Job Description

Childcare Centre Coordinator

Reference number: 10969
Closing date: 11:00pm, 10 February 2026

Permanent full-time leadership role | Keilor East
Salary commencing at $100,577 per annum + 12% superannuation

Lead a Large, Integrated Early Learning Service in Keilor East

This is a standout opportunity for an accomplished Childcare Centre Coordinator / Centre Director / Early Years Leader to take the helm of Moonee Valley City Council’s largest early learning centre.

This role is purpose-built for an experienced leader who is confident managing complexity, scale, and people and who is ready to lead a high-performing service within a strong local government framework. You will oversee a large, multidisciplinary team and be supported by an experienced Early Years Regional Team Leader, along with a broader network of internal Council teams.

The Role

As Childcare Centre Coordinator, you will provide strategic, operational, and pedagogical leadership across the entire service, ensuring exceptional outcomes for children, families, and staff.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading and inspiring a large, established team across childcare and integrated kindergarten programs
• Setting clear expectations and building a strong culture of accountability, professionalism, and continuous improvement
• Ensuring excellence and compliance across the National Quality Framework, Child Safe Standards, and all regulatory requirements
• Managing centre operations at scale, including staffing, rosters, budgets, and resources
• Partnering with the Regional Team Leader on service planning, performance, and quality improvement
• Driving strategic initiatives, including School Readiness Funding projects and future-focused service development
• Building strong, respectful relationships with families, Council stakeholders, and external partners

This role offers genuine influence, not just in day-to-day operations, but in shaping the direction and quality of one of Council’s flagship early learning services.

About You

You are a confident, experienced early childhood leader with a proven ability to manage large, complex services and lead teams with clarity and purpose. You bring strong professional judgement, emotional intelligence, and a commitment to high-quality outcomes.

You will have:

• A Degree and/or Diploma of Children’s Services (or equivalent) recognised under the Education and Care National Law and Regulations
• Significant experience leading a childcare centre or early learning service, ideally within a large or integrated setting
• Advanced knowledge of the National Quality Framework, curriculum frameworks, and Child Safe Standards
• Demonstrated success in people leadership, performance management, and team development
• Strong financial and operational management capability, including budgeting and reporting
• The ability to work autonomously while collaborating closely with the Early Years Regional Team Leader
• A strong commitment to maintaining the highest standards of health, safety, and wellbeing

You will also hold:

• Working with Children Check
• First Aid Level 2 and CPR
• Anaphylaxis and Emergency Asthma Management
• DET Mandatory Reporting certification

Why This Role?

• Lead Moonee Valley City Council’s largest early learning centre
• Manage an integrated childcare and kindergarten service
• Be based in Keilor East, within a well-supported council environment
• Influence service quality, culture, and strategic direction
• Enjoy the stability and benefits of a permanent local government leadership role

Next Steps

Applications must be submitted through our online system and should be in line with the Moonee Valley City Council Application Guide Applications that do not meet these requirements may not be considered.

For further information, please view the and or contact Gurpreet Thiara, Manager Family and Children’s Services (03) 9243 1063 to seek further insights to the role.

Moonee Valley is a great place to live, work and visit. We are a local government within the north-west metropolitan area of Melbourne, providing a range of services to some 130,000 residents and over 10,000 businesses.

Our 1,200 employees bring their differing backgrounds, experiences and unique perspectives to our collaborative environment, and are supported to share ideas, initiatives and talent, making a positive impact on our community for now and in the future.

Some of the great benefits of working at Moonee Valley City Council are flexible working conditions, learning and development opportunities, supportive leadership and various staff benefits.

Our Council offices are located in the heart of our vibrant, diverse community with great food, cafes and green spaces nearby. We have excellent public transport at our doorstep as well as cycling access for our employees.

At Moonee Valley City Council, we pride ourselves on having job opportunities which make a real difference in the community and having a workplace which values everyone’s unique skills and attributes.

Our Culture of Inclusion

If you are interested in the role but feel you may not meet the full range of selection criteria, we encourage you to contact us to discuss your experience and application for this position.

We don’t just accept difference - we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our services and our community. With a focus on inclusion, accessibility and flexibility, we'll support you at every stage of your career. We recognise the importance of balance and embrace work agility, understanding that this means different things to each and every one of our employees.

Moonee Valley City Council is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Child Safe employer and we value diversity and encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, people of any age or gender, people identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, intersex and/or queer (LGBTIQA+) and people with disability. If you have a reasonable adjustment, support or access requirement, we encourage you to let us know through your application or email H2@mvcc.vic.gov.au or call 9243 1122.