Third in Charge

**Position**: Third in Charge

**Salary Banding**: £23,712 - £31,054 per annum (dependent on qualifications and experience)

**Hours**: Full Time / Perm / Mon-Fri/ 40 hours

**Location**: Vauxhall, Liverpool

We are currently recruiting for a passionate Third in Charge to join our wonderful Eldonians Day Nursery and Preschool, situated in Vauxhall, Liverpool.

Our 60 place nursery is proudly rated “Good” by Ofsted, and is based within a beautiful, purpose built building, close to the City centre, with free parking and good transport links. The well-established setting offers well equipped rooms, with each having its own garden area

As a Third in Charge working with us, you can expect a competitive salary, excellent training and development as well as a caring and passionate place to work.

**Key Tasks and Responsibilities**:

- Lead mentor and inspire a team to deliver the highest care and educations standards and support and carryout 1-1 meetings and supervisions to support checking staff knowledge and understanding of Policies and Procedures and child development and EYFS and bright Beginning curriculum and regulatory standards.
- Ensuring internal policies and procedures and legislation from governing bodies are adhered to and team members can demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of Policies and Procedures through their individual impact statements 1-1 meetings and their practice.
- In line with Bright Horizons UK standards for pedagogy, lead and support the Bright Beginnings, Bright Horizons curriculum to ensure a child-centred approach to operating all aspects of the nursery, and ensure the observation and planning process meets the needs of all children in line with the Quality Assurance Framework.
- Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication with all stakeholders of the nursery and wider bright horizons community including parent’s professionals and colleagues.
- Support and manage Keeping Everyone Safe policies and procedures and continuously demonstrate, monitor and improve the practices and behaviours that underpin a high performing safety culture
- When required be the Designated Safeguarding Lead at the nursery and hold overall responsibility for the day to day management of safeguarding and child protection policies in the nursery as the DSL.
- To lead by example and drive the culture of Safeguarding Children and promoting professional staff behavior.
- In collaboration with NM and DM contribute to succession planning, identification and delivery of relevant training, and additional requirements for personal development plans including coaching and mentoring for all staff
- Working as part of a larger team to ensure all essential day to day tasks are completed in line with the nursery demands ie. Hygiene standards and room preparation.
- Promote the nursery to current parents and potential customers to support the retention and ongoing occupancy growth
- Ensuring commercial success of the nursery by maintaining expenditure inline FTEs and budget KPIs and ensuring purchasing is made inline with the procurement guidelines.
- Engage with the Local Authority and understand the referral processes when necessary to engage with professionals to make a child referral.
- Actively promote and support charities including the Bright Horizons Foundation for children
- Continuation of personal professional development to ensure during periods of full responsibility of the nursery knowledge and skills are up to date, full, and relevant to the role of the designated person in charge and responsible for leading the setting.
- To provide support for your colleagues within the nursery and across the broader business when required.
- Attendance at staff meetings and training sessions to ensure continuous professional development.

**Responsible for**:

- Providing strong and clear line management for a Nursery team including mentoring of the wider leadership team including the room leaders and colleagues.
- Plan and demonstrate a clear understanding of efficient staff deployment and managing the rostering in line with regulatory standards.
- Ensure strong and effective performance management and monitoring processes, with the ability to demonstrate impact and show improvements in performance, leading to the highest quality provision as set out in the Quality Assurance Framework, improved inspection ratings, full regulatory compliance, high levels of customer and employee satisfaction and growth.
- Leading a Health and Safety Culture where you ensure all team members recognise the part they each play in ensuring robust procedures are followed for Policies and Procedures and the regulatory standards set by our regulator.
- Ensuring you provide an environment which a strong focus on our customer and practitioner engagement and provide guidance to practitioners.
- Undertake regular 121/supervision meetings with staff to plan and provide suitable professional development activities and op