Nursery: Alexandra Park Childrens Learning Community, Demesne Road, Manchester, M16 8PH Hours: Monday-Friday, Full Time 40hrs per week Salary: Up to £38,480pa dependent on qualifications and experience. Benefits: Performance related bonus, 50% childcare discount, wellness day and much much more. About Alexandra Park Alexandra Park Childrens Learning Community is where you'll inspire curious young minds in a supportive, inclusive, and nature-focused environment that values professional growth and innovative, child-led learning. About you You are a Level 3 or above qualified, experienced Nursery Manager who thrives on leading by example, and inspiring others to be the best that they can be. You love supporting and encouraging the natural curiosity and excitement of young children, whilst also motivating your team to do the same. You have a natural, nurturing openness, along with a warm and positive outlook, and you care about learning and education standards for young children in the UK. What you'll be doing Day to day as a Nursery Manager you will be an intrinsic part of the nursery management team ensuring the setting has the right staff, culture, policies and resources to deliver the highest possible standards of childcare and early years education. You will manage a large team, and all of the operational elements (fees etc.) required to run a large high capacity nursery school. You will offer solutions where you identify areas for improvements whether that relates to learning and teaching techniques or, creating more stimulating experiences and environments for the children and their educators. You will embrace inclusivity to ensure the individual needs of all those within your care are achieved. You will encourage a love of learning through high quality teaching under the EYFS framework, ensuring that all children are kept safe and have rich stimulating experiences. You'll do this by leading, motivating and inspiring the educators, managing ratios through the staff rotas, attracting new hires and providing learning and developing opportunities to the team. What you'll need A full and relevant Early Years Education qualification Level 3 or above or equivalent Experience in a managerial role including nursery administration or similar Extensive experience of managing a large, high occupancy nursery school. A strong knowledge and understanding EYFS framework Reflecting the Storal values around responsibility, openness and working together and experienced in providing staff training and support Demonstrable leadership qualities (ideally within Early Years) Excellent communication skills with both children and adults What you'll get Competitive rates of pay dependent on experience, qualification Performance related bonuses 50% childcare discount Annual wellness day off Access to retail and other discounts through Perkbox 20 days holidays (plus bank holiday), increasing to 22 days after 2 years service and 25 days after 5 years service Dedicated learning and development support Access to one-to-one confidential counselling sessions through our Employee Assistance Programme About us This nursery is part of Storal, a group of nurseries across England. It is our vision at Storal to be the nursery group that every family and educator wants to be part of. Our values are built around creating this environment for teams and children. We believe in high standards, praising each other, pulling together as a team whilst actively helping others to grow and that’s only the beginning of the story. We do what we say we do and if you align with this approach, then a Storal nursery is the place for you. Storal is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All employees will be subject to background checks, enhanced DBS check and reference checks. INDMISC