Revive Education is excited to be recruiting a Nursery Manager or Someone looking to take a step up into this position who is currently a Deputy or Room Leader looking to take their career to the next level for a long-standing nursery client of ours based in Coventry, Warwickshire.
This stunning 32 place setting, proudly rated Good by Ofsted features well-resourced rooms and a great outdoor garden featuring building blocks, balance beams and much more, for plenty of outdoor teaching and learning! They are based close to Coventry town centre and have great public transport links!
What is on offer for the successful candidate:
Benefits include, but are not limited to;
Competitive Salary starting from at £14.50ph
£2,000 bonus when your team achieves Outstanding Ofsted (or 5/6 combined Care Inspectorate rating)
Free/Discounted childcare and spaces for your children to start ASAP if applicable.
Generous holiday allowance
Development programme access for every stage of your career, tailored to your individual journey, with opportunities across our network of nurseries
Opportunity to lead the growth of this outstanding nursery with the owners backing and financial support and mentoring.
What you’ll be doing
Lead the nursery teams to deliver outstanding care to all the children in your setting
Through your inspirational leadership drive employee engagement, retention, and performance in the nursery
Full oversight and control of all nursery recruitment
Role model and mentor your nursery team to ensure the highest quality early childhood practice and experience for all children, including children with special education needs and/or disabilities
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
Work in partnership with Owner to identify succession plans for the nursery team and nurture, create and continuously develop a pipeline of high performing colleagues, building the strongest talent pool in the sector
Work with the Owner to identify and implement commercial plans and strategies to deliver FTE growth within the nursery
Commercial delivery of the nursery performance, optimising revenue generation and cost efficiency in line with staff ratio requirements, to deliver and exceed the annual budgeted EBITDA
Engage with the Local Authority to understand the local offer, to support practice in all areas of the nursery
Oversee the development and implementation of a continued high quality curriculum that aligns with Ofsted standards and incorporates the principals of the EYFS framework.
What we’re looking for
Full and Relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification (essential)
Experience within an Early Years leadership role (ideally as a Nursery Manager, Deputy Manager, Assistant Manager or similar for a minimum of 1 year plus)
Experience of participating with 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, with ability to support change and the understanding of the complex relationship between business/commerce and service excellence within a regulated setting
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 colleagues, parents and external partners
Therefore if you are an experienced Nursery Leader and you are looking to build and grow a business alongside the owner and gain valuable mentorship as you do this, then apply now as this really is a once in a blue moon chance to secure a role like this!!
Interviews will be held around the applicants current role where applicable.