Nursery Director

3 weeks ago

Brentwood, Essex, United Kingdom Bright Horizons Full time
Lead Our Nursery Teams to Deliver Outstanding Care

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Nursery Manager to join our Bright Horizons Poppetts Day Nursery and Preschool team. As a key member of our leadership team, you will be responsible for leading our nursery teams to deliver outstanding care to all the children in your setting.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead our nursery teams to deliver high-quality care and education to children aged 0-5 years
  • Develop and implement effective strategies to drive employee engagement, retention, and performance in the nursery
  • Work in partnership with Recruitment and HR to ensure the nursery is fully recruited and has a diverse workforce
  • Role model and mentor the nursery team to ensure the highest quality early childhood practice and experience for all children
  • 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
  • Work in partnership with HR to identify succession plans for the nursery team and nurture, create, and continuously develop a pipeline of high-performing colleagues
  • 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 and support practice in all areas of the nursery
Requirements:
  • 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 in a regulatory inspection, leading to a "Good" or "Outstanding" outcome
  • Experience of developing high-performing teams, with effective regulatory compliance, quality improvement, delivery of high-quality pedagogy, innovation, and service excellence
  • Confident decision maker, with the 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
What We Offer:
  • Above industry-standard salary, with annual salary reviews
  • £2,000 bonus when your team achieves Outstanding Ofsted (or 5/6 combined Care Inspectorate rating)
  • Discounted childcare of 100% for the 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
  • Financial support through early access to wages, low-interest debt consolidation loans, and a wide variety of discounts across high street brands, travel, utilities, and days out
  • Development programme access for every stage of your career, tailored to your individual journey, with opportunities across our network of nurseries
  • Access to our Future Leaders programme, preparing you to step into a Room Leader position
  • Employee Appreciation throughout the year, including our annual Awards of Excellence gala's
  • Happy to Talk Flexible Working

We look forward to receiving your application.

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