Nursery Manager

NHS; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare organization is seeking a Nursery Manager to lead operations at Ladybird Nursery, based at Southend Hospital. The role involves overseeing daily management, ensuring staff coordination, and upholding high standards of childcare in a safe environment. Ideal candidates must have relevant early years qualifications and experience in supervisory roles. This position offers a competitive salary of £38,682 per annum.

Qualifications

• Full and relevant early years level 3 qualification.
• Early years qualification level 5 or degree.
• Current designated safeguarding lead training certificate.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective operational management of nursery services.
• Formulate and implement staff rosters.
• Responsible for implementation of the Early Years Framework.
• Drive high standards of curriculum planning and coordination.

Skills

Staff management

Health and safety

Effective communications

Safeguarding

Team coordination

Education

Full and relevant early years level 3 qualification

Early years qualification level 5 or degree

Current designated safeguarding lead training certificate

Job description

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Nursery Manager

The closing date is 18 December 2025

Our current nursery manager is retiring and so, we are looking for an enthusiastic, approachable and experienced individual to lead our friendly and hard-working team into the next chapter.

If successful, you will be responsible for the day-to-day operational provision and management of the Mid & South Essex Foundation Trust Ladybird Nursery, based at Southend Hospital.

This includes staff management, health and safety, safeguarding, effective communications and staff involvement, implementation of the Early Years Foundation stage, coordinating the team and nursery activities in order to offer a high level of childcare in a safe, stimulating and caring environment.

So, if you are looking for the next step in your career working with children, we'd love to hear from you today!

Main duties of the job

• Provide effective day to day operational management of the core nursery services
• Ensure formulation and implementation of staff rosters to ensure sufficient staff resources are available to meet occupancy levels of the nursery
• To open and close the nursery liaising with the management team as appropriate
• Overall responsibility for implementation of the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework
• Responsible for driving high standards including the planning and co-ordination of the curriculum framework, in order to promote the development of the children within our care
• Represent the nursery in communications with Ofsted, including keeping Ofsted updated as per their regulations, and liaising with Ofsted inspectors
• To work flexibly according to the needs of the service
• To organise and lead on team meetings
• To lead on and support all nursery co-ordinators e.g. Special Needs, Equal Opportunities, Child Protection and Health and Safety
• To create and maintain a safe, warm, caring and stimulating environment that together with encouragement will ensure the development of each child.
• Recognise and meet the needs of each child, and their family, as individuals.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Job responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting new role that will allow you to develop both your skills and career? Then we want to hear from you.

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

Qualifications

• Full and relevant early years level 3 qualification
• Early years qualification level 5 or degree
• Current designated safeguarding lead training certificate

Experience

• Demonstrable experience in a early years supervisory role
• Experience working as manager in an early years setting

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 a year per annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)