Centre Director

Sefton, Sydney NSW | Full-time | Highly Competitive Salary

Mighty Me Early Learning Centre is looking for an exceptional Centre Director to lead our boutique 28-place service in Sefton.

Mighty Me was founded by a husband-and-wife team with professional backgrounds in medicine and paediatric speech pathology, and a shared belief that the first five years of a child's life deserve extraordinary care, education and investment.

We have created something special: a beautifully renovated, intimate early learning environment with excellent resources, a strong team and a genuine commitment to quality.

We're now looking for a Director who wants to make it their own.

This is a rare opportunity to lead a boutique 28-place centre with the resources of a much larger organisation, while retaining the warmth and relationships of a small service.

You'll know every child.

You'll know every family.

You'll know your educators - their strengths, their ambitions and where you can help them grow.

And you'll have the autonomy, budget and support to turn great ideas into reality.

As Centre Director, you'll have genuine ownership of the culture, educational quality and day-to-day leadership of Mighty Me.

You'll work directly with engaged Approved Providers who value expertise, move quickly on good ideas and believe that exceptional early education requires exceptional investment in its people.

We value being small.

It allows us to build genuine relationships, maintain exceptional standards and create the kind of community where children, families and educators feel known.

Our Sefton centre has been thoughtfully and extensively renovated, creating beautiful indoor and outdoor environments designed for learning, exploration and connection.

We believe the environment our educators work in matters too.

Quality isn't expected on a shoestring.

You'll have strong operational, educational and resource budgets and direct access to decision-makers when you see an opportunity to make the centre better.

Learning is part of the culture at Mighty Me.

We invest meaningfully in professional development, external training, conferences and leadership development - for you and the educators you lead.

With foundations in medicine and paediatric speech pathology, Mighty Me brings a unique perspective to early childhood education.

Our educational approach is informed by contemporary research, with a strong focus on exceptional learning experiences, meaningful educator-child interactions and nurturing children's curiosity, confidence and love of learning.

Our educators also benefit from access to professional expertise and learning opportunities rarely integrated into an early learning service.

You won't be several layers removed from the people making decisions.

You'll work directly with the owners, have a genuine voice in the direction of the service and be trusted to exercise your professional judgement.

Your ideas won't disappear into an inbox.

You'll take overall leadership of the Sefton service, including:

• Inspiring, mentoring and developing a high-performing team.

• Building a culture where excellent educators want to stay and grow.

• Creating an exceptional experience for children and families.

• Driving educational quality and meaningful continuous improvement.

• Maintaining excellent NQF, NQS, EYLF and regulatory standards.

• Leading staffing, rostering, enrolments, budgets and centre operations.

• Building strong relationships with families and the local community.

• Supporting professional development and emerging leaders within your team.

• Working directly with the Approved Providers on the continued development of Mighty Me.

We want you to bring your experience to the role — not simply inherit someone else's way of doing things.

Highly competitive, above-award remuneration
We want to attract an exceptional Director and recognise exceptional performance.

Genuine autonomy
The trust and authority to lead your service well.

Strong budgets and excellent resources
The ability to invest in your environment, educators and educational program.

Generous professional development
A meaningful PD budget, external learning opportunities and investment in your leadership.

Accessible and engaged owners
Direct relationships with Approved Providers who understand professional leadership and are invested in your success.

A boutique 28-place environment
The opportunity to lead while remaining genuinely connected to children, families and educators.

A beautifully renovated centre
A thoughtfully created environment you'll be proud to welcome families into each morning.

Allied-health expertise
Unique access to professional knowledge in paediatric speech pathology, communication and child development.

Career progression
Mighty Me is growing, and we want our best leaders to grow with us.

Generous childcare discounts
Because our educators' families matter to us too.

We're looking for someone who is excellent with people and serious about quality.

A leader who can set high expectations while creating a workplace people genuinely enjoy being part of.

Someone educators respect, families trust and children are delighted to see.

You'll bring strong early childhood leadership experience, sound knowledge of the NQF, NQS and EYLF, excellent organisational skills and an ACECQA-approved qualification.

You'll also hold the required NSW Working With Children Check, First Aid and Child Protection qualifications.

But we're interested in more than what's written on your CV.

We're interested in how you lead, what you believe great early education looks like, and what you could build with the right support behind you.

For the right person, this isn't simply another Centre Director role.

It's the opportunity to lead a beautiful boutique service with real autonomy, excellent resources, significant investment in your development and owners who genuinely care about what you're trying to achieve.

We want you to come to work excited about your centre.

To build a team you're proud to lead.

To know your families.

To watch your educators grow.

And, years from now, to be able to look at Mighty Me and know:

I helped build this.

If that's the kind of opportunity you've been waiting for, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply through SEEK with your CV and tell us a little about the kind of centre you would love to lead.