Regional Quality Assurance Manager

Olympus Recruitment; Bristol; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading childcare organization is seeking a Regional Quality Assurance Manager for a permanent, full-time role based in the United Kingdom. This senior, field-based position involves ensuring high-quality standards, leading audits, and supporting nurseries to achieve successful Ofsted outcomes. Candidates should have a Level 3 childcare qualification, proven experience in quality leadership, and a passion for early years education and improvement. The role offers an exciting opportunity to significantly impact children's outcomes within their region.

Benefits

£6000 car allowance

Influential leadership role

Opportunity for career advancement

Qualifications

• Proven experience supporting nurseries through successful Ofsted inspections.
• Potential willingness to travel.
• Experience in multi-site childcare organizations is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Leading quality audits and mock inspections.
• Supporting settings to achieve Good and Outstanding Ofsted outcomes.
• Producing quality reports for senior leadership.

Skills

Quality leadership

EYFS practice

Curriculum implementation

Safeguarding provision

Inspection readiness

Education

Childcare qualification at Level 3 or above

Job description

Nursery Regional Quality Assurance Manager

Permanent | Full-Time | Regional Role

£44K - £47K + £6000 Car allowance

Are you the person nurseries rely on when quality really matters? This is an opportunity to step into a senior, field‑based quality leadership role within a large, fast‑growing childcare organisation that places quality, safeguarding, SEND and Ofsted excellence at the heart of everything it does. If you are passionate about raising standards, confident working at pace across multiple settings, and experienced in supporting Good and Outstanding Ofsted outcomes, this role offers genuine influence, autonomy, and impact.

The Opportunity

As a Regional Quality Assurance Manager you will be the quality expert across a defined region, working closely with senior operational leaders to ensure:

• Strong, consistent EYFS practice
• High‑quality curriculum implementation
• Robust safeguarding and SEND provision
• Early identification and resolution of quality risks
• Outstanding inspection readiness

This is not a desk‑based role. You will be visible, hands‑on, and influential, supporting Area and Nursery Managers to deliver the very best outcomes for children.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading quality audits, mock inspections, and inspection readiness activity
• Supporting settings to achieve Good and Outstanding Ofsted outcomes
• Providing expert guidance during inspections and regulatory visits
• Producing clear, insightful quality reports for senior leadership

What We're Looking For

You will be an experienced early years professional who brings credibility, calm leadership, and a genuine passion for quality.

Essential experience and qualifications

• A childcare qualification at Level 3 or above
• Proven experience supporting nurseries through successful Ofsted inspections
• Potential willingness to travel

Desirable

• Experience supporting settings to achieve Outstanding
• Background in multi‑site or group childcare organisations
• Confidence working with senior operational stakeholders

Why Apply?

• A genuinely influential regional leadership role
• The opportunity to shape quality at scale
• The chance to make a meaningful difference to children's outcome
• An exciting step into Nursery Operations

If you're driven by quality, motivated by improvement, and at your best when supporting others to succeed, this could be the role that takes your early years career to the next level.