Specialist recruiters for the people who shape childhoods.
Anila is the specialist permanent recruitment agency for Early Years and OSHC. Founded by someone who's worked the floor, not generalists working a list. Trusted by operators and educators in every state of Australia.
Trusted by leading ECEC and OSHC operators across Australia.
Running the search yourself? You already know how this goes.
Most operators come to us after weeks of trying. Not because they cannot recruit, but because running a service and running a search are two full time jobs.
The DIY search
- The ad runs for weeks and attracts everyone except the people you actually need
- Screening, chasing and no shows eat hours you owe to your service
- Vacant rooms mean expensive casuals, ratio pressure and a tired team
- The rare great candidate has three offers before you find time to call
With Anila
- You brief us once. We carry the search while you run your service
- You only meet people worth meeting: screened, checked and genuinely interested
- Vacancies close in days or weeks, not months
- You get a childcare specialist in your corner, not another agency flooding your inbox
Two audiences. One standard.
Whether you run centres or work in them, you get the same thing from us: sector fluency, straight answers, and a process that respects your time.
Every role, from the room to the boardroom
ECTs and Room Leaders, Centre Directors, Area Managers, right through to Heads of Safeguarding, Heads of Operations, General Managers and CEOs. Every candidate is screened for qualifications, compliance and genuine commitment before you see a resume.
Request talent →Find a role that matches your purpose
We work exclusively in Early Years and OSHC, so we know which employers invest in their people and which roles will actually grow your career.
Browse live roles →What you get at every phase
No mystery and no method lecture. Just the outcomes you can expect from the moment you brief us.
Certainty on day one
You know exactly what the market looks like for your role: salary reality, candidate availability and a realistic timeline.
Straight answersReach you cannot buy
Your role gets in front of people job ads never touch, including the ones who are not looking.
Passive talentA shortlist worth your time
Every candidate you meet is screened, compliance checked and genuinely interested. No CV spam.
Days, not weeksMomentum to offer
No stalls and no ghosting. You make decisions quickly, with everything you need to know in front of you.
No surprisesA hire that sticks
Structured support for both sides well past start date, so small issues never become resignations.
Long after day oneDeep in childcare. Every role in it.
We work only in this sector and know it from the inside, and it shows in who we can find you.
Early Years Education & Care
Long day care, preschool and early learning across metro and regional Australia.
- Centre Directors & Assistant Directors
- ECTs & Educational Leaders
- Room Leaders
Outside School Hours Care
Before and after school care, plus vacation care. One of the fastest growing corners of the sector.
- Area & Regional Managers
- Service Coordinators
- Responsible Persons
Executive & Head Office
Leadership searches for providers, from head office through to the board table.
- CEOs & General Managers
- Heads of Safeguarding & Quality
- Heads of Operations & People
We search. Job boards wait.
Advertising only reaches people actively looking, and rarely the best of them. We start with our own network of 11,000+ childcare professionals and go directly to the people you actually want.
- A network of 11,000+Childcare professionals we already know, across every state.
- Direct approach to passive talentThe Centre Director you actually want is employed right now. We know how to reach her.
- Compliance checked up frontQualifications and WWCC verified before you meet anyone.
4.9 stars from the people who would know
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“I had an excellent experience with this recruitment agency. The team was responsive, professional, and genuinely committed to finding the right fit. Highly recommend!”
“Choosing Andi to assist me in finding an Assistant Director for my service was unquestionably the best decision. She listened attentively, provided invaluable advice, and took the...”
“Cheela was absolutely incredible, communication was impeccable and she was very responsive. Cheela was such a delight to deal with, so helpful during each stage and made the...”
Live roles right now
Real permanent roles with real salaries listed, because vague ads waste everyone's time.
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Founded by someone who's done the job we recruit for
Anila was founded in 2022 by Andi Kandias, after 11 years of frontline experience in Early Years and OSHC. It started with a simple observation: the sector deserved a specialist partner who understands ratios, rosters, QIP pressure and what "the right fit" actually means at 6:45am on a Monday.
Years and hundreds of successful searches later, that's still the whole strategy: deep specialisation, honest advice, and placements that last.
Meet the team →The next great hire is already in our network.
Tell us about the role, or the career move, and we will give you a straight answer on what the market looks like this week.
Need more than a single hire?
We become your fully outsourced recruitment team: volume hiring, workforce planning and onboarding, shaped around your services and your growth plans.