Nursery Manager

Nurse Seekers

Posted 2 days ago, valid for 11 days

Crawley, West Sussex RH10 7GY, England

£28,000 - £33,600 per annum

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

Nursery Seekers is looking for a Nursery Manager or Deputy Nursery Manager to join a 58-place day nursery for children aged 3 months to five years.
Candidates must have an early years education qualification (NVQ Level 3 or equivalent), experience in a leadership role, and knowledge of special educational needs.
Responsibilities include conducting risk assessments, ensuring high standards of childcare, staff supervision, and developing parent engagement strategies.
Strong organizational skills, effective communication, and experience with nursery administration are essential for this role.
Salary and benefits will be discussed during the interview process, and candidates should have relevant experience in the field.

Nursery Manager

Nurse Seekers are proud to be working on behalf of an excellent Nursery who are in a unique position, where they can consider either a Nursery Manager or Deputy Nursery Manager to join their senior leadership team!

The ideal candidate will need to maintain strong organisation skills and attention to detail and display resourcefulness to ensure the setting has the right culture, policies and resources to deliver the high standards of childcare and early years education expected by parents, Ofsted, and in accordance with the companies values

This is 58-place day nursery, for 3 months to five-year olds.

For this position you are required to have:

Early years education and care qualification to at least NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
Experience in a leadership capacity
Understanding of special educational needs and equality of opportunity
Paediatric first-aid and food hygiene trained
Ability to communicate effectively both in writing and orally
Experience with nursery administration (children invoices, payroll and timesheets)
Competent PC user (word processing, spreadsheets, emails)
Experience in providing staff training

Main duties and responsibilities

· Conducting thorough risk assessments of the nursery environment and effectively ensures that relevant Health and Safety legislation is adhered to at the setting

· Ensuring the highest standards of childcare are delivered at the setting

· Consistently ensuring nursery operations adhere to Learning policies and procedures

· Conducting regular staff supervisions, and creates plans for staff development

· Delivering high setting occupancy, promoting the setting through local marketing

· Hiring and developing top talent

· Demonstrating strong leadership

· Building an effective parent engagement strategy, creating links between home and the setting.

Benefits will be discussed with candidates at interview stage!

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