Nursery Manager

Bright Horizons; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Childcare discount (100%)

Enhanced parental leave

Bonus up to £6,000

25 days annual leave + holidays

Pension

Wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Bright Horizons Farnborough is seeking a Nursery Manager to lead a team and deliver outstanding care and education for every child. The role starts as maternity cover and will later support nearby nurseries.

As Designated Safeguarding Lead you will ensure safeguarding, recruit and develop colleagues, and partner with support office teams to drive performance, staffing and compliant service. You will implement commercial plans to support revenue and cost efficiency, maintain staff ratios, and

Qualifications

• Full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification
• Experience in an Early Years leadership role at management level
• Experience participating in regulatory inspections resulting in Good/Outstanding
• Ability to develop high-performance teams with regulatory compliance

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to deliver outstanding care and education for children
• Act as Designated Safeguarding Lead and manage safeguarding policies
• Partner with support offices to recruit, nurture and develop staff
• Drive performance, revenue generation, and cost efficiency while maintaining ratios

Job description

We're looking for a Nursery Manager to join our team. This role will initially be covering a maternity cover role at our Farnborough nursery, after that, the role will be supporting our local surrounding nursery., As a Nursery Manager, you will lead a team to deliver outstanding care and education to all the children in your setting, and through inspirational leadership drive employee engagement, retention and performance. You will act as Designated Safeguarding Lead, holding overall responsibility for the day to day running of the nursery, and management of safeguarding policies.

You will work in partnership with support office teams to recruit, nurture, and continuously develop high performing colleagues, as well as identify and implement commercial plans and strategies to deliver FTE growth. You will optimise nursery performance, revenue generation, and cost efficiency in line with staff ratio requirements.

Bright Horizons is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This post is subject to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, which will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.

• Full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification
• Experience within an Early Years leadership role (ideally as a Nursery Manager, Deputy Manager, Assistant Manager or similar)
• Experience of participating with a regulatory inspection, leading to a 'Good' or 'Outstanding' outcome
• Experience of developing high performance teams, with effective regulatory compliance, quality improvement, delivery of high-quality pedagogy, innovation and service excellence
• Confident decision maker, with ability to support change and understanding of complex relationship between commercial and service excellence within a regulated setting
• Strong knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding, Child Protection, and the wider legislative requirements for working with children
• Ability to develop trust and strong working partnerships with both colleagues and parents/ carers

Our Benefits

• Childcare discount of 100% for first child
• Enhanced parental leave
• Competitive bonus of up to £6,000, awarded in line with Ofsted inspection outcomes
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and paid Christmas closure. Ability to also purchase additional leave
• Pension
• Financial and wellbeing benefits including 24/7 virtual GP appointments, early access to wages, and more
• Professional development programme access for every stage of your career, including access to a careers coach
• Subject to T&Cs