Alice Springs Family Day Care

⭐️Family Day Care Manager ⭐️
⭐️Full-Time | Alice Springs⭐️

Are you passionate about early childhood education and empowering educators to do their best work?
We're looking for a dedicated, organised, and experienced Family Day Care Manager to join our team and make a real difference in the lives of children, families, and educators across our service.

About the Role

As our Family Day Care Manager, you'll be at the heart of our service — supporting and mentoring educators, ensuring compliance, and championing quality outcomes for children and families. You'll work alongside educators, families, and regulatory bodies to maintain safe, nurturing, and stimulating care environments.
This is a meaningful leadership role for someone who thrives on building relationships, problem-solving, and driving continuous improvement in early childhood education.

Key Responsibilities
🔴Support, mentor, and build the capacity of family day care educators

🔴Ensure compliance with the National Quality Standards and Education and Care Services National Regulations

🔴Conduct regular home visits and monitor care environments

🔴Assist with recruitment, onboarding, and training of new educators

🔴Maintain accurate records and prepare reports as required

🔴Liaise with families, community stakeholders, and regulatory bodies

🔴Drive continuous improvement and promote best-practice outcomes

About You
Required:
🟣Diploma or higher in Early Childhood Education (or equivalent) — or working towards one

🟣Sound knowledge of family day care regulations and the NQF

🟣Experience in early childhood education and/or family day care coordination

🟣Strong interpersonal, communication, and relationship-building skills

🟣Ability to work independently and manage your time effectively

🟣Current Working with Children Check, National Police Check, and valid Driver's Licence

🟣Current First Aid and CPR (Education and Care) — or willingness to obtain

If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been looking for, we’d love to hear from you!

Please send your expression of interest and resume to [email protected]

We look forward to welcoming the right person to our team!

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This week is National Family Day Care Week

Join us in celebrating

Share a memory of educators who made your Alice Springs Family Day Care journey a positive experience.

⭐ EXPRESSION OF INTEREST – PART TIME ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE ⭐
Are you an experienced admin professional looking for a part-time meaningful and flexible role?

We are a busy and supportive Family Day Care service seeking an organised, friendly, and reliable person to join our team in a flexible administrative role (12-15 hours per week)

This position is ideal for someone wanting to work around school hours — we understand the juggle and offer flexibility with start and finish times.

About the Role:
You’ll be supporting the day-to-day operations of our Family Day Care service, helping ensure everything runs smoothly for our educators, families, and children.

Key responsibilities include:

🔴Managing emails, phone calls, and family enquiries

🔴Supporting enrolments and maintaining accurate records

🔴Working alongside our bookkeeper with accounts and invoicing

🔴Timesheet processing

About You:

🟣We’re looking for someone who:
Has previous administrative experience
Is confident using computers and able to learn new systems quickly

🟣Has strong communication and organisational skills

🟣Is friendly, approachable, and professional

🟣Can work both independently and as part of a team

🟣Has an understanding of (or interest in) early childhood education (desirable but not essential)

Hours:

🟡Approximately 12-15 hours per week

🟡Flexible arrangement – ideal for working around school drop-offs and pick-ups

If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been looking for, we’d love to hear from you!

Please send your expression of interest and resume to [email protected]

We look forward to welcoming the right person to our team!

Parrtjima starts today don’t forget to go out and experience everything it has to offer

Register Free - Apr 10-19 Alice Springs, 10 nights

Registration closes soon, if your little one likes netball don’t forget to sign up

LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER — APRIL SCHOOL HOLIDAY CLINICS

Registrations for Netball NT’s April School Holiday Clinics in Darwin and Alice Springs are closing soon.

Registrations close at 11:59pm, Thursday 2 April.

Don’t miss this opportunity for young players to take the court before the season begins, or keep the momentum going and stay active during the holidays.

Open to all ability levels:

// Netball Foundations (Ages 5–10) — building confidence and core skills

// Junior Netball Development (11&U & 13&U) — refining skills and game understanding

Clinic Dates

Wednesday 8 April & Friday 10 April
9:00am – 3:00pm

Locations

Darwin — Territory Netball Stadium, Marrara
Alice Springs — Pat Gallagher Netball Stadium

Cost

$88 per day

Secure your spot before registrations close:

https://nt.netball.com.au/alice_shcform

There’s lots of holiday fun on this week!

Our AGM is coming up on the 14th of December, we are encouraging parents and members of the community to apply for a spot on our board!