Nursery Manager

Job summary

Nursery Manager

Nursery: Monkey Puzzle Horsham - RH13 6SQ

Salary: Starting from £42,000 per year (dependent on qualification(s) and experience) + £3,000 performance bonus

Hours: 40 hours per week - This role is not a Term Time only Position.

£200 Welcome Bonus on a successful completion on your probation.

Join our caring, welcoming and supportive team at Monkey Puzzle Horsham.

Why Us?

People matter at Monkey Puzzle and as a part of our team you will benefit from:

· Continued opportunities for professional growth and access to our engaging online training platform with bespoke pathways focusing on the career that you want

· Flexible hours and an understanding that work needs to work for you

· Free parking

· Childcare discount

· Access to free counselling services

· Free meals

· Companywide social events

· A wellbeing focused leadership team, who are here to support you at every step of your journey with us

· Competitive salary

· £1000 refer a friend scheme

The role requires:

· Team working, we are a lovely family feel nursery and we strive for happiness for our people and would love to have a Nursery Manager who values the whole team as much as we do.

· Professional leadership and management of the nursery to deliver high standards of care and education to all children.

· Clear and accurate record keeping.

· Excellent planning, organisation and IT skills.

· Wonderful communication and the ability to lead, motivate, engage and inspire your team.

· Identify and record training needs and develop training plans for your team, with the support of Head Office

· Recruiting, inducting, supporting and conducting appraisals and one to one meetings with your team to lead them to success.

· Upskilling the leaders within your nursery to ensure that they lead their relevant areas or rooms effectively..

· Promotion of partnership working including parents and external agencies.

· Budget management including running costs of the nursery.

· Facilitation and readiness of inspections by regulatory bodies and implementation of recommendations.

Safeguarding Statement

Monkey Puzzle Day Nurseries are committed to Keeping children safe; therefore, it is necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record Disclosure and Barred check to be undertaken.?All posts involving direct contact with children and vulnerable adults are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.?However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected'. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account.??All?candidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions, you may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process.? If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your employment commences.