Area Manager | Early Learning | Multi-Site | Sydney

Reggio Emilia Early Learning Centre; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Reggio Emilia Early Learning Centre is seeking an Area Manager to lead multiple Sydney centres. You will be on the floor, coaching Centre Managers and Educational Leaders, not just reviewing reports.

This senior role requires a Diploma or degree in early childhood, extensive managerial experience, and a track record of compliance with National Law, CCS and Family Assistance. You will ensure staffing efficiency, succession planning, and high-quality educational outcomes.

Qualifications

• Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care is required; degree preferred.
• Extensive experience as a Centre Manager or Nominated Supervisor.
• Willingness to be appointed Nominated Supervisor under the National Law.
• Strong knowledge of the NQF, CCS and Family Assistance Law.
• NSW Working with Children Check clearance, driver licence and vehicle.
• Ability to tell a Centre Manager something they do not want to hear, and maintain the relationship.

Responsibilities

• Direct leadership of Centre Managers and Educational Leaders.
• Drive utilisation by improving tour conversion and reducing churn.
• Maintain Assessment and Rating readiness with Exceeding results.
• Ensure compliance with child protection, WHS, National Law and Regulations.
• Manage wage efficiency and rosters reflecting occupancy and ratio.
• Develop succession - 2ICs and Room Leaders ready to step up.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Auditing

People development

Education

Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care

Degree-qualified

Job description

Area Manager | Early Learning | Multi-Site | Sydney

Our Centre Managers are good. Your job is to make them better.

Reggio Emilia Early Learning Centre is a family-owned early education business with centres across Sydney. We are not a listed provider managing a portfolio. We are a family that built this and intends to keep it at a high standard.

We are appointing one Area Manager, reporting to the General Manager.

This is not a support office role

You will be in the centres. Most weeks, most days. You will know which Centre Manager is struggling before they say so, and which family is about to leave before they give notice.

If you are looking for a role where you review reports and attend meetings, we are not it. Our Area Manager coaches, audits, corrects and builds people. The work happens on the floor.

What the role carries

• Direct leadership of our Centre Managers and their Educational Leaders
• Utilisation - tour conversion, low churn, vacancies addressed the week they appear
• Assessment and Rating readiness at all times, with Exceeding the expected result
• Compliance without breaches - child protection, WHS, National Law and Regulations
• Wage efficiency and rosters that reflect occupancy and ratio, not habit
• Succession - 2ICs and Room Leaders ready to step up before you need them to

What we require

• Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care, minimum. Degree-qualified preferred.
• Substantial experience as a Centre Manager or Nominated Supervisor - you have carried a service, not assisted with one
• Willingness to be appointed Nominated Supervisor under the National Law
• Demonstrated command of the NQF, CCS and Family Assistance Law
• A current NSW Working with Children Check clearance, driver licence and vehicle
• The ability to tell a Centre Manager something they do not want to hear, and keep the relationship

What we offer

• A salary that reflects the seniority of the role, reviewed annually
• A short reporting line - you will speak to the General Manager daily
• A privately owned group where decisions are made in days, not quarters
• Genuine progression - this is the role our senior operational leaders come from

Who should not apply

If you want to manage from a distance, this is not it.

If you avoid difficult conversations, this is not it.

If you regard 100% utilisation and Exceeding as ambitious targets rather than the baseline, this is not it.