Busy Bees is a leading global early learning provider, offering high-quality education in nurturing, purpose-built centres where educators are supported to grow, lead and make a real difference in children's lives, with over 130 centres across Australia and around 3,000 employees.
Bee Safe: Child safety is at the heart of everything we do and is embedded in our people, places and processes. Help us give every child the Best Start in Life.
We're seeking an experienced and influential Safeguarding Practice Coach to support a critical transition program. In this hands-on role, you'll work alongside educators and leaders to embed best-practice safeguarding before, during and after service transitions. Through practical coaching, mentoring and on-the-floor support, you'll strengthen safeguarding capability, promote a culture of child safety and help create environments where children, families and educators can thrive.
This is a 12-month fixed-term position based in the ACT , requiring regular travel and a daily on-site presence across our services.
Embed safeguarding practices through hands-on coaching and on-the-floor support.
Observe practice, provide real-time feedback and mentor educators and leaders.
Deliver safeguarding training and build team capability, confidence and accountability.
Identify risks and continuous improvement opportunities to strengthen quality outcomes.
Reinforce Busy Bees' safeguarding framework and One Platform approach.
Partner with Service Leaders, Area Directors and Operations to drive consistent safeguarding standards across transitioning services.
A genuine commitment to child safety and wellbeing, aligned with our Busy Bees values.
ACECQA-approved Diploma or Bachelor in Early Childhood Education and Care, with a current Working with Children Check (or ability to obtain).
Significant experience in early childhood, safeguarding, quality, compliance, training or coaching roles.
Proven ability to coach, mentor and influence educators and leaders.
Strong knowledge of safeguarding, compliance and quality standards in regulated environments.
Skilled at identifying risks and delivering practical, solution-focused improvements.
Ability to work independently across multiple sites, with flexibility to travel.
Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills.
Because we offer the B.E.E.S. advantage:
Better pay. Everyday balance. Education for growth. Support you can rely on.
We live by our values of Care, Quality, Service and Value to make a real impact on child safety and quality.
The opportunity to make a lasting impact by strengthening safeguarding practices across multiple services during a significant national transition.
Family-friendly benefits; 50% childcare gap-fee discounts for permanent staff, because your family should benefit too.
Global & national opportunities; connect with leaders across Australia and apply for our Global Talent Exchange Program (UK, Canada and Asia).
Stability with heart; a global organisation with a local feel, where child safety, wellbeing and quality are never compromised.
Supportive leaders & inclusive teams; hands-on leadership, strong tenure and a culture built on trust, respect and collaboration.
Employment is conditional on satisfactory, rigorous pre-employment checks (including WWCC, ID, Qualifications, Gecko Training, Work Rights & References) and child safety training, reflecting our strong commitment to safeguarding, equity, diversity and inclusion.
We are proud to be a child safe organisation, putting child safety at the heart of everything we do through our Triple Layer Child Safety Framework: trusted, trained and caring people, safe, supervised and supportive environments, and clear, consistent and transparent processes.
Why Work for Busy Bees?
If you’re passionate about early learning, Busy Bees is the place to be. Although we are part of a global organisation, our company was founded by three families looking for better, more enriching childcare. Three decades later, we still keep the same values at heart.
We know that we couldn’t do what we do without the important people in our teams. We invest in our people and work with them to build career pathways that inspire.
