Nursery Manager

Nursery: City Saurus Day Nursery now part of the Bright Horizons family

Salary

£35,276.80 - £47,008 per annum (depending on experience and qualifications) + benefits to include high street discounts

Location

Brighton, BN2

We are currently offering a Welcome bonus of up to £1,500 for this vacancy** (terms apply)

If you hold a full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification, are passionate about inspiring and leading a team to deliver outstanding care and education to children, and want to be part of a high performing nursery management team – our Nursery Manager opportunity would be perfect for you.

Why Bright Horizons?

We care for over 10,000 children across the UK, across our portfolio of over 300 nurseries, 98% of which are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. We’re on a mission to change the future for children, families, and the people we work with, and are committed to progressive working values like flexibility, work-life balance, and wellbeing.

The Nursery is located in a beautiful home from home setting on Eastern Road in Brighton. Staff are able to use the local buses as there is a Stop located just outside with buses 1 and 7 every 8-10 minutes.

What you’ll be doing

• 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

Our benefits include, but are not limited to;

• £35,276.80 - £47,008 (dependant on qualification/s and experience)
• Career development opportunities across our network of nurseries
• Amazing discounts, ranging from childcare to high-street, to utility and days out!
• Quarterly Employee Appreciation Weeks – with treats for all the team
• External helpline with professional counsellors – supporting your wellbeing 24 hours a day.
• Access to our extensive library of training and qualifications, to support your continuous development

What we’re looking for

• 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, leading to a “Good” or “Outstanding” outcome
• 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

This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

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Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £35,276.00-£47,008.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Childcare
• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Referral programme
• Store discount
• Wellness programme

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location