Job Description

: Nursery Manager

Job Title: Nursery Manager

Location: Battersea

Reports to: Nursery Director

Job type: Full-time, Permanent

Contact details: hr@raphaelnursery.com / +44 7470862341

At Raphael Nursery we believe in joy! Childcare can be so rewarding when you're in the right place and we pride ourselves on creating a warm, inspiring, cooperative space for families and staff alike. We have a unique opportunity available to join our team as a Nursery Manager.

We place our team at the very centre of what we do, because we know that it's our people that make our nursery so special! We want our team to bring their whole selves to work; to have fun, to be creative and to love what they do! That's how we provide incredible education and care for every child and family.

We invest into our people, both with exceptional training and progression, but also financially! We don't just talk about recognition, we provide it - both with excellent salaries, training and a fantastic bonus scheme paid twice a year, rewarding your hard work!

Our Benefits

Excellent salaries Childcare discount of 70% Bi-Annual Bonus Scheme 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays this goes up to 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays Sick Pay Company Pension Free lunches Car Park Space Support for higher level qualifications and fully funded training Employee assistance programme and wellbeing support Support for career progression
We are growing and we'd love for you to join us on our journey! At Raphael Nursery we value diversity, integrity, and care, and we want our children, staff and community to feel that "joie de vivre".

The Role

As a Nursery Manager, you will lead a team to deliver outstanding care and education to all the children in your setting, and through inspirational leadership drive employee engagement, retention and performance. You will act as Designated Safeguarding Lead, holding overall responsibility for the day to day running of the nursery, and management of safeguarding policies. You will work in partnership with support office teams to recruit, nurture, and continuously develop high performing colleagues, as well as identify and implement commercial plans and strategies to deliver FTE growth. You will optimise nursery performance, revenue generation, and cost efficiency in line with staff ratio requirements.

What we're looking for

Full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification Experience within an Early Years leadership role (ideally as a Nursery Manager, Deputy Manager, Assistant Manager or similar) 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 understanding of complex relationship between commercial 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 develop trust and strong working partnerships with both colleagues and parents/ carers
We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all ages and backgrounds to apply. We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants. Please note, due to our sector all roles are subject to an Enhanced DBS.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From 35,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Childcare Company events Company pension Discounted or free food Employee discount Employee mentoring programme Free parking Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking Referral programme Sick pay
Schedule:

Monday to Friday No weekends
Work Location: In person