Nursery Manager Maternity Cover - DA11 - Up to £40,00 DOE

Tinies; Gravesend; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A childcare organization in Gravesend is seeking a dedicated Nursery Manager for maternity cover. This role requires strong leadership in delivering high-quality care and developing teams. The ideal candidate will have relevant qualifications and experience in Early Years leadership. Benefits include a competitive salary, staff events, and additional leave on birthdays. Join a supportive environment focused on excellence in childcare.

Benefits

Salary up to £40k per year

Staff events

Uniform

Extra day off for your birthday after service

Qualifications

• Experience in an Early Years leadership role, preferably as a Nursery Manager.
• Strong knowledge of Safeguarding and Child Protection regulations.
• Proven ability to lead and develop high performance teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead nursery teams to deliver outstanding care.
• Drive employee engagement and performance.
• Manage safeguarding and child protection policies.
• Work with HR to identify succession plans.

Skills

Leadership in Early Years

Safeguarding

Team building

Regulatory compliance

Education

Full and Relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification

Job description

Job description

Nursery Manager Maternity Cover - DA11 - Up to £40,00 DOE

This lovely nursery are looking for a maternity cover manager for their setting!

Located in two Victorian townhouses in Gravesend, this setting is warm and welcoming, they are close to transport links and have parking available!

This nursery is part of a group of nurseries across England. It is their vision to be the nursery group that every family and educator wants to be part of. Their values are built around creating this environment for teams and children. They believe in, praising each other, pulling together as a team whilst actively helping others to grow and that's only the beginning of the story.

What we can offer you (benefits) :

• Salary up to 40k per year
• Staff events
• Uniform
• After a length of service, receive 1 extra day off for your Birthday

What we need from you :

• Full and Relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification
• Experience within an Early Years leadership role (ideally as a Nursery Manager, Deputy Manager, Assistant Manager or similar)
• Experience of participating with a regulatory inspection
• Experience of developing high performance teams, with effective regulatory compliance, quality improvement, delivery of high quality pedagogy, innovation and service excellence
• Confident decision maker, with ability to support change and the understanding of the complex relationship between business / commerce and service excellence within a regulated setting
• Strong knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding, Child Protection, and the wider legislative requirements for working with children
• Ability to build trust and strong working relationships with colleagues, parents and external partners

Your duties will include :

• Lead our nursery teams to deliver outstanding care to all the children in your setting
• Through your inspirational leadership drive employee engagement, retention, and performance in the nursery
• Work in partnership with Recruitment and HR to ensure your nursery is fully recruited , encouraging a diverse workforce
• Role model and mentor your nursery team to ensure the highest quality early childhood practice and experience for all children, including children with special education needs and / or disabilities
• Act as Designated Safeguarding Lead at the nursery, holding overall responsibility for the day to day running of the nursery and management of safeguarding and child protection policies - monitoring and improving practice and behaviours that underpin our high performance safety culture
• Work in partnership with HR to identify succession plans for the nursery team and nurture, create and continuously develop a pipeline of high performing practitioners and Room Leaders, building the strongest talent pool in the sector
• Work with the Regional Director, Finance and Marketing teams to identify and implement commercial plans and strategies to deliver FTE growth within the nursery
• Commercial delivery of the nursery performance, optimising revenue generation and cost efficiency in line with staff ratio requirements, to deliver and exceed the annual budgeted EBITDA
• Engage with the Local Authority to understand the local offer, to support practice in all areas of the nursery