Assistant Manager, Yarraville

Join our Clare Court team in the heart of Yarraville, enjoying play-based learning in our shared garden, next door to Stony Creek and Cruickshank Park, and out and about in the community.

• Work for a values based not-for-profit organisation
  
• Provide operational and compliance leadership to our Yarraville service
  
• Be part of a vibrant local community, with a passionate team of educators
  
• Full time, permanent role
  

Are you ready to nurture your career at Gowrie Victoria?

For 85 years, Gowrie Victoria has been at the forefront of high-quality early learning. We’re a not-for-profit organisation with a reputation for inspiring others and shining a light on best practice. Our strength is our culture, which is built on a foundation of genuine curiosity. We support our leaders to be effective coaches, to build confidence and to support their team to be reflective, creative and collaborative. This enables us to find new ways to learn, improve and achieve our shared purpose — championing excellence in early learning.

About the Role
We’re looking for an inspiring leader, with a deep understanding of compliance and operational requirements in the early learning sector, ready to join a team with a long history of demonstrating, advocating and collaborating. The Assistant Manager oversees the service’s operational activities, ensuring they are carried out effectively and efficiently. This role is primarily responsible for overseeing staff rostering, meeting compliance obligations and identifying opportunities for improvement across the program consistent with the Quality Improvement Plan (QIP). As a leader, the Assistant Manager is also expected to build strong relationships with children, families, and educators, fostering an inviting, engaging, high-quality, and responsive service.

About You
The ideal candidate will bring to the role:

• Previous experience in Leadership/Management in an ECEC setting with the ability to motivate, influence, mentor, and coach individuals and teams.
  
• Demonstrated experience in developing and managing staff rosters to meet regulatory ratio requirements while ensuring high quality service delivery.
  
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain strong relationships with children, families, educators, community, and other relevant stakeholders.
  
• Previous experience in managing Compliance and Operations in an ECEC setting.
  
• Previous experience in service development (e.g. QIP) in an ECEC setting.
  
• In depth working knowledge of the NQF (comprising the Education and Care Services National Law and National Regs) and the NQS.
  

Gowrie Victoria is an equal opportunity employer and a child safe organisation and you can view our commitment to child safety here .
You must have a legal right to work in Australia and pass an employee Working with Children Check.