Nursery Manager

Storal; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced holidays

Paid sick pay

Wellness day off

Pay Captain access

Childcare Discount

Funding

Compassionate leave

Enhanced maternity leave

Gym discount

Movie tickets

Job summary

Storal is seeking a positive and experienced Nursery Manager to lead a busy setting in the Nottingham area, ensuring high standards of childcare and early years education.

You will manage a supportive team, develop culture and policies, and deliver the Storal curriculum with backing from an Operations Manager and education coach.

Qualifications

• Relevant Level 3+ Early Years Education qualification.
• GCSE Maths or equivalent.
• Experience in a managerial role in nurseries.
• Strong EYFS knowledge.
• Ability to train and support staff.
• Excellent communication with children and adults.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day leadership to ensure highest standards of childcare and education.
• Lead recruitment, policy development, and resource management.

Skills

EYFS knowledge

Team leadership

Communication

Nursery administration

Safeguarding knowledge

Staff training

Education

Early Years Educator Level 3+

GCSE Maths

Job description

Address: Long Eaton Area, Nottingham

Hours: Full Time Monday - Friday 40 hours

Welcome Bonus: £1,000

Salary: £17 per hour

Remarkable Futures Start Here

Can you inspire the next generation?

Our Purpose

To give children healthy foundations in fantastic settings, helping them build the confidence and resilience that will set them up for success later in life.

You’ll be joining as a key part of every child’s journey, keeping our children safe, loved and inspired through play-based learning.

Our nurseries are warm and nurturing environments that not only support children to be ready for school, but also equip them with all the life skills they need to flourish and succeed

Can you lead a team to shape the future of early years education.

You’ll have a supportive team to help you succeed, including an Operations Manager, Deputy Manager, Office Manager Early Years Educators and an education coach to help with the delivery of the Storal curriculum.

How you’ll spend your time here

Day to day as a Nursery Manager you will be an intrinsic part of the Nurseries success ensuring the setting has the right team, culture, policies and resources to deliver the highest possible standards of childcare and early years education.

You’ll offer solutions where you identify areas for improvements whether that relates to learning and teaching techniques or, creating more stimulating experiences and environments for the children and their educators. You will embrace inclusivity to ensure the individual needs of all those within your care are achieved.

Our nurseries are warm and nurturing environments that not only support children to be ready for school, but also equip them with all the life skills they need to flourish and succeed

We’d love to talk to you if you have the following

• A full and relevant Early Years Education qualification Level 3 or above or equivalent


• GCSE math's or equivalent


• Experience in a managerial role including nursery administration or similar


• A strong knowledge and understanding EYFS framework


• Reflecting the Storal values around responsibility, openness and working together and experienced in providing staff training and support


• Demonstrable leadership qualities (ideally within Early Years)


• Excellent communication skills with both children and adults

Benefits for You

• For you - We get the basics right enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, extra wellness day off (yearly) and you can access your pay before payday with Pay Captain


• Family matters - Balance starts at home Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity leave


• Health & wellness - Nourishing body & mind Partnerships with Vitality & Peppy; fertility & menopause support, gym discount, free movie tickets


• Development - Investing in your future with micro-learning, financial stability tools & the Storal Support Fund


• Our community -Growing together Termly inset days, team member app and Storal Awards


• Not everything fits in a job advert

Storal sets the highest of standards when it coming to safeguarding, the welfare of children and creating a work environment that encourages feedback-discussion-resilience. We take our role in the safety of children, our families and our team extremely seriously. As governed by the EYFS, we have a designated safeguarding lead in each setting and all staff (and volunteers) complete a through compliance checks prior to employment including employment references & DBS.