Regional Manager, OSHC NSW

ANZUK Education (New Zealand); Sydney; On-site; AUD 113,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel allowance

Superannuation

Job summary

ANZUK Education (New Zealand) is seeking an experienced Regional Manager to oversee roughly eight OSHC services in the Central Coast/Newcastle or South West Sydney region. The role emphasizes leadership, stakeholder engagement, and operational excellence across multiple sites.

You will mentor Service Leaders, drive performance, and ensure compliance with National Regulations and child safety standards while traveling regularly within the portfolio.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Children’s Services or higher required.
• Multi-site OSHC leadership experience.
• Strong knowledge of National Quality Framework and regulations.
• Willingness to travel regularly across the portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and oversight across approximately eight OSHC services within the designated region.
• Mentor, coach and develop Service Leaders.
• Drive occupancy, utilisation and service performance outcomes.
• Ensure compliance with National Regulations and child safety requirements.
• Build strong relationships with principals, school communities and families.
• Lead budgets, workforce planning and service sustainability.
• Support accreditation processes and quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

People leadership

Stakeholder management

Financial management

Operational excellence

Education

Diploma in Children's Services

Job description

Regional Manager, OSHC

Central Coast / Newcastle Region OR South West Sydney Region (NSW)

Up to $125,000 + Travel Allowance + Super (depending on experience)

An established and highly regarded provider of Outside School Hours Care services is seeking an experienced Regional Manager to lead a portfolio of approximately eight services across either:

• Central Coast / Newcastle region, or
• South West Sydney region (including Campbelltown and surrounding areas)

This is a senior leadership opportunity for an experienced multi-site leader who enjoys empowering teams, building strong community relationships, and driving operational excellence across a portfolio of services.

Working closely with Service Leaders and senior operational leadership, you will play a key role in ensuring services are safe, compliant, high-performing, and delivering exceptional outcomes for children, families, schools and communities.

What's on Offer

• Salary up to $125,000 + travel allowance + super
• Opportunity to lead a well-established portfolio of services
• Strong organisational support and established operational structures
• Values-driven organisation committed to quality and child safety
• Career progression opportunities within a growing provider
• Autonomy to lead your region while being supported by a collaborative leadership team

About the Role

As Regional Manager, you will provide leadership and operational oversight across approximately eight OSHC services within your designated region.

You will support, mentor and develop Service Leaders, drive quality improvement initiatives, monitor compliance and performance outcomes, and build strong relationships with schools and key stakeholders.

This is a field-based leadership role requiring regular travel throughout your region. Success in the role will come from your ability to build capability in local leaders, maintain operational consistency, and deliver strong outcomes across multiple services.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the operational performance of a portfolio of OSHC services
• Coach, mentor and develop Service Leaders and emerging leaders
• Drive occupancy, utilisation and service performance outcomes
• Ensure compliance with National Regulations, National Quality Framework and child safety requirements
• Support services through Assessment & Rating processes and quality improvement initiatives
• Build and maintain strong relationships with principals, school communities and families
• Monitor budgets, workforce planning and service sustainability
• Lead investigations, risk management and incident response where required
• Contribute to strategic planning and continuous improvement across the region

About You

You are an experienced operational leader who understands the complexities of managing multiple services and leading leaders.

You thrive on developing people, solving problems, building stakeholder relationships and creating high-performing service cultures. You are comfortable balancing strategic priorities with hands-on operational support and can confidently navigate compliance, people leadership and business performance.

You may currently be working as a:

• Regional Manager
• Area Manager
• Operations Manager
• Senior Cluster Manager
• Multi-Site Manager

Essential Requirements

• Diploma in Children's Services, Early Childhood Education, Education, or higher qualification
• Demonstrated multi-site leadership experience within OSHC, Early Childhood Education and Care, or a similar regulated environment
• Strong knowledge of the National Quality Framework, National Law and National Regulations
• Proven experience leading, coaching and developing leaders
• Strong financial, operational and stakeholder management capability
• Working With Children Check (or ability to obtain)
• Current First Aid, CPR, Asthma and Anaphylaxis certification (or ability to obtain)
• Current driver's licence
• Reliable vehicle and willingness to travel regularly throughout the assigned portfolio

Why Apply?

This is an excellent opportunity to join a respected organisation that genuinely invests in its people and services. You'll have the opportunity to influence outcomes across multiple locations, develop future leaders, and make a meaningful impact on children, families and communities throughout your region.

Child Safety

We are committed to being a Child Safe organisation. Employment is subject to satisfactory reference checks, Working With Children Check verification, and all relevant compliance requirements associated with child-related employment.