This is more than a Team Leader role, it’s an opportunity to partner with a remote Aboriginal community to create a safe, culturally responsive early learning environment where children, families and educators can thrive. Unlike a traditional Long Day Care setting, success in this role is built on genuine relationships, cultural respect and the ability to work alongside the community to achieve shared outcomes.
- It emphasises partnerships with a remote Aboriginal community rather than simply managing a centre
- It highlights stronger outcomes for children, families, educators and the broader community
- It focuses on the relationship-building, cultural responsiveness, collaborative leadership, empathy and resilience as the defining qualities for success
54 reasons is Australia’s leading child rights organisation – no ordinary not-for-profit.
Proudly part of the Save the Children Australia Group and global movement, we’re here to make sure that children and young people have their rights met and thrive, in all their diversity.
With the child’s voice at the centre, we provide quality services to children and their caregivers in every state and territory, and across regions, remote areas and capital cities. From our programs to our support services - this is the place to realise your purpose.
A place to make a difference:
In this full-time role you’ll work as a part of our Early Years Team in Mornington Island to help us create lasting change for children everywhere.
You will make a difference by:
- Empathy and compassion-responds to children, families and staff with understanding and care, creating an environment where everyone feels valued, supported and respected.
- Leadership and Team Development-inspire, mentors and empowers educators to achieve their best resulting in motivated team, improved retention and a positive work culture.
- Integrity and accountability-leads with honesty, fairness and professionalism, ensuring compliance with legislation while building confidence among staff, families and stakeholders.
- Commitment and continuous improvement-seeks feedback, reflects on practice and drives quality improvement initiatives, resulting in better outcomes for children, families and the service
- Adaptability and resilience-remains calm and solutions-focused in a remote setting, adapting to changing priorities and overcoming challenges while maintaining high-quality service delivery
A place to feel valued:
Your deep expertise in early childhood development will be invaluable.
This role requires:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), a Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care will be considered (recognised by ACECQA as an early childhood teaching)
- Through knowledge of child protection processes and commitment to upholding all Regulatory processes.
- Experience working with and supervising educators providing care and supervision for young children from diverse backgrounds, particularly Aboriginal and Torre Strait Islander background.
- Demonstrated experience in working alongside children and families, using a partnership and strengths-based approach, to set and achieve agreed outcomes in a community development setting.
- Current driver’s licence
A place to belong:
At 54 reasons, we invest in the development and wellbeing of our people. Our workforce is approximately 600 people strong, and proudly diverse, whether in race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, cultures and beliefs.
It takes all types of people to do the challenging work we do. We are diverse personalities, backgrounds and talents, embracing our differences as one strong and united team. We see and celebrate the unique value you bring to our organisation, and offer a range of rewards for your effort, including:
- Award rate salary (currently Level 6.1 currently $58.37 per hour) plus access full salary packaging benefits -
- Remote Benefits: generous annual remote location allowance paid on top of your base salary, flight benefit plus 5 weeks’ annual leave to use in a range of ways to ensure you’re able to perform at your optimum - excludes FIFO arrangements
- Supportive Managers – we provide professional supervision training and monthly supervision sessions so you can feel supported and build a career at Save
- Support for workplace wellness, including access to our free, confidential Employee Wellbeing Program
Celebrate and feel supported in your diversity. We have a highly inclusive culture and diverse workforce reflecting the communities we serve, allowing you to bring your whole self to work (if that’s what you want!).
Follow this link for the full list of our employee benefits.
Does this sound like the place for you?
We’d love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume below.
We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates to apply.
Applications Close: Monday August 10th, 2026. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis as they come in, so don’t delay in applying!
Position Description: Team Leader Day Care
For more information about this position, please contact Anne Hodge on 0428 878 026 or [email protected] Or for more information about a career at Save, visit our Careers Page.
We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind, with the intent to ensure its straightforward and accessible for all to apply. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no one-size fits-all when it comes to recruitment - so if we didn’t quite hit the mark for you, please let us know at [email protected]. We’re dedicated to ensuring Save the Children Australia is a place where everyone can feel supported – no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, neurodiversity, culture and beliefs.
Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.
Save the Children is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups, consistent with our obligations under OH&S legislation.
If you are having any issues with uploading your application for this role, please contact [email protected] for further support.
