Nursery Manager

Flow Sports Personnel Ltd; Royston; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career progression

Professional training

Pension scheme

Childcare discount

Enhanced parental leave

Rewards and recognition

Refer a friend bonus

Birthday off

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Flow Sports Personnel Ltd is seeking a Nursery Manager to lead daily operations in a busy early years setting, ensuring a safe, stimulating environment and partnering with parents to deliver high-quality care and education.

The role requires Level 3 Early Years qualification, at least two years of experience, and strong EYFS/Ofsted knowledge. You will manage the team, drive standards, and oversee budgets and targets.

Qualifications

• Minimum Level 3 qualification in Early Years.
• Minimum two years' early years experience.
• EYFS knowledge and Ofsted inspection framework.

Responsibilities

• Create a safe, welcoming and stimulating environment that promotes children’s learning.
• Manage day-to-day nursery operations delivering high standards of care and education with colleagues, parents and children.
• Be accountable for meeting objectives and nursery targets with a commercial and people focus.
• Lead the nursery team with a positive outlook, handling conflicts and supporting staff development.
• Inspire colleagues to deliver the best childcare and education.

Skills

Team leadership

People management

Conflict resolution

Communication

Staff development

Education

Level 3 Early Years qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Our client’s goal is to offer children an amazing educational experience from birth to pre-school, their most formative years. They focus on every unique child and our highly skilled and qualified teams provide the very best early years’ experience in a safe and stimulating environment.

Our client is looking to recruit a Nursery Manager.

As a Nursery Manager you will be responsible for:

• Playing a key role in creating a safe, welcoming and stimulating environment that promotes children’s learning
• You will effectively manage the day to day running of the nursery delivering outstanding standards of care and education in partnership with colleagues, parents and children
• Be accountable for meeting all objectives and nursery targets with a commercial and people focus, ensuring the nursery is efficient and profitable
• Lead the nursery team with a positive and passionate outlook, being able to deal with any conflict resolution while developing yourself and others through professional development and monitoring performance
• Be happy to be big on our differences and maintain minimum operating standards
• You will be big on inspiring, exciting, and challenging colleagues to deliver the best childcare and education

The successful candidate will need:

• Minimum Level 3 Qualification in Early Years
• Minimum two years early years’ experience
• Early years management experience preferable
• ICT qualification preferable or very good knowledge of Microsoft applications
• Excellent knowledge of the EYFS and Ofsted Early Education inspection Framework

Benefits:

• Genuine opportunities for career progression
• Access to professional training
• Pension scheme
• 60% childcare discount,
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave,
• Rewards and recognition,
• Refer a friend Bonus Scheme,
• Birthday off,
• Health & wellbeing support