Early Learning Managers – portfolios in north & west of Melbourne

Early Learning Managers – portfolios in northern and western Melbourne

Not-for-profit salary packaging | Hybrid | Meaningful leadership opportunity

• Bring your early childhood leadership experience to Sparkways and lead a small portfolio of Kindergartens and Long Day Care centres
• Make a meaningful difference through focused work across five services
• Lead educators, inspire excellence and create better outcomes for children, families and communities.
• $135,000 + super + $10,000 car allowance + etag + eligible for nfp salary packaging
• Options for immediate or January start dates

About the Role

As an Early Learning Manager, you will be able to focus on a small portfolio of services, typically four or five, supporting Service Leaders and their teams to deliver outstanding educational programs and operational outcomes.

Reporting to the Senior Early Learning Manager, you will combine educational leadership, people development and operational management to:

• Coach, mentor and develop Service Leaders, Educational Leaders and educators.
• Drive pedagogical excellence, service quality and continuous improvement.
• Oversee operational performance, budgets, enrolments and workforce planning.
• Build strong relationships with families, local government and community partners.
• Work collaboratively with Sparkways’ specialist support teams to achieve organisational goals.
• Ensure the safety, rights and best interests of children are the paramount consideration in all decisions affecting them, and foster an inclusive environment where every child is heard and supported to thrive.

These are hands-on leadership roles, with regular visits to services and a mix of service-based, office and remote working.

Why Join Sparkways?

Make a meaningful impact with a small portfolio – make change happen – don’t just put out fires!

• Influence the quality of education and care, helping children and communities thrive.
• Build leadership capability, coach talented teams and help educators achieve their potential.
• Collaborate with your team of experienced Early Learning Managers, senior leaders and specialist support teams. You won’t be working in isolation.
• Benefit from a hybrid working model, combining service visits, office-based work and working remotely.
• Be rewarded with a competitive remuneration package
• Professional development and opportunities to grow your leadership capability.

Sparkways is a for-purpose organisation providing inclusive, high-quality early childhood education and care. Our purpose is to break the cycle of disadvantage and enable every child to thrive.

With a history dating back to 1883, discover more about our story – https://sparkways.org.au/

About You

You are an experienced early childhood leader who enjoys developing people, improving educational practice and achieving results across multiple services.

You bring:

• Proven experience leading multi-site early childhood services.
• ECT qualifications, teaching experience and current VIT registration
• Strong knowledge of educational quality, compliance and continuous improvement.
• Experience using data to identify priorities, guide decisions and improve outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to coach and mentor Service Leaders, Teachers and Educators.
• Excellent relationship-building and communication skills.
• The ability to manage competing priorities, work independently and deliver results

You will also need a current Victorian driver’s licence and the flexibility to work hours that meet operational requirements.

Ready to Make Your Spark at Sparkways?

If you are ready to use your leadership experience to make a difference across multiple early learning services, we would love to hear from you.

Apply now with your resume and a cover letter outlining:

• Your multi-site leadership experience.
• Why you are interested in joining Sparkways.
• How your values and leadership approach align with ours.

For enquiries, contact Mami Akase, Sparkways Talent Team, at employment@sparkways.org.au.

Join Sparkways and help us spark curious, creative and confident children!

Child Safety and Inclusion

Sparkways has zero tolerance for child abuse. Protecting the safety, rights and wellbeing of every child is our highest priority. All staff and volunteers share a moral and legal responsibility to protect children from harm, abuse and neglect.

Sparkways is a child-safe and equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disability and people of all backgrounds who share our commitment to safe, inclusive and high-quality early childhood education.