Coaching Lead - Alexandria, Australia - Goodstart Early Learning

Goodstart Early Learning

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Alexandria, Australia

2 weeks ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Role:
Coaching Lead

Location:
To cover NSW South (Bondi/Seven Hills/Wentworthville/Toongabbie/Parramatta/Pendle Hill)

Employment Type:
Permanent - Full Time

With 16,500 Goodstart team members across nearly 700 centres nurturing 70,000 children, we're Australia's largest provider of early learning and care.

As a not-for-profit social enterprise, we exist purely to improve the lives of Australia's children and their families.

From our centre teams to our support teams, we work together to make a real difference for children in those crucial early years.

The Coaching Lead is an active Centre Performance Coach.

The substantive portion of the Coaching Lead's time will be spent supporting an assigned cohort of Centre Directors to be empowered, informed, innovative, adaptive and accountable leaders.

Coaching Lead's will work with Centre Director's to understand their capability and experience and to support their growth and development.

This will be achieved through a 'coaching with accountability' approach where ownership of goals, action plans and outcomes is with the Centre Director, with the Centre Performance Coach supporting the Centre Director's continual improvement and progress.

The Coaching Lead requires a strong understanding of and commitment to a strengths-based approach to support the capability build of Centre Directors.

You will need a pragmatic, approachable and supportive interpersonal style, along with experience in reflective coaching methodologies and practices is highly desirable.

This role requires a sound knowledge of the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and National Quality Framework (NQF) along with experience in a people leadership role.

Your Impact:

Hold regular coaching sessions with an assigned cohort of Centre Directors, via a combination of virtual and in person sessions to focus on performance uplift and develop leadership capability.

Lead the development and embedding of a team culture aligned with Goodstart's Standards and Foundations.

Review workforce diversity initiatives aimed at improving and meeting the needs of the local community, pulling on state and national expert services as needed.

Participate in regular coach workshops an contribute to coach peer network.

Lead and support the Centre Performance Coaches and will be an integral part of the state leadership team in supporting centres.

Provide data, insights and work in collaboration with state leadership and assist in the recruitment / training of new Coaches.

Generate enthusiasm and commitment to organisational coaching practices with enable establishment of a coaching culture.

What Goodstart can offer you:

Work for a company that has an aspiration to be globally recognised for early years practice and learning outcomes

Gain significant investment in your growth and development with support, tools, training and experiences that will truly enhance the progress and outcomes for children in their earliest years.

Be a part of a team and work environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging, inclusion and purpose
Not-For-Profit Salary Packaging benefits which reduce your taxable income to increase take home pay
Access to discounted childcare (up to 15%)
Flexible work arrangements giving you choice about when and how work will be done in order to better manage your work and non-work needs
Discounted health care and access to employee wellbeing program with BUPA
Exclusive discounts on travel, gym memberships, Apple and Dell products, and more.
Security and stability - as Australia's largest provider of early learning and care and a not-for-profit social enterprise, we exist purely to improve the lives of Australia's children and their families

You'll bring to the table:

Hold a relevant Early Childhood qualification.
Possess strong business acumen across all domains of centre performance.
Have strong coaching experience.
A demonstrated ability to work across all capability levels and build collaborative relationships.
Experience working in centres and with Centre Directors is highly desirable.

How to apply

Supporting our people and protecting our children

We're an equal opportunity employer that is proud of our inclusive and diverse work environment. We know that Goodstarters from diverse cultures, backgrounds and experiences strengthen our teams and help us grow.

We're also deeply committed to Reconciliation and creating an environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People feel a strong sense of belonging and connection.

Posting Notes:
ALEXANDRIA, SYDNEY || NSW || Australia (AU) || | SF: LI || Bachelor (ECT) 3yr || Full-Time