Executive Early Years Practitioner

3 weeks ago


Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom Bright Horizons Full time

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced and passionate Executive Early Years Practitioner to join our team at Bright Horizons. As a key member of our nursery management team, you will be responsible for leading, mentoring, and inspiring a team to deliver exceptional care and education to all children in our care.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor, and inspire a team to deliver exceptional care and education to all children in our care
  • 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
  • Develop and maintain strong partnerships with colleagues, parents, and/or carers, as well as other professionals, to meet the needs of each child
  • Work collaboratively with colleagues to maintain a positive, happy, and safe working environment
  • Promote the nursery to both current parents and potential customers to support retention and ongoing occupancy growth
  • Ensure commercial success of the nursery by maintaining expenditure in line with FTEs and budget KPIs
  • Engage with the Local Authority to understand the local offer, to support practice in all areas of the nursery

Requirements

  • Full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification (essential)
  • Previous experience working within an Early Years setting - ideally as a Third in Charge, Room Leader, Early Years Educator, or similar
  • Confident decision maker, with previous experience providing support and leadership to others to enable staff in fulfilling their roles and responsibilities
  • 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 both colleagues and parents
  • Ability to use a variety of communication techniques with both children and adults

About Bright Horizons

At Bright Horizons, we are driven by our HEART values (Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork). If your values align, you would be a great fit to join one of our 300 nurseries across the UK. We've also been voted a Great Place to Work every year since 2006 - as well as achieving Great Place for Wellbeing and Great Place for Women. Did you know that Bright Horizons Foundation for Children charity has been established since 2005, supporting the lives of thousands of children and families in crisis, across almost 100 locations? Each Bright Horizons colleague is entitled to a paid volunteer day every year.



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