Nursery Manager

Nursery Manager - Bright Horizons Wimbledon Day Nursery and Preschool

Salary: Up to £59,529.60 per annum (dependent on qualification/s and experience)

Location: Wimbledon, London

Overview

As a Nursery Manager, you will lead a team to deliver outstanding care and education to all the children in your setting, and through inspirational leadership drive employee engagement, retention and performance. You will act as Designated Safeguarding Lead, holding overall responsibility for the day to day running of the nursery, and management of safeguarding policies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support high performing teams, recruiting, nurturing, and continuously developing staff.
• Implement and manage safeguarding policies and act as the Designated Safeguarding Lead.
• Partner with support office teams to identify and implement commercial plans and strategies to deliver FTE growth.
• Optimize nursery performance, revenue generation, and cost efficiency in line with staff ratio requirements.

Qualifications

• Full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification.
• Experience within an Early Years leadership role (ideally Nursery Manager, Deputy Manager, Assistant Manager or similar).
• Experience of participating in 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, able to support change and understand the complex relationship between commercial and service excellence in a regulated setting.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding, Child Protection, and the wider legislative requirements for working with children.
• Ability to develop trust and strong working partnerships with both colleagues and parents/carers.

Benefits

• Childcare discount of 100% for first child (subject to T&Cs).
• Competitive bonus up to £6,000, awarded in line with Ofsted inspection outcomes.
• Enhanced parental leave and 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and paid Christmas closure (additional leave available for purchase ).
• Pension, financial and wellbeing benefits including 24/7 virtual GP appointments, early access to wages, and more.
• Professional development programme access for every stage of your career, including a careers coach.

EEO Statement

We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all ages and backgrounds to apply. We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants.

Recruitment

This post is subject to safer recruitment practice and pre employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, which will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.