Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Posted on 20/11/2024
Our very busy Murrayfield Day Nursery is seeking an experienced Senior Practitioner to join the management team as a Quality and Development Manager, supporting the Head Of Room and Team within a room, and working alongside the Management Team in ensuring best practice throughout your room and with the other Quality and Development Managers for the Nursery. Ideal candidates would be someone in a similar role, or if you are a manager or deputy manager looking for a more hands-on role focused on quality and ensuring best practice, together with supporting the training needs within the room. Working a 38 hour week covering 5 days with generous benefits and salary c£32k plus.
The Murrayfield Nursery is part of CC Nurseries and is based in Edinburgh. At our busy 90 place nursery, we offer a home-from-home environment, led by our passionate and caring team. Our nursery is filled with hand-picked resources (natural where possible) to encourage self-directed play and discovery. Outside, we have a large, secure outdoor space including a fire pit, fish pond, and outdoor classroom, as well as a separate area for the youngest children to enjoy fun.
CC Nurseries offers enriched working environments and opportunities for further qualifications and career progression.
Requirements
As a Nursery Quality and Development Manager, you will:
1. Support all teams within the Nursery, working alongside the Manager.
2. Work with the Nursery Room Leader in ensuring best practice within the room.
3. Ensure that the teams are providing stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments, and resources to children that are appropriate to their age and stage of development.
4. Ensure the safety and wellbeing of every child, staff, parent, and visitor always.
5. Support the Room Leader in leading their teams together with supporting their training needs to ensure best practice always.
6. Understand and ensure that the requirements of the statutory framework for the Curriculum Excellence are followed.
7. Be qualified at level 3 / SCQF 7 or above, with around 4 years of experience working in a Nursery and at least 2 years of experience in a leadership role.
Benefits include:
1. 30 days Annual Leave, inclusive of Bank Holidays and Xmas Closure.
2. Employment Assistance Programme.
3. Sovereign Healthcare Programme (join after 3 months of employment).
4. Paid Training - £10 paid for every non-mandatory training course completed and passed on Noodle and Azilo.
5. High street Discounts.
6. Star of the moment awards – be recognised in the moment.
7. Enhanced discounted childcare, minimum of a 60% discount for nursery employees.
8. Annual awards ceremony.
9. Flexibility to work around your life commitments.
10. Recognition and rewards to say thank you for a job well done.
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