Footsteps Nursery, Lakehouse
Nursery Deputy Manager
Permanent | 40 hours per week | Monday – Friday
Level 3 Childcare Qualification essential
As the Deputy Manager, you will help lead the staff to deliver and ensure all children receive quality care, help extend the child’s learning. Create, plan, and implement activities and experience which help support all aspects of the EYFS. You will be responsible for opening and closing the nursery and will be required to cover for the Manager in her absence.
This role is working 40 hours per week, various shifts patterns between the opening and closing times of the nursery 7:00am-18:30pm.
Responsibilities:
- Supporting and liaising with the Manager on a daily basis.
- Assisting the Manager in ensuring effective staff recruitment following Footsteps Day Nurseries recruitment procedures. Supervising staff and students, conducting regular staff assessments, recognising training needs, monitoring training and developing teamwork.
- Planning and preparing activities to develop all aspects of the child's individual development in a stimulating atmosphere, within the Early Years Foundation Stage.
- To work as part of a team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, develop and learn
- Undertake any other duties to ensure the smooth running of the nursery, and the safety and wellbeing of children, staff and families
What we need from you?
- Passion and commitment for working in childcare
- Ability to work shifts between 7.30-6.30pm Monday to Friday working 40 hours per week
- Minimum 1 year experience in management or senior role
- Commitment to continual development
- NNEB, BTEC Nat Dip, CACHE Dip in Childcare, NVQ level 3, EY Educator
We are: Defined by Family. We’re a family by name, and we’re a family by nature too. We are defined in many different ways, by many different people. Different cultures. Different ideas. Different ages, genders and skillsets. Whilst every individual will have their own definition of family, these definitions all come together to show Family First for who we are.
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Benefits
Benefits
Family First benefits include annual leave starting at 24 days on top of a paid birthday day off and bank holidays. On top of this we have discounted nursery fees for all our teams, friends and family, access to a discount/perks platform with exceptional learning & development opportunities tailored to you.
*All perks are pro-rota for part time staff and subject to successful completion of probationary period. These perks may be subject to further conditions and can be withdrawn or reviewed at the discretion of the company
Vacancy Reference: B76 2AA
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