Nursery Manager, UK

Bright Horizons UK; London; On-site; GBP 43,000; Full time

Job description

Nursery: Bright Horizons Regents Park Day Nursery and Preschool, 15 Gloucester Gate, Regents Park, London, NW1 4HG

Salary: £42,523.80 per annum (dependent on qualification/s and experience)

Hours: Full time, 40 hours, Monday - Friday

Location: Regents Park, NW1 4HG

Our beautiful Regents Park Nursery is situated in a Grade 1 Listed white stucco house within close proximity to Camden Town underground station. Our nursery features a small enclosed courtyard for our children to extend their learning, and we like to regularly make full use of the green space of Regents Park and its well-equipped children’s playground in close proximity to our nursery.

What we can offer you:

• Above industry standard salary, with annual salary reviews
• £2,000 bonus when your team achieves Outstanding Ofsted (or 5/6 combined Care Inspectorate rating)
• Discounted childcare of 100% for first child
• 33 days holiday per year, with the option to buy additional days
• Smart Health access, including 24/7 access to Virtual GP appointments, fitness programmes, and mental health support
• Financial support through early access to wages, low interest debt consolidation loans, and a wide variety of discounts across high street brands, travel, utilities, and days out
• Development programme access for every stage of your career, tailored to your individual journey, with opportunities across our network of nurseries
• Access to our Future Leaders programme, preparing you to step into a Room Leader position
• Employee Appreciation throughout the year including our annual Awards of Excellence gala’s
• Happy to Talk Flexible Working

Why Bright Horizons?

We are driven by our HEART values (Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork). If your values align, you’d be a great fit to join one of our 300 nurseries across the UK. We’ve also been voted Great Place to Work every year since 2006, achieving Great Place for Wellbeing and Great Place for Women.

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
• Work in partnership with HR to identify succession plans for the nursery team and nurture, create, and continuously develop a pipeline of high performing colleagues, 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

What we’re looking for:

• Full and Relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification (essential)
• 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 the 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

Bright Horizons is committed to creating inclusive environments where everyone has a sense of belonging and has the opportunity to contribute and thrive in meaningful and impactful ways. 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.

We look forward to receiving your application!

If you experience any problems, please email [e-mail] and we will be happy to help.