Nursery Manager

Job Description

Nursery Manager

Nurse Seekers are proud to be working on behalf of an excellent who are looking to recruit a Nursery Manager for their setting based near Cheshunt.

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.

The Nursery is situated in a beautiful Victorian House and strives to provide every child the best start in life by caring for and supporting them to play, learn, and grow in a positive & stimulating environment.

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 Nursery manager or Deputy Manager capacity.
• Excellent knowledge of the current Early Years Inspection framework.
• 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).

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Team working, creating a family feel nursery environment.
• Ensuring the highest standards of childcare are delivered at the setting.
• Budget management including running costs of the nursery.
• Conducting regular staff supervisions and creating plans for staff development.
• Delivering high setting occupancy, promoting the setting through local marketing.
• Recruiting, inducting, supporting, and conducting appraisals and one-to-one meetings with your team to lead them to success.
• Upskilling the leaders within your nursery to ensure that they lead their relevant areas or rooms effectively.
• Improving financial performance year over year.
• Acting as the Designated Safeguarding Lead at the nursery and holding 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 host of benefits which will be discussed more at the interview!

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