Our current nursery manager is looking to reduce her hours and we are looking for an enthusiastic, friendly and experienced individual to join our team as a job share manager, working 18.75 hours per week, Wednesday to Friday.
If successful, you will be responsible for the day-to-day operational provision and management of the Mid & South Essex Foundation Trust Ladybird Nursery, based at Southend Hospital. This includes staff management, health and safety, safeguarding, effective communications and staff involvement, implementation of the Early Years Foundation stage, coordinating the team and Nursery activities in order to offer a high level of childcare in a safe, stimulating and caring environment.
So, if you are looking for the next step in your career working with children, we'd love to hear from you today!
Main duties of the job
1. Provide effective day to day operational management of the core nursery services
2. Ensure formulation and implementation of staff rosters to ensure sufficient staff resources are available to meet occupancy levels of the nursery
3. To open and close the nursery liaising with the management team as appropriate
4. Overall responsibility for implementation of the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework
5. Responsible for driving high standards including the planning and co-ordination of the curriculum framework, in order to promote the development of the children within our care
6. Represent the nursery in communications with Ofsted, including keeping Ofsted updated as per their regulations, and liaising with Ofsted inspectors
7. To work flexibly according to the needs of the service
8. To organise and lead on team meetings
9. To manage budgets
10. To lead on and support all nursery co-ordinators e.g. Special Needs, Equal Opportunities, Child Protection and Health and Safety
11. To create and maintain a safe, warm, caring and stimulating environment that together with encouragement will ensure the development of each child.
12. Recognise and meet the needs of each child, and their family, as individuals.
Person Specification
Level 3 qualification
Essential
1. Full and relevant early years level 3
Desirable
1. Early years qualification level 5 or degree
Experience
Essential
1. At least 2 years experience in an early years managerial role
Desirable
1. Has experience working as manager in an early years setting
Safeguarding
Essential
1. Has relevant designated safeguarding lead experience
Desirable
1. Has a current designated safeguarding lead training certificate
Employer details
Employer name
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Southend
Ladybird Nursery
Southend on Sea
SS0 0SF
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