Nursery Manager

Nursery Manager

Location:Norwich

Salary:32000 per annum

Contract/Hours: Fixed Term/Full Time (12 months commencing - January 2026) 40 hours per week

Closing date:Midnight on the 30^th of October 2025

Interviews to be held week commencing the 3^rd November 2026

Benefits:

• Time off to recharge- 36 Days leave per year
• 24/7 Confidential Helplinespeak to trained counsellors any time 365 days a year for emotional wellbeing or mental health support.
• Enhanced Well-being: 8 sessionsIn-Person Phone or Online Counselling or CBT
• Treat yourself:Staff discounts portal and blue light card with 15000 retailers
• Salary Finance access tofinancial advice and the ability to manage savings or loans directly from your salary
• Childcare Discount A whopping 60% off childcare within our nurseries and out of school clubs
• Up to 3 Days Dependency Leave to care for dependents in an emergency.
• Paid maternity adoption and paternity leave
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities
• Secure your future:Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover

Were thrilled that youre considering a career with Spring. Spare us five minutes and well tell you what you need to know

About Spring

Spring offers award-winning childcare services as part of the national charity Action for Children. Its our mission to be the best provider of outstanding quality early education to children throughout the UK that is accessible to all. We are focused on enabling young people to learn have fun and make friends in our bright engaging settings. That starts with creating a happy environment for our team. Join us and you can look forward to:

• A kind caring culture with an emphasis on wellbeing both physical and mental.
• Flexible working wherever possible we offer flexibility on hours and/or hybrid working.
• Lots of opportunities for training learning development including gaining qualifications.
• Excellent benefits that compare favourably to other employers in our sector.

About the nursery

Spring Milecross is a well-established nursery located at the Norman Community Centre in Norwich. Rated Good by Ofsted we provide high-quality early years education and care for children aged 3 months to 5 years. Our setting offers a nurturing inclusive environment with bright engaging spaces and free-flow access to outdoor play. We pride ourselves on supporting every childs individual development and well-being ensuring all children thrive. As Nursery Manager youll lead a passionate and dedicated team committed to helping children learn grow and thrive.

About the role

We are seeking an enthusiastic and proactive Nursery Manager to lead our dedicated team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping a nurturing inclusive and high-quality early years environment for our children.

As Nursery Manager youll be responsible for the day-to-day running of the nursery ensuring the delivery of outstanding early years education in line with the EYFS and organisational standards. Youll lead support and develop your team to provide a safe caring and stimulating environment where every child can thrive.

Youll build and maintain strong relationships with the children Parents carers and team to ensure the best outcomes. Experience working with children with special educational needs (SEN) is essential as you will champion inclusive practice and ensure that individual needs are met through tailored support and partnership working.

We are looking for a confident compassionate leader who can inspire their team manage effectively and uphold the highest standards of safeguarding care and professional practice.

Some other key responsibilities of your role will be;

• Actively engaging in marketing and advertising to develop an excellent reputation for the nursery.
• Supporting the development of an innovative approach to childrens learning and play that is demonstrated by teams working well together within the setting.
• Undertaking the Designated Safeguarding Person and Registered Manager role in relation to Care Inspectorate Wales registration.
• Overseeing the recording and reporting of planning observation and progression for all children including a full and thorough assessment of the setting against the National Minimum Standards and Early Childhood Play Learning and Care framework.

Lets talk about you

In the role of Nursery Manager were ideally looking for someone who has:

• Minimum level 3 qualification in Childcare or Early Years.
• Leadership and management experience in a childcare setting.
• Experience of working in a senior role within a nursery setting or centre working with children aged 0 to 5 years and their families.
• Leading a staff team including supervision work allocation assessment or training and professional development.
• Knowledge andunderstandingof the EYFS Ofstedrequirementsand relevant currentlegislation.
• Understanding of child protection processes safeguarding and working with vulnerable children.
• Commitment to inclusive and non-discriminatory working practice with children families colleagues and the community.

Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey wed love to hear from you.

We work together to reach our mission to give children a healthy start in life.

Good luck! We cant wait to hear from you.

Contact: If you need support with your application please contact our Recruitment Team atquoting reference 12098.

Well be happy to give you any support you require.

Diversity Equality and Inclusion

At Spring Oscars were dedicated to building a diverse inclusive and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within the organisation. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups.

Male staff are often under-represented within this sector and we would like to encourage more male applicants for our roles.

We arecommittedto safer recruitment practices to protectourservice users; therefore all applicants are expected tohaveanunderstandingof andcommitmenttosafeguarding best-practice.

Dont meet every single requirement

If youre excited about this role but your experience doesnt align perfectly with the job description wed love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role or another role within the Action for Children family.

Application Process

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for thisrole.

There are 5 sections for you to complete - Personal Details CV Supporting Statement & Information Equality & Diversity Submission & Declaration please refer to the Job Description when applying.

We also want to know what unique qualities you can bring to help us reach our vision for children and families.

Talent Pool:Were sure youve got what it takes to join our ambitious team. If youre unsuccessful this time around wed like to hold your details in case similar jobs come up that you might be better suited for. But feel free to let us know if youd rather we didnt do that.

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