Nursery Manager
Nursery Manager
What we can offer you:
- Competitive salary, up to £23ph (£46,800pa)
- Access to retail and other discounts through Perkbox
- Annual wellness day off
- 50% childcare discount
- Generous holiday allowance, increasing with years of service
- Performance related bonuses
- Dedicated learning and development support
We are a beautiful 80 place nursery in Dorset. Our values are built around creating the bets possible environment for our staff and children. We believe in high standards, praising each other, pulling together as a team whilst actively helping others to grow.
Our Nursery Manager’s primary objective is to ensure that their setting has the right culture, policies, and resources to deliver the high standards of childcare and early years education expected by parents, Ofsted.
About the job:
As Nursery Manager, the job is broad and varied! - but some of your responsibilities will include:
- Conducting risk assessments of the nursery environment and ensuring that relevant Health and Safety legislation is adhered to at the setting
- Ensuring the highest standards of childcare are delivered at the setting
- Making sure nursery operations adhere to learning policies and procedures
- Conducting regular staff supervisions, and creates plans for staff development
- Delivering high setting occupancy, promoting the setting through local marketing
- Hiring and developing top talent
- Demonstrating strong leadership and promoting Values and Behaviours
- Acting as the Designated Safeguarding Lead at the nursery and hold overall responsibility for the day to day management of safeguarding and child protection policies within the nursery
- Building an effective parent engagement strategy, creating links between home and the setting.
About you:
- Early years education and care qualification to at least NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
- Experience in a Nursery Manager capacity
- Understanding of special educational needs and equality of opportunity
- Paediatric first-aid and food hygiene trained
- Ability to communicate effectively both in writing and orally
- Experience with nursery administration (children invoices, payroll and timesheets)
- Experience in providing staff training
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All employees will be subject to background checks, enhanced DBS checks and reference checks.
Required skills
- Childcare
- Management
- Nursery
- Early Years
Reference: 52181418
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