Ready to Advance Your Career?
At Guardian Walker Street, we’re looking for passionate individuals like you to become Assistant Centre Managers. Here’s why:
- Develop, Inspire, and Grow: Join us in creating safe, thriving environments for children and guiding our teams towards best practices.
- Expand Your Expertise: As an Assistant Centre Manager, you’ll broaden your knowledge to deliver the best early childhood education in Australia.
- One Team, Many Paths: We believe in nurturing your career in your chosen direction. You’ll be a vital part of the Guardian team, putting smiles on young faces every day.
Join Us and Enjoy:
- Professional Growth: Access coaching, conferences, mentoring, and career advancement opportunities.
- Business Impact: Use your skills to support business performance and invest in our practices, centers, and teams.
- Collaboration: Work closely with the team, share best practices, and innovate in early childhood education.
- Resource Decisions: Contribute to decisions about resources and the children’s learning environment.
- Competitive Package: Enjoy attractive remuneration packages of $32-$45 depending on experience/location/role type, generous childcare discounts, recognition and rewards, and an employee referral program.
- Guardian Degree Program: We support your education with paid study, flexible hours, mentorship, and fee reimbursements.
- WHEREFIT: Access discounts for gyms, activewear, healthy meals, and more.
- First Aid: We provide paid first aid courses and renewals.
The Centre
Rated exceeding in the National Quality Standard, Walker Street is a 60-place service that is proud to have a culturally diverse team and celebrate a variety of cultures and holidays. Conveniently located near North Sydney train station and bus stops, this centre boasts a wonderful purpose-built outdoor environment, art studio, and bright interiors with plenty of resources. Our community-minded Educators also organise family dinners on a Friday evening, as well as various events and fundraisers throughout the year.
The Opportunity
Working closely with the Centre Manager and Leadership Team, you will enjoy:
- Supporting the Centre Leadership Team to create a safe and secure environment where children are supported to be brave, curious, and imaginative in their learning.
- Building lasting and meaningful relationships with families, so they feel informed and sure their children are receiving the best education and care in the community.
- Supporting the Centre Leadership Team to develop an exceptional culture of quality and safety that makes Guardian the Centre of choice in your community.
- Contributing to making your Centre an example of why Guardian is driven by its mindsets of being brave, positive, thoughtful, and professional in all aspects of our work.
- Developing skills to drive business performance that enables Guardian to invest 100% of profits into more high-quality education for young children across Australia.
To be considered, you will have:
- A completed Diploma in Children’s Services and/or Bachelor of Education (or working towards)
- Prior experience working in a long day-care centre in a senior or leadership role.
- Sound, practical working knowledge and implementation of the NQF and the EYLF.
- Budget and financial accountability experience
- Current First Aid and Asthma and Anaphylaxis certificates, and current Working with Children check
Apply now
So, what are you waiting for? Take the leap and apply now to join Guardian Childcare & Education.
Referrals
We offer referrals for Guardian employees so join us and bring a friend to refer and earn. For more details, visit: guardian.edu.au/careers/refer-your-friends
Guardian Childcare & Education values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Diverse cultures, backgrounds and experiences strengthen our teams and help us grow. We are committed to providing a workplace where every person is valued, respected, and supported to progress.
We are also deeply committed to Reconciliation and creating an environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People feel a strong sense of belonging and connection.
The safety and wellbeing of children will always be our top priority, Guardian Childcare & Education has a zero tolerance for any form of child abuse or harm.