Nursery Manager

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

Job summary

A leading childcare provider in England is seeking a Nursery Manager to lead a team in delivering outstanding care and education. Responsibilities include managing nursery operations, acting as Designated Safeguarding Lead, and developing high-performance teams. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in Early Years leadership and a Level 3 qualification.

Benefits

Childcare discount of 100% for first child

Enhanced parental leave

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Pension

Professional development program access

Qualifications

• Experience within an Early Years leadership role.
• Participated in regulatory inspections leading to 'Good' or 'Outstanding' outcomes.
• Ability to develop strong partnerships with colleagues and parents.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to deliver outstanding care and education.
• Act as Designated Safeguarding Lead.
• Manage daily nursery operations and safeguarding policies.

Skills

Leadership

Regulatory compliance

Team development

Safeguarding knowledge

Decision making

Education

Level 3 Early Years qualification

Job description

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

• 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

Additional Information

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.

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 Bright Horizons Kenilworth Day Nursery and Preschool to support as a Lunch Cover. The nursery is situated in the beautiful castle town of Kenilworth, commutable from Coventry, Warwick, Leamington Spa and the West Midlands. This nursery is rated 'Good' by Ofsted and offers a full refurbished environment, extensive outdoor area and dedicated sensory corners, imagination stations and cosy reading corners.

Benefits

• Childcare discount of 100% for first child
• Enhanced parental leave
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and paid Christmas closure; ability to 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