Team Leader

Bright Futures Home-based Childcare; Hawke's Bay; On-site; NZD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing support

Birthday paid day off

Job summary

Bright Futures Home-based Childcare Hawke's Bay is seeking a Home-based Team Leader to oversee a small Visiting Teachers team across Hawke’s Bay. You will manage programme delivery and day-to-day operations, ensuring quality outcomes across all visits.

This fixed-term, full-time role starts 9 November 2026 and runs to 5 November 2027 to maternity leave coverage. A Diploma of Teaching and a current Teaching Council practising certificate are essential, with strong intrapersonal and coaching

Qualifications

• Diploma of Teaching required and NZ-recognised.
• Current and practising Teaching Council of Aotearoa NZ certificate.
• Sound Te Whaariki knowledge, home-based ECE regs and evaluations.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small Visiting Teachers team across Hawke's Bay.
• Oversee programme delivery and day-to-day operations.
• Champion quality outcomes across all visits.

Skills

Coaching adults

Communication skills

Time management

Education

Diploma of Teaching

Teaching Council practising certificate

Te Whaariki knowledge

Tools

Office 365

Discover

Educa

Storypark

Job description

Bright Futures Home-based Childcare Hawke's Bay

Full time, Fixed term, Start Date: 09/11/2026, End Date: 05/11/2027 (Maternity Leave)

Early learning / kōhanga reo, Home-based team leader

English, Health and physical education, Learning languages, Mathematics and statistics, Science, Social sciences, Technology, Te reo Māori, The arts

Are you ready to step up into a supported leadership role? You will be responsible for a small team of Visiting Teachers across Hawke’s Bay.

You'll be responsible for the programme delivery and day to day operations of Bright Futures, but you'll also have plenty of opportunity to get out of the office with small visiting teacher workload of day-to-day visits. You'll be the champion for quality outcomes across all that we do.

You will need to have:

• an Early childhood teaching qualification (minimum Diploma of Teaching)that is recognised in New Zealand for regulatory and compliance obligations
• a current and full Teaching Council of Aotearoa NZ practising certificate
• a sound knowledge of Te Whaariki, home-based ECE regulations, legislation, and internal evaluation and professional growth cycle.

You will also have:

• experience in, home-based early childhood and education
• strong communication skills and experience in coaching and supporting adults
• a passion for life-long learning and professional development and willingness to share this with others
• excellent time management skills with the ability to multitask and be flexible
• skills with using software such as Office 365, Discover and Educa or Storypark.

Why us?

Joining Bright Futures means you’re joining a much bigger whānau. As a service of Weave Hawke’s Bay we’ve been supporting whānau along life’s journey for 42 years. This is an opportunity to give back to your community. Not only will you impact the lives of the people you work with on a day-to-day basis, but you’ll be also part of a broader social service agency that positively contributes to the lives of over 2,700 whānau across Hawke’s Bay each year.

As part of the team, you’ll benefit from:

• health and wellbeing support
• a paid day off on your birthday.