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You will be updated with latest job alerts via emailNursery Bright Horizons Highams Park Day Nursery & Pre School
Salary From 43742.20 per annum (dependent on qualification/s and experience)
Location Highams Park
Bright Horizons Highams Park is looking for a dedicatedNursery Managerto lead our warm and welcoming team.
Nestled just a short walk from Highams Park Station on the Weaver Line our nursery offers a truehome-from-homeenvironment where both children and staff flourish.
With exciting renovations planned for late 2025 this is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a growing and evolving setting
Our Benefits
43742.20 per annum
Childcare discount of 100% for first child
Enhanced parental leave
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and paid Christmas closure. Ability to also purchase additional leave*
Pension
Financial and wellbeing benefits including 24/7 virtual GP appointments early access to wages and more
Professional development programme access for every stage of your career including access to a careers coach
*Subject to T&Cs
The Role
As a Nursery Manager you will lead a team to deliver outstanding care and education to all the children in your setting and through inspirational leadership drive employee engagement retention and performance. You will act as Designated Safeguarding Lead holding overall responsibility for the day to day running of the nursery and management of safeguarding policies. You will work in partnership with support office teams to recruit nurture and continuously develop high performing colleagues as well as identify and implement commercial plans and strategies to deliver FTE growth. You will optimise nursery performance revenue generation and cost efficiency in line with staff ratio requirements.
What were 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 understanding of complex relationship between commercial 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 develop trust and strong working partnerships with both colleagues and parents/ carers
We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all ages and backgrounds to apply. We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants. Please note due to our sector all roles are subject to an Enhanced DBS.
If you want to make a difference with a company who has been voted Great Place to Work every year since 2006 apply today!
We look forward to receiving your application!
If you experience any problems please we will be happy to help.
Required Experience:
Manager
Full-Time