Nursery Manager

MP Training and Recruitment; London; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in early childhood education is seeking a Nursery Manager for Bright Horizons Higham's Park. This role involves effectively leading the team to deliver high-quality care, ensuring compliance with safeguarding standards, and optimizing nursery performance. With numerous employee benefits and a commitment to career development, this is an exciting opportunity to make a positive impact in children's lives.

Benefits

100% childcare discount for first child

Enhanced parental leave

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Paid Christmas closure

Pension plan

Financial and wellbeing benefits

Access to professional development programmes

Qualifications

• Experience in Early Years leadership role (ideally as Nursery Manager, Deputy Manager, etc.).
• Experience with regulatory inspections leading to 'Good' or 'Outstanding' outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to deliver outstanding care and education.
• Act as Designated Safeguarding Lead and manage policies.
• Develop high-performing colleagues and implement commercial plans.

Skills

Leadership

Safeguarding

Child Protection

Team Development

Regulatory Compliance

Education

Level 3 Early Years qualification

Job description

Nursery – Bright Horizons Higham's Park Day Nursery & Pre School

Salary – From £43,742.20per annum (dependent on qualification/s and experience)

Location – Higham's Park

Bright Horizons Higham's Park is looking for a dedicatedNursery Managerto lead our warm and welcoming team.

Nestled just a short walk from Higham's Park Station on the Weaver Line, our nursery offers a truehome-from-homeenvironment where both children and staff flourish.

With exciting renovations planned for late 2025, this is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a growing and evolving setting

£ 43,742.20 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 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!

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