Area Manager - Sunshine Coast & Moreton Bay

Great leadership isn't about managing more centres—it's about helping great leaders thrive.

At Edge, our Area Managers are coaches, mentors and strategic partners to Centre Directors. If you're passionate about developing people, lifting quality and making a genuine impact across multiple communities, we'd love to hear from you.

Reporting directly to the General Manager of Operations, you'll lead a portfolio of seven centres across the Sunshine Coast & Moreton Bay area while partnering with specialist Support Office teams including Property, Finance, Family Engagement, Marketing, Compliance, Program & Practice, HR and Recruitment.

Your Portfolio

Seven established Edge Early Learning centres

• Aroona
• Peregian Beach
• Peregian Springs
• Morayfield East
• Burpengary
• Strathpine – two centres

With centres spread across the Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay, regular travel and being visible within your centres will be an important part of the role.

Why Join Edge?

• Lead an established portfolio with the support of an experienced executive team.
• Coach and develop Centre Directors rather than simply manage operations.
• Build leadership capability and succession across your portfolio.
• Influence quality, culture, occupancy and commercial performance.
• Partner with dedicated Support Office specialists.
• Work directly with the General Manager of Operations.
• Competitive salary package with vehicle and hybrid flexibility.

About the Role

As Area Manager, you'll create the conditions for your Centre Directors and their teams to succeed.

You'll:

• Coach and develop Centre Directors to become confident, capable and accountable leaders
• Build strong leadership teams and identify future talent and succession opportunities
• Drive quality improvement, child safety and Assessment & Rating readiness
• Support centres to achieve sustainable occupancy and commercial performance
• Use centre performance and operational insights to identify where support or intervention is needed
• Build positive relationships with educators, children, families and local communities
• Partner with Centre Directors through challenges including people leadership, performance, staffing and centre operations
• Work collaboratively with specialist Support Office teams to remove barriers and improve centre performance
• Partner with the General Manager of Operations on strategic and operational priorities

What Success Looks Like

Success in this role isn't simply seven centres hitting their numbers.

It's seeing:

• Centre Directors growing in confidence, capability and accountability
• Strong leadership teams developing underneath them
• High-quality education and care delivered consistently
• Child safety and quality embedded in everyday practice
• Healthy occupancy and sustainable commercial performance
• Meaningful coaching and support visible within each centre
• Strong relationships between centres, families and Support Office
• Future leaders being identified and developed across the portfolio

About You

You're an experienced multi-site operational leader who understands that your success comes through the success of the leaders you support.

You'll bring:

• Demonstrated multi-site leadership experience, ideally within Early Childhood Education and Care
• A genuine coaching and mentoring mindset
• Strong experience developing leaders and building high-performing teams
• Sound understanding of quality, compliance and operational excellence
• Commercial awareness and confidence working with occupancy, staffing and financial performance
• The ability to adapt your leadership approach across different centres and leadership styles
• Confidence having constructive and sometimes challenging conversations
• A collaborative, authentic and values-led leadership style
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise across multiple services

Essential Requirements

• Relevant leadership experience and Early Childhood qualification/s.
• Current driver's licence.
• Working with Children Check / Blue Card (or ability to obtain).
• Ability to travel regularly across the Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay portfolio.

Child Safety

Edge Early Learning is committed to safeguarding children and maintaining environments where every child feels safe, respected and valued. Successful applicants will undergo appropriate child safety screening and pre-employment checks.

If you're ready to move beyond managing centres and instead develop the leaders who make them successful, we'd love to hear from you.