Early Childhood Education

Meet Kathryn:
Your Early Childhood Education HR Consultant

“We understand your industry, culture and team; working with you to devise HR services & strategies as your Early Childhood Education HR Consultants”.

For all your outsourced Childcare HR services and needs, you simply cannot go past CIRCLE HR as one of the best HR agencies in Sydney for childcare specific HR consultants!

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About the Early Childhood Education Sector

As a long-established specialist HR agency in the childcare industry and early childhood education HR consultants, we proudly support both local and national childcare centres across Sydney and beyond.

With extensive childcare sector knowledge and decades of HR expertise, we offer tailored recruitment and human resource solutions that help early learning centres thrive. From advising on compliance and staffing strategies to dealing with complex HR issues, our commitment is to strengthen the foundation of quality care and education through people and early childhood centre HR support.

We understand the specific challenges faced by early childhood providers — from navigating complex funding arrangements and staffing ratios, to staying compliant with evolving regulations, governance and HR compliance. HR support for preschools across Sydney!

Our team brings unmatched insight into the childcare sector’s frameworks and care standards, ensuring your centre remains people-focused, well-supported, and legally protected.

Our consultants work closely with your leadership team, offering on-site support, staff engagement, and strategic workforce planning. Whether managing difficult employee matters or building a positive workplace culture, we bring the right expertise, systems, and guidance tailored to your environment. For Childcare and Early Learning Centres, you need a strong HR partner and tailored solutions for your needs.

With a strong grounding in Australian Industrial Relations and a hands-on approach, we’re not just another agency — we’re the childcare HR consultants trusted by early education providers across the country.

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Your Early Childhood Education Consultant

Kathryn MacMillan is the founder and Managing Director of CIRCLE Recruitment & HR and an expert in the Early Childhood Education Sector. She possesses deep subject-matter expertise in Early Childhood Education human resource management, including workforce management of educators and teachers, alongside comprehensive knowledge of Fair Work Act compliance.

CIRCLE Recruitment & HR has a long history of HR consulting to the Early Childhood Education sector. Kathryn is well versed in accreditation and the unique landscape that is Early Childhood Education in Australia and has managed the agency for over 20 years.

She has seen many changes and worked with her clients in Sydney, as well as nationally through, various funding regimes, the implementation of the Early Childhood Education Quality Standards and the Covid Pandemic.

As an early childhood education HR consultant, her understanding of the staffing challenges faced by the early childhood education sector with regulation and best practices changes, coupled with skill requirements, makes her a great person to help your centre. Understanding your trigger points including risk, stress and compliance pressure, Kathryn is a senior childcare HR consultant who has the experience and technical knowledge to help you manage your people!

Winning the prestigious Kingsley Laffer Memorial Award for Industrial Relations at Sydney University in 2018, she has a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management & Industrial Relations from Sydney University, is an Accredited Recruitment Professional with the Recruitment Consulting Services Association (MRCSA), and a certified professional member of Australian Human Resource Institute (CAHRI).