Nursery Manager

Nursery Manager

26k- 33k + Welcome bonus + Generous benefits!

Based at our Enchanted Forest Nursery in Greenock, on the beautiful West Coast of Scotland, there is no better place to live and work. Relocation, with support will be considered.

We value our teams and provide extensive benefits, including free childcare, 4 day working week, group life assurance, generous holiday entitlement, professional development, colleague assistance scheme, health and wellbeing support plus much more!

Worried about COVID and furlough? DON’T! If successful we guarantee 100% pay if the nursery is required to close.

The role…

You will have autonomy and accountability for the smooth running of the nursery. Responsible for providing high quality, forward thinking, inspiring childcare and education, you will liaise regularly with parents, local authorities, and colleagues, so communication is key. People management and financial understanding are also important aspects of the role, however full training will be provided.

Our values put children first, always, and our principles of well-being, knowledge, self-evaluation, accountability, efficiency and celebrating success underpin everything we do. As part of a larger nursery group, you will have the full support from talented central services support team, each of whom are experts in own their field.

You will be…

A passionate, positive role model. An enthusiastic, team player with a knowledge and experience of providing inspiring high-quality childcare and education. A great communicator, with determination and ambition to excel and grow within your career.

Working as part of a dedicated, forward-thinking, and creative team, you will provide ideas and an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, develop, and learn. You’ll be able to build and maintain strong, supportive, and respectful relationships with your team and parents to enable individual children’s needs to be met.

Resilient and adaptable to change you will be a creative thinker with a strengths-based approach to problem solving and communication.

Non negotiables

You must be SVQ Level 3, HNC or equivalent in Early Years Education and Care and have at least 2 years’ Senior Practitioner / Deputy experience with children aged 0-5.

A little about us

Named in the top 20 Large Nursery Groups in the UK in 2020, by daynurseries.co.uk, we provide inspiring childcare and education throughout the North West of England and Scotland. Our teams are friendly, fun, and dedicated to making every day special. There really is no better time to join our ambitious team. We’re growing fast and are passionate about developing our people and we recognise individual’s potential through promotion opportunities. Each of our 37 nurseries are unique and offer a variety of activities and opportunities to encourage child development in fun and stimulating environments which makes us the perfect choice for parents. From the board room to the baby room, our amazing, passionate, enthusiastic, and committed teams always put children first and pride themselves on delivering high quality childcare and early years education.

Children first everytime | Deliver everyday with passion | Be a positive role model | Teamwork

If you would like more information, or an informal, confidential chat please call Joanne MacDonald, Recruitment Coordinator on 07983 168748 for the details.

We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

We may close this job advert earlier than scheduled for the right candidate, we're looking forward to hearing from you soon!