Job description
Deputy Manager - TN6 - 4 days per week - £25,900
This Ofsted rated 'Outstanding' setting is looking for an experienced and professional deputy manager to join their lovely team.
At this welcoming nursery, they are fully aware that children develop quickly in the early years and a child's experiences between birth and age five have a major impact on their future chances. They strive to provide a secure, safe and happy environment, as well as high quality early learning together to provide the foundation children need to make the most of their abilities and talents as they grow up.
This role is 4 days per week, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, full days.
What benefits the nursery can offer:
•Salary £25,900
•Additional paid holiday break between Christmas and New Year
•Employee of the month with a chance to win a voucher of your choice.
•Yearly bonus
What the nursery need from you:
Full and Relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification (essential)
•Experience within an Early Years leadership role
•Confident decision maker, with previous experience providing support and leadership to others to enable staff in fulfilling their roles and responsibilities.
•Strong knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding, Child Protection, and the wider legislative requirements for working with children.
•Ability to build trust and strong working relationships with both colleagues and parents.
•Ability to use a variety of techniques to clearly and successfully communicate with both children and adults
Your nursery duties will include:
• Lead, mentor and inspire a team to deliver exceptional care and education to all children in our care.
• Act as Designated Safeguarding Lead at the nursery, holding overall responsibility for the day to day running of the nursery and management of safeguarding and child protection policies - monitoring and improving practice and behaviours that underpin our high-performance safety culture.
• In collaboration with the Nursery Manager, contribute to succession planning, identification and delivery of relevant training, and supporting professional development plans, including coaching and mentoring for all colleagues.
• Develop and maintain strong partnerships with colleagues, parents and/or carers, as well as other professionals, to meet the needs of each child.
• Promote the nursery to both current parents, and potential customers, to support retention and ongoing occupancy growth.
• Ensure commercial success of the nursery by maintaining expenditure inline FTEs and budget KPIs.
• Engage with the Local Authority to understand the local offer, to support practice in all areas of the nursery.