Job Introduction
Would you like to join an employee-owned organisation that has topped the UK ‘Best Companies to Work For’ lists for 15 years, as well as been rated ‘World Class’ for its respect and support of colleagues, and ‘Climate Positive’ for its environmental achievements?
Now is your chance! We have an opportunity for a Nursery Manager (early years qualified to level 3 or above) to join the team at our Berryfields Day Nursery in Aylesbury on a FULL time basis.
In return for your experience of nurturing and leading a large team, your ability to successfully prioritise workload and provide outstanding customer satisfaction, and your passion for all things early years, we are offering you a pay rate of £21.81-£22.93 per hour.
Main Responsibility
- Through positive interaction, purposeful engagement and role modelling of best practice, you will inspire your team to deliver against all aspects of the EYFS and statutory requirements. You will proactively solve problems, identify and plan to overcome challenges and empower your team to provide the highest levels of care which meets the needs of every child in your setting
- Working in partnership with your Deputy Manager and your Quality Manager, you will implement appropriate staff supervisions and performance development reviews in-line with company policies and procedures to ensure your team are fully supported to achieve and progress in their roles. You will upskill your team to aid their career progression and to support succession planning within your setting
- You will successfully manage your nursery budget and lead activities to promote the nursery and the wider partnership for purposes of maintaining targeted occupancy and revenue, and report your activity to your Area Manager and Regional Director. You will maintain a waiting list and convert enquiries to bookings in order to generate a profit. In addition, working with your Deputy you will conduct interviews, complete essential compliance processes and engage in inductions for new staff, actively liaising with HR to ensure staff retention is successfully managed
- You will respectfully consult with parents, colleagues and external professionals, including OFSTED, in order to successfully work in partnership to uphold children's well-being and levels of outstanding care. You will sensitively manage parent complaints and utilise the expertise of the appropriate Head Office support function to achieve favourable outcomes
The Ideal Candidate
An experienced leader of people with a proven history of managing a highly reputable, profitable setting, you are passionate about all things early years. You are considerate, compassionate and highly motivated to ensure your team and your families are well care for and well supported. Ideally, you will have experience of managing an OFSTED outstanding, 100+ place nursery.
Package Description
- 25 days annual leave
- Potential for an annual tax-free cash bonus as an employee-owner
- Cash rewards for going ‘Beyond Expectation’
- 50% childcare discount from day one
- Annual awards dinner, staff conferences and nursery achievement celebrations
- Unlimited recommend a friend scheme (up to £1000 per recommendation)
- Qualification reward payments
- £1000 welcome bonus is available with some of our roles
About the Company
Fun is an essential ingredient in all Childbase Partnership nurseries where the care and education opportunities for each and every child are as extraordinary as our colleagues who provide them.
As an employee-owned business, each and every one of our colleagues is empowered and encouraged to contribute towards the success of our future partnership through the sharing of ideas, opinions, experience and expertise. If we all contribute, we all benefit; we truly believe that.
Our Diversity Forum ensures our policy and practice is wholly inclusive and that discrimination, in all its forms, has no place within our company. Employee inclusivity, happiness and well-being is central to decision making across our partnership and as such, we invest in award-winning training, mentoring and career development programmes, in addition to offering a range of colleague perks and rewards. Your well-being, happiness and success is important to us.
We are a ‘climate positive’ business which means we save more greenhouse gas emissions than we generate, and we are committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2030. For every new colleague we welcome to our partnership we plant a tree in a Madagascan rainforest. How amazing is that?
The Important Bits:
Successful applicants will need to provide ‘right to work in the UK’ documentation, undertake a DBS check and provide satisfactory references, prior to commencing employment with us. If your application is successful, our Recruitment and Compliance Team will be there to support you through our onboarding process, every step of the way.
