Nursery Manager

Bright Horizons UK; Kenilworth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading nursery organization in Kenilworth is seeking an experienced Nursery Manager to deliver outstanding care and education. You will be responsible for managing day-to-day operations and ensuring compliance with safeguarding policies. If you are passionate about working with children and want to make a difference, apply today! This role comes with a competitive salary starting from £40,996.80 per annum and various benefits, including childcare discounts.

Benefits

Childcare discount of 100% for first child

Enhanced parental leave

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Pension

24/7 virtual GP appointments

Qualifications

• Experience in an Early Years leadership role (Manager, Deputy, Assistant).
• Participation in regulatory inspections yielding a 'Good' outcome.
• Ability to develop high-performance teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to deliver outstanding care and education.
• Act as Designated Safeguarding Lead.
• Manage the day-to-day operations of the nursery.

Skills

Leadership in Early Years

Effective communication

Decision making

Regulatory compliance

Child safeguarding knowledge

Education

Level 3 or above Early Years qualification

Job description

Nursery – Bright Horizons Kenilworth Day Nursery

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

Location – Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8

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 proudly rated 'Good' by Ofsted and offers a full refurbished environment, extensive outdoor area and a designated sensory corners, imagination stations and cosy reading corners.

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! INDCLH

We look forward to receiving your application!

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