Centre Director

Nido Early School; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Career progression

Training

Job summary

Nido Early School in Adelaide is seeking a committed Centre Director to lead a strong team, safeguard children, and deliver high-quality care in a busy southern suburb setting.

You’ll partner with families and educators to drive compliance, continuous improvement, and a culture of open communication, equity, and professional growth. This role rewards leadership with meaningful impact and opportunities to shape the learning environment.

Job description

Education & Childcare Services Adelaide - Southern Suburbs Permanent / Full Time

Fewer promises, more partnership: a Centre Director role that backs you

We will not promise you the world, but working with Nido will change your world; too salesy, perhaps!.

There are lots of Centre Director roles, all offering pretty much the same. Lots of ‘we are the best’, ‘awesome team’, ‘high quality, state of the art’, ‘free trip to the moon’, well maybe not the moon trip thing, we got a little carried away.

It is very competitive out there to find quality Centre Directors and we all want to standout, but we will not throw lots of buzz words at you and promise something that we can’t deliver, honesty over hype.

Yes, Nido will offer bonuses for quality, career progression if you desire, training, and all the other benefits that other ads might have up in lights, but importantly, we’ll offer a seat at the table to effect change and an environment where you matter, and your opinion matters every day.

We know we’re on a journey.Can you work alongside the team and together focus on quality, compliance and keeping children safe?

Our Purpose is simple

“To create an environment that supports teachers to rise and make a positive impact on the lives of children.”

About you and the Centre Director role

You spend a lot of your life at work, it should be a place you enjoy. A place to build lasting friendships, laugh, and feel the joy of making a difference every day.

We’re passionate about the why in the what we do. At Nido, we succeed when you do, and you succeed through your educators.

That’s why the educators conduct the final interview and choose who will lead them. You interview each other. Unconventional? Not really, just respectful.

We start from trust. You are a competent and capable professional Centre Director, so you know what the role entails, so we won’t list it all here.

Nido is about heart and continuous improvement. We’re not perfect, and we don’t expect you to be either. We’ll learn, grow, and support each other to be better tomorrow than today.

Your career can stretch or stay focused; step into an Area Manager, HR, Compliance or Quality role when it’s right, or remain a Centre Director if that’s where your heart is. We embrace both.

About Nido

We’re a community of everyday people who care deeply about children, families and each other. We celebrate wins, stay humble, disagree well, learn together, stay curious, get things done and make a difference every day.

We value the trust families place in us to educate their children, every day.

We seek to repay that trust by recruiting good people that are passionate and keen to learn and grow their impact.

Nido might be the place you’ve been looking for, or it might not. Let’s talk and find out. We’ll keep it open and adult-to-adult: equal voices, honest conversation. Come as you are; no need to hold back.

Please note:

Any candidate employed from 1 April must provide a certificate confirming completion of the Federally mandated ‘National Child Safety Training’ via Geccko, or must be willing to obtain prior to employment

Come find your home at Nido

You matter here, every day. Your leadership sets the tone for quality, care and growth.

Nido Early School is a Child Safe Organisation. We have a zero tolerance to child abuse, and are committed to the safety, participation, and empowerment of all children. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants.