Nursery Manager

Bright Horizons; Livingston; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-respected organization is seeking a Nursery Manager to oversee the Livingston nursery. In this role, you will lead a dedicated team to provide exceptional care and education, ensuring compliance with safeguarding standards while driving performance and engagement. Ideal candidates will have a relevant Level 3 qualification and experience in Early Years management. This role offers a competitive salary alongside benefits such as childcare discounts, enhanced leave, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Childcare discount of 100% for first child

Enhanced parental leave

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Pension

Financial and wellbeing benefits

Professional development programme

Qualifications

• Experience in an Early Years leadership role.
• Participation in regulatory inspections achieving 'Good' or 'Outstanding'.
• Strong understanding of child protection and legislative requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team to deliver outstanding care and education.
• Manage safeguarding policies and daily operations.
• Implement strategies for nursery performance and revenue generation.

Skills

Leadership

Decision Making

Safeguarding Knowledge

Education

Full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification

Job description

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Salary – From £44,500 -per annum (dependent on qualification/s and experience)

Location – Livingston

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 Livingston nursery.

From £44,500 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

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 PVG Check.

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!