Early Years Quality and Compliance Manager
Core
Lead quality, compliance, governance, and child-safe practices across Early Years services to ensure safe, high-quality environments for children and families.
Role type
Senior IC Quality and Compliance Manager (Early Childhood Education)
Builds
Consistent, sustainable, and high-quality systems across diverse Early Years services including kindergartens and long day care.
Domain
Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) / Regulatory Compliance
Required skills
National Quality Framework (NQF) expertise, audit and compliance assessment, policy development, risk identification, incident management, mandatory reporting, regulatory interpretation, stakeholder influence, data analysis
Preferred skills
Experience with sessional kindergarten and long day care environments, child safety frameworks, continuous improvement methodologies
Technologies
NQS, Victorian Child Safe Standards, National Law Act 2010, National Regulations
Responsibilities
Lead quality assurance and improvement initiatives across National Quality Standard areas; conduct audits and compliance assessments; develop and review compliance policies and child safety frameworks; support service readiness for regulatory visits and assessments; build leadership capability in quality and compliance across service teams.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic oversight
