Job Description

Nursery: Bright Horizons Hertford Day Nursery and Preschool

Salary: \xc2\xa335,984.00 - \xc2\xa347,944.00 (based on qualifications and/or experience)

If you hold a full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification, are passionate about inspiring and leading a team to deliver outstanding care and education to children, and want to be part of a high performing nursery management team \xe2\x80\x93 our Nursery Manager opportunity would be perfect for you.

Our Bright Horizons Hertford was newly opened in January 2020, and benefits from seven individual rooms, each tailored to each age group with fantastic resources. All of the rooms have been designed to be flexible and with good access to the garden area which the children enjoy regularly.

What we can offer you

Our benefits include, but are not limited to;

Above industry standard salary, with annual salary reviews

\xc2\xa32,000 nursery bonus when your team achieves Outstanding Ofsted (or 5/6 combined Care Inspectorate rating)

Discounted childcare of 100% for first child

33 days holiday per year, with the option to buy additional days

Smart Health access, including 24/7 access to Virtual GP appointments, fitness programmes and mental health support

Huge variety of discounts across high street brands, utilities, and days out

Financial support through early access to wages, low interest debt consolidation loans and more

Refer a Friend Bonus, including New York Trip for 2 prize draw entry

Access to a wide selection of training programmes, supporting your individual career path, with career development opportunities across our network of nurseries

Employee Appreciation through our quarterly recognition weeks and annual Awards of Excellence gala\xe2\x80\x99s

Happy to Talk Flexible Working

Why Bright Horizons?

We care for over 25,000 children across the UK, across our portfolio of over 300 nurseries, 98% of which are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. We\xe2\x80\x99ve been voted Great Place to Work for the last 17 consecutive years, as well achieving Great Place for Wellbeing and Great Place for Women.

Since 2005, we have supported the lives of thousands of children through our Bright Horizons Foundation for Children, supporting families and children in crisis \xe2\x80\x93 something we could not achieve without our Bright Horizons colleagues ongoing volunteering and fundraising.

What you\xe2\x80\x99ll be doing

Lead our nursery teams to deliver outstanding care to all the children in your setting

Through your inspirational leadership drive employee engagement, retention, and performance in the nursery

Work in partnership with Recruitment and HR to ensure your nursery is fully recruited , encouraging a diverse workforce

Role model and mentor your nursery team to ensure the highest quality early childhood practice and experience for all children, including children with special education needs and/or disabilities

Act as Designated Safeguarding Lead at the nursery, holding overall responsibility for the day to day running of the nursery and management of safeguarding and child protection policies - monitoring and improving practice and behaviours that underpin our high performance safety culture

Work in partnership with HR to identify succession plans for the nursery team and nurture, create and continuously develop a pipeline of high performing practitioners and Room Leaders, building the strongest talent pool in the sector

Work with the Regional Director, Finance and Marketing teams to identify and implement commercial plans and strategies to deliver FTE growth within the nursery

Commercial delivery of the nursery performance, optimising revenue generation and cost efficiency in line with staff ratio requirements, to deliver and exceed the annual budgeted EBITDA

Engage with the Local Authority to understand the local offer, to support practice in all areas of the nursery

What we\xe2\x80\x99re looking for

Full and Relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification (essential)

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 \xe2\x80\x9cGood\xe2\x80\x9d or \xe2\x80\x9cOutstanding\xe2\x80\x9d 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 the understanding of the complex relationship between business/commerce 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 build trust and strong working relationships with colleagues, parents and external partners

We look forward to receiving your application!

If you experience any problems, please email europe.recruitment@brighthorizons.com and we will be happy to help.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions