Nursery Manager

The Treehouse Club; Billericay; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 29,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free lunch

Free parking

Birthday day off

Sick pay

Pension

Staff events

Childcare discount

Mentoring programme

On-site parking

Discounted food

Job summary

The Treehouse Club, a Forestry Nursery and Out of School Club in Essex, is seeking a Nursery Manager to lead a large setting, ensuring high standards of care, safeguarding, learning, and operational excellence. You will model best practice, support staff development, and maintain strong relationships with families.

This role involves leading Ofsted readiness, health and safety oversight, budgeting, staff supervisions, and driving a child-centered, outdoor-learning environment across our 12

Qualifications

• Level 3 Childcare Qualification (or higher) required.
• Nursery Management experience of 2 years required.
• Eligible to work in the UK; no sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operations to uphold EYFS and Ofsted standards.
• Support staff development and conduct regular supervisions.
• Manage safeguarding as Designated Safeguarding Lead.
• Oversee health and safety and budgeting.
• Engage with families and lead weekly manager calls.

Education

Level 3 Childcare Qualification

Nursery Management 2y

Job description

4 days per week 7:30am - 6:30pm, Monday - Friday with set day off every week.

The Treehouse Club is a Forestry Nursery and Out of School Club chain in the heart of Essex. Operating for 14 years, we have grown to 12 settings including Nurseries, Preschools, After-School and Holiday clubs and looking to expand further.

As Nursery Manager, you will be responsible for the day-to-day leadership and management of a large nursery, ensuring the highest standards of care, safeguarding, learning, and operational excellence. You will lead by example, support staff development, maintain strong relationships with families, and ensure the setting meets all EYFS and Ofsted requirements.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who believes in the value of outdoor learning and wants to shape a creative, child‑centred environment.

Working 4 days per week 7:30am - 6:30pm, Monday - Friday with set day off every week.

Salary: £17.64 per hour.

Benefits of our nursery manager include:

• Free daily lunch
• Free parking
• Extra birthday day off on us!
• Sick Pay
• Pension
• Staff events
• 50% Off Childcare at any Treehouse Club
• Company events
• Company pension
• Discounted or free food
• Employee mentoring programme
• On‑site parking
• Sick pay (after completion of 6 months probation)

Nursery Manager Job Role:

• To promote a consistent approach working towards our visions and mission, improving the quality of learning and development in the company’s settings and deploying this.
• Lead the team in providing high standards of care and education for the children.
• To lead Ofsted inspections and work with other local authorities as needed.
• To be Designated Safeguarding Lead (training will be provided).
• To support with company development.
• Overall management of Health and safety.
• Review setting budget, and spend accordingly for your setting.
• Review Staff development and implement improvement plans, alongside carrying out regular supervisions with the staff.
• Ensure your setting is meeting the company policies and procedures.
• Review setting development plans and target and update accordingly.
• Provide the team with regular training updates, and ensure they are completing their mandatory training regularly.
• Monitor and promote equality.
• Lead the nursery in their self‑evaluation and quality assurance processes.
• To undertake any other reasonable duties as directed.
• Join weekly calls with the other Managers, Area Managers and Directors to share best practice and to keep up to date with the business.

Safeguarding statement:

The Treehouse Forestry Nursery and Out of School Club is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and takes its statutory duties and responsibilities in this context very seriously. We expect everyone working in or on behalf of the setting to share our commitment.

We take pride in ensuring that our robust policies and procedures are reviewed regularly and implemented consistently, by everyone, as we strive to maintain a strong safeguarding working practices and culture. Annual safeguarding training is provided to all staff and is an integral part of the setting’s Continued Professional Development training. All staff, volunteers and main contractors undergo appropriate DBS checks prior to appointment.

Safer recruitment:

The Treehouse Forestry Nursery and Out of School Club applies safer recruitment policies to ensure that all of our staff are suitable to work with children and young people. We advise you in advance that two people will be involved in your recruitment process. Both people will partake in your interview and each person will individually review all applications and paperwork to ensure that you are suitable for the role.

Part of our safer recruitment procedure includes obtaining references for you. One of these references must be your latest employer. If you are unable to obtain a reference before the interview from your current employer then you must obtain references from the employer before that as well as one other reference.

References from former employers are preferable over any other referee. Please note that we will need to obtain a reference from your latest employer before completing our processes for you to commence working for us.

We are at liberty to advise you that if there are gaps in your employment history or any other information that gives us cause for concern, we will contact your former employers to obtain further information and satisfy any concerns that we have.

Eligibility to work within the UK:

We will need to obtain evidence from you to confirm that you are eligible to work within the UK. We confirm that this information, as well as all personal information, will be held in our Staff Central Record.

We do not offer sponsorship to overseas workers.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Pay: £17.64 per hour

Experience:

Nursery Management: 2 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

Level 3 Childcare Qualification (or higher) (required)

Ability to commute/relocate:

Outwood Common Road, Billericay, CM11 1HA: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)