Overview

The Centre Leader leads in developing strategic plans and structures to foster a culture of care and trust, mentoring, collaborative professionalism and continuous learning within the Centre. He/She is responsible for managing and enhancing Centre operations while adhering to industry regulations. He/She drives operational and programme excellence by developing strong processes in strategic areas such as governance, partnerships, continuous development, curriculum and pedagogy.

He/She develops frameworks for sustained collaborative partnerships with stakeholders, possesses strong communication skills and is highly influential. He/She leads in modelling the Centre’s mission, vision and values, and oversees the well-being of all staff in the Centre.

responsibilities

1. Manage manpower resources

a) Lead the design of initiatives to establish a culture of collaboration within the Centre.

b) Review Centre's manpower plans.

c) Establish strategies to engender a culture of mentoring, coaching and capability development within the Centre

d) Drive capability development and coaching initiatives within the Centre

2. Manage Centre operations

a) Lead the development of improvements on systems, processes and operations.

b) Review the coherence of Centre’s initiatives, systems and processes.

c) Develop preventive and pre-emptive strategies for challenges faced by team leaders within the Centre.

d) Manage the budget for day-to-day operations in the Centre.

3. Drive programmes and service excellence initiatives

a) Lead Centre to develop Centre strategic priorities, culture and governance.

b) Establish plans and structures to engender a culture of continuous learning within the Centre.

c) Drive buy-in on vision, mission and values within the Centre.

d) Drive initiative and enterprise within the Centre.

4. Plan and implement curriculum and programmes

a) Drive the design of quality teaching and learning approaches beyond the Centre level.

b) Drive the enhancement of learning needs assessment processes and structures.

c) Align children engagement strategies in accordance with Centre policies.

d) Drive the development of quality classroom management strategies in accordance with leading practices beyond the Centre level.

e) Evaluate improvements made to enhance quality of learning environment.

f) Advocate the importance of appropriate health, safety, nutritional and hygiene standards and procedures beyond the Centre level.

g) Lead the development of new teaching and learning methods, tools and assistive technologies based on emerging trends in the sector.

5. Build stakeholder relationships and partnerships

a) Inculcate a culture of collaboration within the Centre.

b) Lead the strategic design of partnerships and collaborations with families and community stakeholders within the Centre.

c) Model professionalism when collaborating with families and community stakeholders within the Centre.

d) Represent the Centre to build business relationships.

e) Design Centre initiatives, families and community programmes and initiatives.

6. Uplift professional practice

a) Establish plans and structures to engender a culture of mentoring within the Cluster.

b) Drive professional development, training, workshops, educational initiatives and service quality improvement of professionals.

c) Drive buy-in on vision, mission and values within the Centre.

7. Others

a) Any other duties as and when assigned by Headquarters.

requirements

8. Technical Competencies

a) Please refer to SkillsFramework for Early Childhood sector

b) Competent with Microsoft applications (Outlook, Word and Excel)

9. Core Competencies

a) Advanced inclusivity building skills able to oversee the development and implementation of processes and practices which

build an inclusive work environment and enable diverse groups to work effectively together.

b) Advanced communication skills to synthesise information and inputs to communicate an overarching storyline to multiple stakeholders.

c) Advanced people development skills to foster a conducive environment to enable employees’ professional and personal development, in alignment with the organisation’s

objectives and goals.

a) Proficient in written and spoken English

b) Meticulous mindset and follows through with processes and tasks

c) Strong multi-tasking skill

10. Preferred achievements / characteristics

a) L2 certified with Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA)

b) Advanced Diploma in Early Childhood Leadership (“ADECL”) or equivalent