Chief of Education, People & Compliance

Davidson; Greater Bendigo; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Shine Bright is a not-for-profit provider of early years education and care across central and northern Victoria, with 44 services and a network of ~500 early learning professionals. Reporting directly to the CEO, the Chief of Education, People & Compliance is a newly created executive role overseeing Pedagogy, People & Culture and Quality & Compliance across Shine Bright’s growing regional footprint.

You will translate regulatory obligations into practical frameworks, strengthening governance

Qualifications

• Executive or senior leadership experience across complex service delivery, with the ability to lead through capable functional leaders.
• Strong governance, risk and compliance capability, including experience interpreting regulatory obligations and translating them into practical organisational frameworks and controls.
• Sound people and organisational leadership, with the judgement to support workforce strategy, complex people matters and organisational change.
• Experience in complex, multi-site or distributed service-delivery operations, ideally within human services or another regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive oversight of Shine Bright's service-delivery infrastructure, leading through the senior leaders responsible for pedagogy, people and culture, and quality and compliance.
• Strengthen enterprise risk, governance and compliance, ensuring effective frameworks, controls, reporting and assurance are embedded across the organisation.
• Build organisational capability and accountability, strengthening systems, policy discipline, information flow and the connection between frontline operations, executive leadership and the Board.
• Support sustainable growth and organisational maturity, ensuring Shine Bright can expand its services and workforce without compromising quality, safety, culture or community connection.

Job description

Shine Bright is a not-for-profit provider of early years education and care across central and northern Victoria, with 44 services and a network of ~500 early learning professionals. Reporting directly to the CEO, the Chief of Education, People & Compliance is a newly created executive role overseeing Pedagogy, People & Culture and Quality & Compliance across Shine Bright’s growing regional footprint.

You will translate regulatory obligations into practical frameworks, strengthening governance