Area Director

at; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly bonus opportunities

Company vehicle + fuel card

Strong executive support

Opportunities for growth

Job summary

Busy Bees is looking for an experienced Area Director to lead early learning centres across South Australia. In this senior role, you will support Centre Directors to ensure high-quality, compliant services and drive operational excellence. This position offers real influence and decision-making authority within a values-driven organisation.

You will need proven experience in leading multi-site operations, strong analytical skills, and the ability to coach and build high-performing teams.

Join us to make a real difference in children's lives while enjoying competitive remuneration and a supportive leadership network.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading multi-site operations in early learning, health, or regulated environments.
• Strong commercial and analytical capability with budgets and forecasting.
• Ability to coach leaders and manage high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support Centre Directors in delivering high-quality services.
• Drive operational excellence across key performance metrics.
• Embed compliance and safety practices aligned with regulatory standards.
• Build strong community and stakeholder relationships to enhance growth.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Commercial acumen

Analytical skills

Job description

Busy Bees is a leading global early learning provider, offering high-quality education in nurturing, purpose‑built centres where educators are supported to grow, lead and make a real difference in children’s lives, with over 130 centres across Australia and around 3,000 employees.

We're seeking an experienced, commercially minded Area Director to lead and support a portfolio of early learning centres across South Australia. This is a senior leadership role with real autonomy and influence, responsible for driving outcomes across quality, compliance, people and performance while building strong, capable Centre Director teams.

What You'll Do

• Lead, coach and support Centre Directors to deliver high‑quality, compliant and financially sustainable services.
• Drive operational excellence across occupancy, workforce stability, budgets and key performance metrics.
• Embed strong compliance, governance and child safety practices aligned with regulatory requirements.
• Partner closely with Education, People & Culture and central support teams to uplift capability and culture.
• Build strong community and stakeholder relationships to support enrolments, reputation and growth.

About You

You're a confident, commercially savvy leader who thrives on impact and influence.

You will bring:

• A genuine commitment to child safety, wellbeing and quality outcomes.
• Proven experience leading multi‑site operations in early learning, education, health or a regulated service environment.
• Strong commercial and analytical capability, including budgets, forecasting and occupancy management.
• The ability to coach leaders, manage performance and build engaged, high‑performing teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with a calm, confident leadership presence.

Why Join Busy Bees?

• Quarterly bonus opportunities that reward your impact.
• Company vehicle + fuel card for ease and flexibility.
• Senior leadership role with real influence and decision‑making authority.
• Strong executive support and collaborative leadership network.
• Opportunity to shape performance and growth across a key region.
• Competitive remuneration aligned to senior leadership expectations.
• A values‑driven organisation that genuinely prioritises quality, safety and people.

Employment is conditional on satisfactory, rigorous pre‑employment checks (including WWCC, ID, Qualifications, Gecko Training, Work Rights & References) and child safety training, reflecting our strong commitment to safeguarding, equity, diversity and inclusion.

We are proud to be a child safe organisation, putting child safety at the heart of everything we do through our Triple Layer Child Safety Framework: trusted, trained and caring people, safe, supervised and supportive environments, and clear, consistent and transparent processes.