Pre-School Manager

The Treehouse Club; Essex (MD); On-site; USD 38,630 - 42,626; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking

Birthday day off

Pension

Job summary

The Treehouse Forestry Nursery and Out of School Club is seeking a Preschool Manager to lead daily operations, supervise staff and ensure high-quality childcare in line with Ofsted standards.

Role includes safeguarding duties, budget oversight and alignment with the company ethos. Working 5 days a week, 9:00am–4:00pm, term-time only with salary averaged over the year.

Qualifications

• Deputy Manager or Senior in childcare: 1 year (required).
• Level 3 in Childcare/Early Years (required).

Responsibilities

• Manage the Preschool and staff to provide high quality childcare adhering to all policy and procedures.
• Manage day-to-day financial operations within the Preschool, by meeting financial targets and managing the Preschool budget.
• Ensure the Preschool works towards the company ethos, visions and goals.
• Uphold high standards of cleanliness and hygiene; ensure Ofsted requirements are met.

Skills

Childcare leadership

Team supervision

Safeguarding

Education

Level 3 in Childcare / Early Years

Job description

We are looking for a passionate Preschool Manager who will be able to create environments for high quality learning and development! Are you someone who can advocate for our youngest children and provide a safe, nurturing and consistent experience for our babies?

The Preschool Manager will be overseen by an experienced and dedicated senior management team and you will be an integral part of the smooth running of the Preschool

Working 5 days a week 9.00am to 4.00pm Term Time Only (salary averaged over the whole year)

Benefits for our Nursery Room Manager include:

• Free daily lunch
• Extra birthday day off on us! - Your birthday is important!
• Pension - Save those pennies for the future!
• Well being package including access to a mental health first aider and a video library of wellbeing tools
• Staff events including family friendly BBQ's and awards evenings!
• Sick Pay and additional holiday Scheme

• To manage the Preschool and staff to provide high quality childcare adhering to all policy and procedures.
• To be responsible for the management of day -to-day financial operations within the Preschool, by meeting financial targets and managing the Preschool budget.
• Gaining a clear understanding of policies and procedures, statutory welfare requirements, and Ofsted expectations and requirements and ensuring these are maintained at all times.
• Being Designated Safeguarding Lead for the Preschool (training provided)
• Ensure the Preschool works towards the company ethos, visions and goals.
• Maintaining high standards of cleanliness and hygiene within the Preschool.
• Ensuring that the Preschool conforms to and exceeds the requirements of Ofsted.
• Upholding and ensuring a high standard of care and education throughout the Preschool.
• Implementing and maintaining the company’s Equality policy ensuring that children, parents, and the staff team are valued and practice is positive and non-discriminatory.
• Monitoring any safeguarding issues following local authority procedures

Safeguarding statement:

The Treehouse Forestry Nursery and Out of School Club is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and takes its statutory duties and responsibilities in this context very seriously. We expect everyone working in or on behalf of the setting to share our commitment.

We take pride in ensuring that our robust policies and procedures are reviewed regularly and implemented consistently, by everyone, as we strive to maintain a strong safeguarding working practices and culture. Annual safeguarding training is provided to all staff and is an integral part of the setting’s Continued Professional Development training. All staff, volunteers and main contractors undergo appropriate DBS checks prior to appointment.

Safer recruitment

The Treehouse Forestry Nursery and Out of School Club applies safer recruitment policies to ensure that all of our staff are suitable to work with children and young people. We advise you in advance that two people will be involved in your recruitment process. Both people will partake in your interview and each person will individually review all applications and paperwork to ensure that you are suitable for the role.

Part of our safer recruitment procedure includes obtaining references for you. One of these references must be your latest employer. If you are unable to obtain a reference before the interview from your current employer then you must obtain references from the employer before that as well as one other reference.

References from former employers are preferable over any other referee. Please note that we will need to obtain a reference from your latest employer before completing our processes for you to commence working for us.

We are at liberty to advise you that if there are gaps in your employment history or any other information that gives us cause for concern, we will contact your former employers to obtain further information and satisfy any concerns that we have.

Eligibility to work within the UK

We will need to obtain evidence from you to confirm that you are eligible to work within the UK. We confirm that this information, as well as all personal information, will be held in our Staff Central Record.

We do not offer sponsorship to overseas workers.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From £16.20 per hour

Free parking

On-site parking

Sick pay

Experience:

Deputy Manager or Senior in childcare: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

level 3 in Childcare/ Early years qualification (required)