Director Outside School Hours Care

• Lead and support high-quality OSHC services across Tasmania.
• Multiple part-time leadership opportunities based in Hobart.
• Salary packaging plus 60% gap fee discount at Uniting Early Learning services.

Your new role

As an Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) Director, you'll provide strategic, operational and educational leadership across a portfolio of OSHC services, supporting Service Leaders to deliver high-quality programs that enable children to learn, grow and thrive. Working collaboratively with leaders, schools and the broader Early Learning team, you'll drive quality, continuous improvement, service sustainability and positive outcomes for children, families and communities.

You'll be joining one of Victoria and Tasmania's largest and most trusted providers of early learning and outside school hours care. At Uniting, we're committed to creating safe, inclusive and inspiring environments where children belong, educators are supported to grow, and communities are strengthened. As part of a collaborative leadership team, you'll have the opportunity to influence practice, mentor emerging leaders and contribute to the ongoing growth of our OSHC portfolio.

We have two part-time opportunities available, based in Hobart. Ideally, we're seeking a combination of three and four days per week, however we're open to discussing the right arrangement with the successful candidates. Whether you're looking for greater work-life balance or the opportunity to make a broader impact across multiple services, this is a rewarding leadership role where your expertise will help shape the future of OSHC at Uniting.

About Early Learning

You’ll be joining Uniting’s Early Learning directorate – a purpose-led team working across Victoria and Tasmania to shape better futures for children and families. We champion safety, inclusion, and quality in everything we do, and we’re driven by a deep belief in the power of early learning to transform lives and strengthen communities.

Benefits of working at Uniting

At Uniting, you’ll enjoy:

• Working in a values-led organisation with real community impact.
• Being part of team creating safe, nurturing and playful environments for children.
• A 60% discount for eligible employees on out-of-pocket childcare fees at Uniting learning services.
• A 30% discount on Office 365 subscriptions, and a 25% discount at our Uniting Op Shops.
• Up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits that can be used for living expenses such as groceries, bills, clothing and streaming services.
• Saving on dining out and drinks with a meal entertainment benefit of $2,650 annually.
• Access to additional annual leave entitlements through our purchase leave program.
• Up to 10 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers (4 for secondary).

Your skills and experience

You'll be right at home at Uniting if you're passionate about providing high-quality early learning experiences and share our belief that children's safety, wellbeing and development should always come first.

You’ll bring with you:

• A collaborative leadership style and the ability to coach, inspire and develop others.
• A Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care (or an ACECQA-approved equivalent).
• Demonstrated leadership experience in education and care, ideally across multiple services or teams.
• Strong knowledge of the National Quality Framework, approved learning frameworks and relevant legislation.
• Excellent communication, organisational and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• A current Working with Children Check and all required pre-employment clearances
• Current National Child Safety Training and any applicable state-based Child Safety Training (or ability to obtain prior to commencement).

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How to apply

Click APPLY to submit your interest, and we’ll get in touch shortly. If this role sounds like a good fit for you, apply soon. We'll be reviewing applications as they come in and may close the advert early.

If you have any questions about the opportunity, please message or call Jonathon Mitchell on 03 9051 6719 during business hours.

About Uniting

We create real change in people’s lives by working in partnership with people, communities, governments and other agencies to reduce the impact of poverty, trauma and disadvantage.

We provide compassionate care for people facing tough times and personal challenges. We support children and young people to break the cycle of disadvantage. We help families keep safe, together and thriving.

For over 100 years we’ve been fighting inequality, opposing discrimination, and responding to the needs in our communities across Victoria and Tasmania.

Visit us: www.vt.uniting.org

We are an inclusive, values-led organisation and proudly welcome people of all identities, backgrounds and experiences. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ people, and people with lived and living experience relevant to our work.

We are committed to inclusive hiring practices. You are welcome to share your pronouns and let us know if you require any adjustments during the recruitment process. We are here to support you.

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed to the safety, wellbeing and empowerment of all children and young people. We embed child safety in everything we do. Employment with Uniting is subject to relevant pre-employment checks, including a National Police Check and Working with Children Check.