Nursery Manager

6 months ago


Cambridge, United Kingdom Bright Horizons Full time

Nursery: Bright Horizons Cambridge Milton Road Day Nursery and Preschool

Location :Cambridge

Salary: Starting from £42,524 per annum

We are looking for a full time , qualified Nursery Manager to join our Bright Horizons Milton Road, situated In Cambridge.

The nursery offers 5 separate rooms and a Forest School.

We have several other Bright Horizons settings in close proximity, meaning you will be able to join us before the nursery opens if you would like to, and work in another setting until the opening later in the year

What we can offer you

Our benefits include, but are not limited to;

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 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

Why Bright Horizons?

We are driven by our HEART values (Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork). If your values align, you’d be a great fit to join one of our 300 nurseries across the UK. We’ve also been voted Great Place to Work every year since 2006 - as well achieving Great Place for Wellbeing and Great Place for Women.

Did you know, 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

What you’ll 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

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, 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’re 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 “Good” or “Outstanding” 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


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