Nursery Manager - Maternity Cover

Muddy Boots Nursery; Morley; On-site; Full time

Job description

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Nursery Manager - Maternity Cover

Application Deadline: 31 March 2025

Department: Nursery Leadership

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Muddy Boots Morley

Reporting To: Alison Turner

Compensation: GBP 14.10 - GBP 15.20 / hour

Description

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Best Small Nursery Group 2024 - The National NMT Nursery Awards
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• Are you a qualified and experienced childcare professional looking for a new challenge?
• Are you passionate about outstanding childcare, and helping team members deliver it?
• Are you an experienced Nursery Manager or aspiring Deputy Manager in the making, ready to take the next step in your career?

Get in touch!
We are looking for an experienced Manager to cover a period of maternity leave, to work as part of the leadership team at Muddy Boots in Morley. We anticipate it lasting up to 12 months with the opportunity to move within the Muddy Boots group of nurseries following this fixed-term contract. If you have the qualifications and experience to fill this role - we would love to hear from you!

About the Role

As a Nursery Manager at Muddy Boots, you will help to lead a team to ensure that all children receive high-quality care and support, are kept safe, and receive rich and stimulating play experiences that meet their individual learning needs, all whilst having a tonne of fun every day!

The kind of person who thrives in the role are:

• Highly creative - No two days are the same at Muddy Boots, with everchanging interests and curiosities being developed.
• Love the outdoors - We love being outdoors, and love Managers who can inspire and support their team to develop amazing activities in our outdoor environments.
• Permanently passionate - We love people who are passionate about seeing children flourish and thrive, growing into their unique personalities by receiving rich and stimulating play experiences that meet their individual learning needs.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

For this role, we require you to have:

• A relevant Early Years Qualification
• Over 1 year of experience working in an Early Years / Nursery setting (essential)
• Over 1 year of experience working in a childcare environment (preferred)

What we offer

At Muddy Boots Nurseries, we ensure our team receives a high level of pay and a vast set of benefits & perks. This includes:

• A full-time role, which is 38 hours per week spread across 4 full days and a set day off each week.
• Pay rate GBP 14.10 - GBP 15.20 per hour (to be reviewed in April 2025).
• Additional holiday days for length of service.
• Access to 'Wider Wallet' - granting discounts to supermarkets, large retailers and restaurants.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme - which includes free one-to-one counselling, a 24/7 helpline, and an online health portal.
• Up to 60% staff discount towards childcare fees at Muddy Boots & our Pioneers Out of School Clubs.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption leave & shared parental leave.
• Paid personal training & development.
• Free lunches cooked by our in-house chef & free uniform.
• Free Car Parking & Uniform.