Nursery Manager in Liverpool

Love Childcare Recruitment; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to £35k

Award-winning group

Staff wellbeing focus

Autonomy to lead setting

Job summary

Love Childcare Recruitment is representing a Nursery Manager position in Childwall, Liverpool. Lead a team of 14 alongside a supportive area management team within an award-winning group.

The role involves overseeing day-to-day running, compliance with EYFS/Ofsted, safeguarding leadership, and budget/occupancy oversight. Salary up to £35k depending on experience, with benefits and career autonomy.

Qualifications

• Qualified: Level 3 or above in early years or childcare.
• Leadership qualification desirable for the role.

Responsibilities

• Take overall day-to-day management responsibility for the setting with EYFS and Ofsted compliance.
• Act as safeguarding lead or oversee safeguarding and reporting processes.

Skills

Leadership

Safeguarding

Team management

Quality & curriculum

Administration & finance

Education

Level 3+ in early years

Leadership qualification (desirable)

Job description

Nursery Manager in Childwall, Liverpool - Award-Winning Nursery Group

Up to £35k (dependent on experience) + benefits

Location: Childwall, Liverpool (L16)

Our client is an award-winning day nursery group with a strong, long-standing reputation across South Liverpool. They're looking for an experienced Nursery Manager to take the lead at their Childwall setting, overseeing a team of 14 staff and around 50 children a day.

This is a nursery that does things properly. Outdoor play sessions, yoga, daily mindfulness and a genuine "family feel" run through everything they do, and it shows in the awards on the wall, including multiple Nursery World finalist placings and a national award for staff wellbeing. As Manager, you'll have real ownership of the day-to-day running of the setting, backed by a supportive area management team rather than left to figure it out alone.

On offer is a salary of up to £35k, the backing of an established, well-resourced group, and genuine scope to shape how your nursery is run.

Working pattern:

Monday to Friday, working shifts within the nursery's 8am-6pm opening hours.

Key responsibilities:

• Leadership and compliance: Take overall day-to-day management responsibility for the setting, ensuring full compliance with the EYFS statutory framework, Ofsted requirements and company policy.

• Safeguarding: Act as or oversee the Designated Safeguarding Lead role, ensuring the whole team knows how to recognise and report concerns.

• Team management: Lead recruitment, induction, supervision and performance management for a team of 14, making sure ratios and qualification requirements are always met.

• Quality and curriculum: Monitor teaching, planning and assessment across the nursery, using self-evaluation and quality assurance to keep standards high.

• Administration and finance: Oversee budgets, staffing, occupancy, funding claims and reporting to the nursery owners and area managers.

About you:

• Qualified: Level 3 or above in early years or childcare, with a leadership and management qualification desirable.

• Experienced: At least two years in a management or leadership role within a childcare or early years setting.

• Safeguarding-led: Confident leading safeguarding practice, staff supervision and compliance across a busy nursery.

• Clear and organised: Comfortable managing budgets, occupancy, staffing and funding administration alongside the day-to-day running of the setting.

What's in it for you:

• A salary of up to £35k, dependent on qualifications and experience.

• The backing of an award-winning group with a genuine focus on staff wellbeing.

• Real autonomy to lead your own setting, with support from experienced area managers.