Nursery Manager

Little Barn Owls Forest & Farm School Nurseries; Midhurst; On-site; GBP 40,500 - 49,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to £1000 joiner's bonus

All expenses paid international CPD

80% reduction on childcare fees

Generous holiday entitlement of 33 days

Wellbeing centre access

Job summary

A leading childcare provider in Midhurst is looking for a passionate Nursery Manager to oversee operations at their award-winning nursery. The successful candidate will have a minimum of two years' experience in a similar role and will be responsible for supporting staff in implementing high educational standards. This role requires excellent leadership and communication skills, a solid understanding of Ofsted requirements, and a commitment to child-led learning. The position offers a competitive salary and numerous employee benefits including international training opportunities.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years' experience as a Manager in a nursery setting.
• Excellent working knowledge of Ofsted requirements.
• Passion for delivering high standards in early childhood education.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the daily operations of the nursery.
• Support and train staff in best practices for child-led learning.
• Ensure compliance with Ofsted and nursery standards.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organisational skills

Problem-solving

Interpersonal skills

Education

Level 3 qualification in Childcare and Education

Degree in Childcare and Education or EYP status

Job description

Little Barn Owls Nursery, Midhurst is a 50 place nursery comprising four age-grouped rooms for children aged 3 months to 5 years. We require someone with a minimum of two years' experience as a Manager of a similar-sized setting, with experience leading and inspiring a team to success.

As part of a team of Leaders, Pedagogical Coordinators, Atelieristas, and Educators, you’ll need excellent organisational skills and a passion for delivering high standards to collaboratively strive for excellence.

It's imperative that you uphold our high standards with Employees and Parents. Excellent working knowledge of Ofsted to ensure that relevant goals regarding Ofsted are achieved.

Other key attributes include:

• Critical and creative thinker who welcomes a challenge and thrives on problem-solving
• An inspirational leader with high impact, professionalism and credibility
• Robust and commercially astute – commercially and cost-conscious with the ability to ensure results are achieved through innovation that adds value and gives a return on investment
• Able to communicate effectively at all levels (parents, children, colleagues and senior management)
• Strong interpersonal, influencing and presentation skills
• Naturally proactive and keen to add value
• A minimum of Level 3 or ideally Degree qualified in Childcare and Education or working towards EYP status.

The role of the Nursery Manager

The Nursery Manager is the welcoming face and the forefront of the nursery.

You’ll be responsible for organising a busy and innovative nursery for 50 children and 15 employees, collaboratively working with Leaders to ensure the smooth running of this Award Winning Reggio Emilia Inspired setting.

The central and most important part of this role is supporting staff on the ground to ensure excellent practice is carried out with children, putting into place the best and most up to date researched practices including behaviour management, personal care and hygiene, and child-led learning. The Manager will oversee and advise on the arrangement of activities and resources, as well as the development of project work and documentation within the nursery, aided by the Head of Children and Adult's Learning, the Pedagogical Coordinator and Managing Director through regular reflection meetings.

The Manager will show passion and enthusiasm for the Reggio Emilia Approach and support and train staff on the nursery floor, providing both inspiration, teachings of the approach and feedback to staff throughout the day to create a culture of continuous professional development. It is expected the Manager spend a good proportion of their time in practice with staff, to include side by side coaching, supporting planning meetings, training and building the educator's confidence with the Reggio approach and EYFS delivery.

Our nurseries are predominantly child‑led and our curriculum is emergent, so you’ll need to inspire your team to think on their feet and be in tune with children to extend their learning in the moment.

With the new Little Barn Owls Training Academy, all employees will enrol onto our in-house training and development programme, specially designed for Outstanding Early Years Educators. As part of your programme, you will complete 12 self-evidenced units, supported by a 1:1 mentor.

Upon completion of 3 month induction.

Pay: Up to £45,000.00 per year

build your own salary with the LBO Training Academy

• Our nurseries operate 51 weeks per year, 7.30 am - 6 pm Monday-Friday.
• We are not currently able to offer school hours or term‑time only positions.
• Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, creed, colour, religious belief, sex, age, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, or veteran status.
• We are committed to safeguarding our children and staff. You will be required to have an enhanced DBS check and suitable references.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits of a Little Barn Owls Career

• Industry leading salaries, reward and recognition programme.
• ALL EXPENSES PAID international CPD for qualified staff.
• Seasonal bonuses

Our innovative and creative Reggio Emilia inspired, Forest and Farm School Nursery Group has been recognised for their approach to Early Years Education around the world. Nurturing confident, caring and curious children is our passion and our promise.

We have four INCREDIBLE and unique nurseries. We employ professional artists in each nursery to work with children, enabling their enquiring minds to develop, in dedicated creative studios which are called Ateliers.

Awarded Nursery World’s UK Nursery Group of the Year 2020

Awarded UK Nursery of the Year 2015

Our fantastic benefits package includes:

• Up to £1000 joiner's bonus (on successful completion of probation)
• Amazing all expenses paid international breaks to inspire our qualified Educators and Artists
• A huge reduction of 80% off childcare fees
• A Christmas shopping loyalty bonus
• Regular monetary reward and recognition schemes
• Wellbeing centre which includes employee contributed Healthcare Cash plan and access to Employee Assistance Programme.
• The option of buying and selling annual leave
• SmartSpending – discounts and money off over 800 retailers and suppliers
• Caring, supportive environment and culture
• Generous holiday entitlement of 33 days inclusive of bank holidays
• Long service rewards of £1000
• Working alongside professional expert consultants
• Team building fun days, meals out, and social events