families, using a partnership and strengths-based approach, to set and achieve agreed outcomes in a community development setting.
• A solid focus on the Learning Outcomes as indicated under the Early Years Learning Framework.
• A bachelor's degree Early Education or equivalent (recognised by ACECQA as an early childhood teaching qualification) or Bachelor of Primary Teaching with an approved Diploma-level qualification.
• Experience working with and supervising educators providing care and supervision for young children from diverse backgrounds, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds.
• Thorough knowledge of child protection processes and commitment to upholding them.
• Demonstrated experience in maintaining service records, reporting, collection of outcome data.
• Development and implementation of programs to enhance the physical, social, emotional and intellectual development of young children.

A place to belong: 

54 Reasons is proudly part of Save the Children Australia. We are a learning organisation that invests in the development and wellbeing of our people. Our workforce is approximately 1100 people strong, and proudly diverse, whether in race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, cultures and beliefs.

It takes all types of people to do the challenging work we do. We are diverse personalities, backgrounds and talents, embracing our differences as one strong and united team. We see and celebrate the unique value you bring to our organisation, and offer a range of rewards for your effort, including: 

• Competitive Salary plus full salary packaging benefits
• Internal deployment and secondment opportunities within one of Australia's largest non-profits
• Extra leave to use in a range of ways to ensure you're able to perform at your optimum

Follow this link for the full list of our employee benefits. 

Does this sound like the place for you? 

We'd love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume below. 

Position Description: Director/Manager

For more information, contact Anne Hodge, Senior Manager on 0428 039104 or [email protected] using the subject line: Director / Manager - Children and Family Centre - Mornington Island enquiry via EthicalJobs.

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We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind, with the intent to ensure its straightforward and accessible for all to apply. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no one-size fits-all when it comes to recruitment - so if we didn't quite hit the mark for you, please let us know at [email protected].

We're dedicated to ensuring Save the Children Australia is a place where everyone can feel supported - no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, neurodiversity, culture and beliefs. 

 Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. You can read about the Scheme and our commitment to Safeguarding here. 

Save the Children is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups, consistent with our obligations under OH&S legislation