Nursery Director Lead

4 days ago


New Milton, Hampshire, United Kingdom YMCA Fairthorne group Full time
About the Role

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our team as a Nursery Director Lead, working in a dynamic and rewarding environment.

Job Description

The successful applicant will provide outstanding leadership and operational management, maintaining an exciting and inspirational child-led, play-based environment utilising the outdoors as much as possible. They will manage, recruit, train, support and inspire an outstanding staff team able to meet the needs of all children in our care.

This role involves managing the nursery as a business, contributing to the writing and monitoring of an annual budget and implementing marketing and sales plans to achieve income and occupancy targets. The Nursery Director Lead will also follow the YMCA pedagogy and curriculum, using systems to monitor children's progress, share information with parents and plan activities to support each child's development.

The ideal candidate will maintain full regulatory and legislative approval, including meeting Ofsted, Environmental Health and Health and Safety requirements. This includes seeking an Ofsted grade of Outstanding.

In addition, the successful applicant will ensure compliance with all YMCA policies and procedures, including Child protection, Health and Safety, Human Resources and Financial policies.

Requirements
  • Hold a minimum level 5 Childcare qualification, or hold an excellent understanding of child development and be willing to study towards a level 5 and/or 6 qualification
  • Minimum 3 years of leadership experience in an early years setting
  • Evidence of achieving high quality of care, over and above that required by EYFS
  • Hold level 4 safeguarding qualification or willingness to work towards
  • Ability to work to budgets
  • Good IT working knowledge, including Windows, Word, and Excel (training will be given on nursery software)
  • First aid qualification (or willingness to train)
  • Skills in mentoring and coaching staff and students
What We Offer
  • An estimated salary of £50,000 - £60,000 per annum, depending on experience
  • 25 days holiday FTE, increasing with length of service up to a maximum of 30 days
  • Additional leave to purchase
  • Celebration leave
  • Life assurance
  • 50% discount on nursery fees
  • Day camps discounts: 1 week free and 1 week at 50% per child per annum
  • Campsite and activities discounts at YMCA Fairthorne Manor
  • 30% discount on food
  • Wellbeing assistance programme
  • Cycle to work scheme

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