Nursery Third in Charge

Nursery
Manager - Poppies Day Nursery Holmer Green

Salary – £40,000

40 hours
per week

Rated Good
by Ofsted (May 2018), Poppies Holmer Green has been providing high-quality
childcare for children aged 3 months to 5 years since 2015.

We’re
looking for a passionate Nursery Manager to lead our friendly team, maintain
high standards, and create a welcoming, engaging environment for children to
thrive—indoors and outdoors.

If you’re
ready to make a real impact, we’d love to hear from you.

Why Join
Us?

At Family
First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package,
including:

Quarterly bonus* earn an extra £3000 per
annum!

Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days, plus
a paid day off for your birthday and bank holidays 

Referral Programme: Refer a friend and earn up
to £750

Employee Childcare Discounts: 75% off nursery fees for
our team member’s as well as access to wider discount.

Health & wellbeing
programme: Confidential
employee assistance helpline available

Personal & Professional
Development: Tailored
learning and development opportunities to support your career growth

*Terms and
conditions apply. Some benefits are discretionary and may be subject to change.

Key
Responsibilities:

Understand and ensure that the
requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS are met throughout
the nursery.

Ensure that company policies and
procedures are embedded, applied, and adhered to by all.

Facilitate inspections by
regulatory bodies and implement any recommendations.

Embed effective key person
approach to enable children to form secure attachments and identify
training or development needs for staff.

Ensure that all children receive
stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments and resources which
are appropriate to their age and stage of development.

Promote a culture of
self-evaluation and reflective practice throughout the nursery.

Manage any complaints or
concerns raised in a thorough and timely manner and inform senior
management.

Maintain accurate records and
accounts relating to children and staff on EyMan system and on file.

Participate in all activities
related to nursery publications, advertising, public relations, the web
site, and other marketing activities designed to promote the nursery.

Promote positive relations with
an approachable manner and time to listen to your team.

*Duties and
responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive,
changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added.

Requirements:

Essential: Full and relevant
Level 3 Childcare qualification 

Essential: Over 1 year
experience in Early Years 

Essential: Strong knowledge
of the statutory framework for the EYFS and regulatory requirements 

Essential: Over 1 year of
management experience 

Desirable: Level 5 qualification
in Childcare and/or Management and Leadership 

Desirable: Experience of
successfully passing an Ofsted inspection at a Good or Outstanding level

Take the
next step and explore a role that makes a positive impact on children’s lives.
Apply today and let our friendly recruitment team support you every step of the
way. We can’t wait to welcome you to the Family First community!

We are
committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all
staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  A Disclosure and Barring Service
Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to
enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.

Poppies
Holmer Green part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat
everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other
individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing
equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and
families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of
gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership,
disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity,
ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family
First Group