Nursery Manager

Bright Horizons; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading childcare provider in Greater London seeks an experienced Nursery Manager to lead a dedicated team in delivering exceptional care and education. Responsibilities include managing the day-to-day nursery operations, acting as the Designated Safeguarding Lead, and fostering strong relationships with parents and colleagues. The ideal candidate will have a Level 3 Early Years qualification and prior leadership experience within Early Years settings. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package offered.

Benefits

Up to £43,743 per annum

100% childcare discount for first child

Enhanced parental leave

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Pension

Financial and wellbeing benefits

Professional development programme

Qualifications

• Full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification.
• Experience within an Early Years leadership role.
• Experience of participating with a regulatory inspection.
• Experience of developing high performance teams.
• Strong knowledge of Safeguarding and Child Protection.
• Ability to develop trust with colleagues and parents.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to deliver outstanding care and education.
• Act as Designated Safeguarding Lead.
• Manage day to day running of the nursery.
• Recruit and develop high performing colleagues.
• Implement commercial plans for delivering growth.
• Optimise nursery performance and cost efficiency.

Job description

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.

Qualifications

• 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 the 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

Diversity & Inclusion

We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all ages and backgrounds to apply. We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants.

Regulatory Requirements

Due to our sector all roles are subject to an Enhanced DBS.

Benefits

• From £43,743 per annum
• Childcare discount of 100% for first child
• Enhanced parental leave
• 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