Nursery Manager

Bright Horizons UK; Hertford; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading childcare provider in Hertford is looking for a Nursery Manager to deliver outstanding care and education. You will lead a dedicated team and ensure compliance with safeguarding policies while fostering a positive learning environment. Ideal candidates should hold a Level 3 Early Years qualification and have leadership experience in early years settings. This position offers a competitive salary and generous benefits including childcare discounts and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Childcare discount for first child

Enhanced parental leave

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Pension plan

Wellbeing benefits including virtual GP appointments

Qualifications

• Hold a relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification.
• Experience in an Early Years leadership role is essential.
• Strong knowledge of Safeguarding and Child Protection.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to deliver outstanding care and education.
• Act as Designated Safeguarding Lead.
• Manage operational aspects of the nursery.

Skills

Early Years leadership experience

Safeguarding knowledge

Team development

Regulatory compliance

Decision-making

Communication with parents

Education

Level 3 or above Early Years qualification

Job description

Nursery – Bright Horizons Hertford Day Nursery and Preschool

Salary – Starting from: £40,996.80 per annum (dependant on qualification/s and experience)

Location- Hertford, SG13

Are you looking to work for an organisation whose culture is driven by our HEART principles – Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork? Where you can be yourself, feel supported, and help to make a difference to the next generation? Somewhere you can say: “I did that.”

We’re looking for a Nursery Manager to join our Hertford Nursery. Our Hertford Nursery opened in January 2020 and is located on the Foxholes Business Park with great transport links including local bus routes and is close to the Hertford East train station with on-site parking is also available.

The nursery benefits from seven individual rooms, each tailored to each age group with fantastic resources. All of the rooms have been designed to be flexible and with good access to the garden area which the children enjoy regularly.The nursery is proudly Ofsted rated 'Good'.

Our Benefits

• 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

The Role

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.

What we’re looking for

• 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

We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all ages and backgrounds to apply. We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants. Please note, due to our sector all roles are subject to an Enhanced DBS.

If you want to make a difference, with a company who has been voted Great Place to Work every year since 2006, apply today!

We look forward to receiving your application!

If you experience any problems, please [e-mail] we will be happy to help.