Centre Director

Centre Director | 6-month fixed term contract

Busy Bees is a leading global early learning provider, offering high-quality education in nurturing, purpose-built centres where educators are supported to grow, lead and make a real difference in children’s lives, with over 130 centres across Australia and around 3,000 employees.

Our Bee Safe Commitment: Child safety is at the heart of everything we do and is embedded in our people, places and processes. Help us give every child the Best Start in Life.

We’re seeking an experienced and inspiring Centre Director to lead our team at Busy Bees at Rivergums, conveniently located in Baldivis, within the Rockingham City Council area and next door to Rivergums Primary School.

You will play a key leadership role in guiding the team, driving occupancy and quality outcomes, and fostering a safe, inclusive and high-performing early learning environment.

What you’ll do

• Lead the day-to-day operations of a high-quality early learning service.

• Drive occupancy growth and financial performance in line with budget targets.

• Build, mentor and retain a high-performing leadership team.

• Maintain compliance with the National Quality Framework and WA regulations.

• Foster a culture of safety, inclusion, and educational excellence.

• Develop strong partnerships with families and the local community.

• Collaborate with your Area Director and support functions to achieve strategic goals.

• Lead performance management, workforce planning, and succession planning.

What you’ll bring

• A genuine commitment to child safety, speaking up, always doing the right thing, and alignment with Busy Bees values.

• Diploma or Bachelor qualification in Early Childhood Education and Care (ACECQA approved).

• Current Working with Children Check for WA.

• Proven experience leading a service, ideally within a medium to large centre environment.

• Strong knowledge of the National Quality Framework (NQF), EYLF, and compliance requirements.

• Demonstrated ability to manage occupancy, rosters, and financial performance.

• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Why Busy Bees?

Because we offer the B.E.E.S. advantage:

Better pay. Everyday balance. Education for growth. Support you can rely on.
We live by our values of Care, Quality, Service, and Value to make a real impact on child safety and quality.

• 🏡 Community-focused centre: Purpose-built and conveniently located next to Rivergums Primary School.
• 🌿 Engaging learning environments: Purpose-built indoor and outdoor spaces that encourage exploration and discovery.
• 🛝 Great spaces for play: Adventurous playgrounds with sandpits, slides, cubby houses, bike tracks and teepees.
• 👨‍👩‍👧 Strong family partnerships: A focus on building confidence, curiosity and a lifelong love of learning.
• 💛 Warm team culture: Join a dedicated team creating a safe, supportive and inspiring environment where every child can thrive.
• 📚 Learning & development: Paid First Aid, CPR and mandatory training, ongoing professional development and access to Busy Bees learning pathways.
• 🚀 Career pathways: Opportunities to progress from Educator through to leadership, management and area roles.
• 🌏 Global opportunities: Connect with leaders across Australia and explore opportunities through our Global Talent Exchange Program.
• 💚 Wellbeing support: Free, confidential EAP support for you and your immediate family.

Employment is conditional on satisfactory, rigorous pre-employment checks (including WWCC, ID, Qualifications, Gecko Training, Work Rights & References) and child safety training, reflecting our strong commitment to safeguarding, equity, diversity and inclusion. 

We are proud to be a child safe organisation, putting child safety at the heart of everything we do through our Triple Layer Child Safety Framework: trusted, trained and caring people, safe, supervised and supportive environments, and clear, consistent and transparent processes.

Why Work for Busy Bees?
If you’re passionate about early learning, Busy Bees is the place to be. Although we are part of a global organisation, our company was founded by three families looking for better, more enriching childcare. Three decades later, we still keep the same values at heart.

We know that we couldn’t do what we do without the important people in our teams. We invest in our people and work with them to build career pathways that inspire.