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 Windmill Hill Day Nursery opportunity for a Quality Manager (early years qualified to level 3 or above) to join the team at our in Swindon on a full time basis.
In return for your experience of nurturing and leading a team, your extensive knowledge of the EYFS, and your desire to consistently strive for excellence, we are offering you a pay rate of £14.67-£16.25 per hour.
Main Responsibility
- Your role is focussed on maintaining and continually improving the quality of provision and through positive interaction, purposeful engagement and role modelling of best practice, you will inspire the team to deliver high quality practice which encompasses the EYFS and ensures the individual needs of every child in the care of the nursery are met. You will regularly review children's observations, planning and the self-evaluation board, creating cohort reports and using these to adapt practice accordingly
- You will assist the Nursery Manager and the Deputy Manager to effectively implement company policies and procedures, ensuring colleagues are fully supported to achieve and progress in their roles. You will mentor Apprentices and lead a peer observation programme across the setting, analysing findings to inform supervisions and development reviews for all colleagues. In consultation with the Nursery Manager and Deputy Manager you will liaise with the Quality and Training team as required to upskill team members and to strengthen practice
- You will respectfully engage 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
- In the absence of the Nursery Manager and the Deputy Manager, you will oversee the setting, ensuring all statutory requirements are met
The Ideal Candidate
As a knowledgeable EYFS Practitioner, you are passionate and enthusiastic about enabling children to become confident learners. You’re self-motivated, an experienced team leader and a positive role model who has high standards and the ability to inspire those around you.
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.
