Deputy Manager

Apollo Day Nursery; Contact (MT); On-site; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Apollo Day Nursery in Montana seeks a Deputy Manager to support the Nursery Manager and deputise when required. You will help provide high standards of care and early learning, monitoring provision and creating a safe, caring environment for children from birth to five/eight/twelve years.

You will work under the Manager, lead the team, and help organise a high-quality establishment aligned with safeguarding, welfare and educational development.

Responsibilities

• Follow the nursery safeguarding procedure to ensure all children are kept safe, well and secure and ensure all team members are able to do the same
• Promote the aims and objectives of the nursery
• Promote the high standards of the nursery at all times to parents, staff and visitors
• Assist the Manager in showing parents around the nursery facilities and sending out information to prospective families
• Ensure the provision of high standards of physical, personal, social and emotional care
• Lead a team of professional workers and ensure good practice at all times
• Assist the Manager in setting and implementing objectives and policy for the nursery
• Assist with planning and organising staffing schedules and holiday rotas to ensure adequate staffing levels are maintained in accordance with regulatory body guidelines and nursery procedures
• Assist with implementing administrative procedures such as registration, place allocation, and other related matters
• Assist with developing and implementing systems to monitor and record child development
• Assist with preparing and maintaining materials and equipment
• Be responsible for the health and safety standards appropriate for the needs of young children and ensure staff compliance and awareness
• Ensure high standards of hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times
• Provide a high-quality environment to meet the needs of individual children regardless of any disabilities, family backgrounds or medical history
• Support all team members with the early identification and intervention for children with possible additional needs and give physical, emotional, intellectual guidance as appropriate
• Ensure confidentiality of all information received and shared
• Assist with staff development and training
• Support an effective interview and selection process, as required
• Fully support the induction of new team members
• Support the appropriate supervision meetings/processes in conjunction with the Manager
• Feed into appraisals, target setting and nursery operations as deemed appropriate by the Manager
• Attend nursery management meetings and report appropriate information back to the wider team
• Assist the Manager in supervising training of students on placement within the nursery
• Liaise with parents, other family members and staff to help ensure that the particular needs of children are met and that parental choice is considered in terms of care given
• Liaise with outside agencies as required
• Assist the Manager with the efficient upkeep and maintenance of the building and grounds, stock of equipment, furnishings and fittings
• Maintain staff awareness of fire evacuation procedures in accordance with the fire safety policy
• Be involved in out of working hours activities, e.g. training, planning meetings, monthly staff meetings, parents evening, fundraising events etc.
• Undertake such other duties and responsibilities of an equivalent nature as may be determined from time-to-time by the Manager

Job description

Job title: Deputy Manager
Responsible to: Nursery Manager

Purpose of Post

• Ensure all children are safeguarded and their welfare and safety is promoted
• Work under the direction of the Manager and deputise for him/her as and when required
• Support the aims and objectives of the nursery and assist the Manager in the organisation of a high-quality establishment for children from birth to five/eight/twelve years
• Provide high standards of care and early learning, including monitoring and reviewing provision and provide a safe, caring environment to enable the personal, emotional, social and educational development of children, through individual attention and group activities
• Support the team to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, learn and develop
• Direct and support staff as agreed by the Manager
  

• Ensure all children are safeguarded and their welfare and safety is promoted
• Work under the direction of the Manager and deputise for him/her as and when required
• Support the aims and objectives of the nursery and assist the Manager in the organisation of a high-quality establishment for children from birth to five/eight/twelve years
• Provide high standards of care and early learning, including monitoring and reviewing provision and provide a safe, caring environment to enable the personal, emotional, social and educational development of children, through individual attention and group activities
• Support the team to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, learn and develop
• Direct and support staff as agreed by the Manager
  

Main Duties

• Follow the nursery safeguarding procedure to ensure all children are kept safe, well and secure and ensure all team members are able to do the same
• Promote the aims and objectives of the nursery
• Promote the high standards of the nursery at all times to parents, staff and visitors
• Assist the Manager in showing parents around the nursery facilities and sending out information to prospective families
• Ensure the provision of high standards of physical, personal, social and emotional care
• Lead a team of professional workers and ensure good practice at all times
• Assist the Manager in setting and implementing objectives and policy for the nursery
• Assist with planning and organising staffing schedules and holiday rotas to ensure adequate staffing levels are maintained in accordance with regulatory body guidelines and nursery procedures
• Assist with implementing administrative procedures such as registration, place allocation, and other related matters
• Assist with developing and implementing systems to monitor and record child development
• Assist with preparing and maintaining materials and equipment
• Be responsible for the health and safety standards appropriate for the needs of young children and ensure staff compliance and awareness
• Ensure high standards of hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times
• Provide a high-quality environment to meet the needs of individual children regardless of any disabilities, family backgrounds or medical history
• Support all team members with the early identification and intervention for children with possible additional needs and give physical, emotional, intellectual guidance as appropriate
• Ensure confidentiality of all information received and shared
• Assist with staff development and training
• Support an effective interview and selection process, as required
• Fully support the induction of new team members
• Support the appropriate supervision meetings/processes in conjunction with the Manager
• Feed into appraisals, target setting and nursery operations as deemed appropriate by the Manager
• Attend nursery management meetings and report appropriate information back to the wider team
• Assist the Manager in supervising training of students on placement within the nursery
• Liaise with parents, other family members and staff to help ensure that the particular needs of children are met and that parental choice is considered in terms of care given
• Liaise with outside agencies as required
• Assist the Manager with the efficient upkeep and maintenance of the building and grounds, stock of equipment, furnishings and fittings
• Maintain staff awareness of fire evacuation procedures in accordance with the fire safety policy
• Be involved in out of working hours activities, e.g. training, planning meetings, monthly staff meetings, parents evening, fundraising events etc.
• Undertake such other duties and responsibilities of an equivalent nature as may be determined from time-to-time by the Manager