Join the team at ECMS and play your part in fostering lifelong learning for children, families, ourselves and our partners.
After strengthening the foundations of the organisation over the last two years, ECMS is now in an exciting position to look to the future and shape the way ahead. This comes from a combination of working to a multi-year strategic plan, getting clear on what we stand for and putting our values to work.
We are striving to show consistently good learning outcomes and be a place where the best early years people choose to work. We pay particular attention in our practice to continuous improvement, place based pedagogy and developmental approaches birth to 5.
About the role
We know that there is a direct relationship between strong leadership and high-quality education and care that leads to positive outcomes for children. At ECMS, we back our service leaders and invest heavily in their capability and experience. We are therefore looking for a senior ECE leader to join our Area Manager team to guide and develop our service leaders.
As an Area Manager you’ll oversee a portfolio of services, including both long day care and sessional kindergartens across the Greater Metropolitan Melbourne area (exact locations and mix of services to be determined). By leaning into a distributed leadership model and engaging in partnerships at the local level and coordinating the development of context specific service support plans, you will empower the service leader to set their team up for success and meet high expectations for learning and continuous quality improvement.
You’ll be part of a broader multi-disciplinary team that span deep technical knowledge across coaching, pedagogy, people management, facilities, child safety, communications, and finance. You’ll be resourceful in leveraging the expertise available to apply a ‘bigger picture’ perspective and drive sustainable operations.
Day to day, you will…
About You
What’s in it for you?
‘ECMS promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of all children. Successful applicants are required to adhere to our child safe practices, policies can be located here.
Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people from diverse communities and backgrounds are encouraged.
For more information or to request a Job Description, please contact Stephanie at scharalambous@ecms.org.au. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Type: Ongoing
Category: Management & Support - Early Childhood Management
Reference id: SC000713
Date posted : 04/04/2024