Nursery Manager

Nurse Seekers are proud to be working on behalf of an excellent Nursery who are looking to recruit a Nursery Manager for their setting based near Dulwich, London. This setting has only a maximum of 15 children per day at the moment, so it has a huge focus on treating each and every child as an individual.

The ideal Nursery Manager 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 company’s values

For this position you are required to have:

• Early years education and care qualification to at least NVQ Level 3 or equivalent, with preference for degree qualified practitioners
• Experience in a Nursery manager 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
• 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

·        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 and promoting good Values and Behaviours

·        Improving financial performance year over year

·        Hold overall responsibility for the day to day management of safeguarding and child protection policies within the nursery

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

The successful candidate can look forward to a competitive salary as lots of other benefits which will be discussed at the interview stage!

If this sounds like the type of vacancy you feel you have been looking for, then apply today! Alternatively email your most up-to-date CV to (url removed)