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WHARTON EASTCOAST PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

WHARTON EASTCOAST PTE. LTD. in Singapore seeks a warm, passionate leader to guide our preschool team and nurture young minds. You will shape centre culture, oversee operations, and drive teaching quality and family partnerships.

The role requires extensive teaching and management experience in a preschool, with a focus on mentoring, governance, and continuous improvement of learning outcomes.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of teaching experience in preschool settings.
• 3 years of management/leadership experience in a preschool.
• Creative, loving and inspiring leadership style.

Responsibilities

• Manage manpower resources and establish mentoring culture within the Centre.
• Oversee Centre operations and budgeting, improve systems and processes.
• Drive programmes and service excellence, governance and learning culture.
• Plan and implement curriculum and learning approaches beyond the Centre.
• Build partnerships with families and community stakeholders.
• Uplift professional practice through mentoring and staff development.

Skills

People management

Leadership

Curriculum planning

Stakeholder engagement

Operations management

Budgeting

Education

Diploma in Early Childhood Care & Education – Leadership

Diploma in Montessori or Degree in Early Childhood Education

Job description

We are looking for a warm, passionate and experienced leader to guide our preschool team and nurture young minds at 8 Admiralty Street #01‑13 Admirax Singapore 757438.

Job Responsibilities

1. Manage manpower resources

   • Lead the design of initiatives to establish a culture of collaboration within the Centre.
   • Review Centre's manpower plans.
   • Establish strategies to engender a culture of mentoring, coaching and capability development within the Centre.
   • Drive capability development and coaching initiatives within the Centre.

2. Manage Centre operations

   • Lead the development of improvements on systems, processes and operations.
   • Review the coherence of Centre’s initiatives, systems and processes.
   • Develop preventive and pre-emptive strategies for challenges faced by team leaders within the Centre.
   • Manage the budget for day‑to‑day operations in the Centre.

3. Drive programmes and service excellence initiatives

   • Lead Centre to develop Centre strategic priorities, culture and governance.
   • Establish plans and structures to engender a culture of continuous learning within the Centre.
   • Drive buy‑in on vision, mission and values within the Centre.
   • Drive initiative and enterprise within the Centre.

4. Plan and implement curriculum and programmes

   • Drive the design of quality teaching and learning approaches beyond the Centre level.
   • Drive the enhancement of learning needs assessment processes and structures.
   • Align children engagement strategies in accordance with Centre policies.
   • Drive the development of quality classroom management strategies in accordance with leading practices beyond the Centre level.
   • Evaluate improvements made to enhance quality of learning environment.
   • Advocate the importance of appropriate health, safety, nutritional and hygiene standards and procedures beyond the Centre level.
   • Lead the development of new teaching and learning methods, tools and assistive technologies based on emerging trends in the sector.

5. Build stakeholder relationships and partnerships

   • Inculcate a culture of collaboration within the Centre.
   • Lead the strategic design of partnerships and collaborations with families and community stakeholders within the Centre.
   • Model professionalism when collaborating with families and community stakeholders within the Centre.
   • Represent the Centre to build business relationships.
   • Design Centre initiatives, families and community programmes and initiatives.

6. Uplift professional practice

   • Establish plans and structures to engender a culture of mentoring within the Cluster.
   • Drive professional development, training, workshops, educational initiatives and service quality improvement of professionals.
   • Drive buy‑in on vision, mission and values within the Centre.

Job Requirements

• Possess Diploma in Early Childhood Care and Education – Leadership.
• Possess Diploma in Montessori or Degree in Early Childhood Education will be an added advantage.
• Minimum 5 years of Teaching and 3 years of Management experience in Preschool setting.
• Creative, loving and inspiring.