Company: We are a family of inspiring nurseries and preschools with a distinct home from home environment. By creating days filled with unique moments and opportunities, we are able to truly enrich a child’s development during their 0-5 years. Our Mission Creating inspiring worlds full of awe and wonder for little ones to grow and thrive in. Values • Always Learning – Always seeking out those moments to develop myself and others • Inspirational – Creating magic in every action • Family Feel – Passionate about making everyone feel part of our incredible family As Training and Quality Development Manager your will be based at our head office in Kettering with the requirement to travel across our nursery group. Sector experience is essential for this role. Responsibilities • Work across the group supporting managers and teams to obtain and maintain Good or Outstanding Ofsted ratings • Using a ‘hands on’ approach to regularly review and audit the performance of the nurseries • Create a schedule to undertake pre-arranged and ‘on the spot’ mock inspections at each nursery to ensure all agreed quality and operational standards are being met and priority nurseries are ready for inspection • Collate findings from inspections to present to area managers, work collaboratively to then agree a structure of support and training to be delivered in the following financial quarter • Ensure all nurseries are compliant with all regulatory bodies, following set guidance, frameworks and legislation • Oversee the rigorous delivery of policies and procedures to create best in class nursery group • Ensure all newly acquired nurseries meet Ofsted regulations and have a ‘quality’ visit within the first month of integration • Keep abreast of any changes to the EYFS framework, new regulations and legislation ensuring the wider team are aware of any changes • Work alongside the area managers to support in maintaining an effective educational curriculum across the group • Manage all online training and other compliance training including First Aid and report on monthly progress and statistics • Prepare data on training and report monthly to the Director of Childcare and Operations • Create a safe and inspiring network for Apprentices to offer support and coaching and enhance their learning experience with Kindred • Plan and prepare added value training in line with Kindred’s pedagogy • Create and review the training sections in the induction plans in line with Kindred policies, statutory requirements for training needs for each role • Be responsible for the localised training hubs across the group • Develop and maintain a network of ‘trainers’ within the Kindred management team, use this team to implement the training and development requirements • ‘Tap in’ to localised training opportunities and funding to best support and grow teams • Develop a standardised matrix system to be used in nurseries for monitoring training and development Safeguarding Qualifications • A relevant level 3 or above childcare qualification for the role • A positive approach to gaining further qualifications and CPD Knowledge & Experience • Substantial post qualifying experience of working with children aged 0-5 in the early years sector • Experience in making significant quality improvements within the early years • Experience of working within and implementing the EYFS statutory framework • Experience of Ofsted inspections or other inspections/legal bodies and their requirements within day care on non-domestic premises • Knowledge of child development and meeting children’s needs • Have general computer literacy and a range of IT skills • Clean driving licence Safeguarding: Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility, and all employees are required to act in such a way that at all times safeguards the health, safety, and well-being of the children in our nurseries. Familiarisation with, and adherence to our safeguarding and health and safety policies and any associated guidance is an essential requirement of all employees, as is participation in related mandatory/statutory training. IND 1