Nursery Development Manager

Family First have launched an excellent opportunity for career development with our new Nursery Development Manager role., The Nursery Development Manager role is 40 hours over 5 days per week, salary £40,000 - £47,500 per annum + £3,900 car allowance per annum. In this role you will be trusted and responsible for working with the nursery teams and Early Years Specialists to set strategic directions to continuously improve the nurseries in their area through outstanding leadership and innovative practices and behaviours. You will also need to ensure high-quality care and education for children, maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements, including safeguarding practices, and achieving financial and operational targets when deployed. Please note, within this role you will be deployed into nurseries when required to lead and operate the setting on a day-to-day basis for cover periods when required. You will need to be confident and happy to be parachuting into nurseries for support.,

• People: To lead, inspire and motivate the team ensuring they are equipped with the appropriate skills and attitudes to perform effectively in their roles.
• Training: Induction/ Talent and succession planning/ Safeguarding/ CPD
• Auditing: Quality audits/ Staff compliance/ EY usage/ Statutory requirements audits/ Health and Safety audits
• Incident Management: Coach and mentor teams through safeguarding incidents/ field calls/ instruct and guide investigations/ lead disciplinary action or facilitate when appropriate
• Parachuting: Deployment to a setting to lead in the absence of a Nursery Manager providing safeguarding and continuity for teams, families and the business
  
  Full and relevant Level 3 or above Childcare qualification
• Minimum of 5 years Early Years experience
• Minimum of 2 years Nursery Manager experience
• Experience in leading an Ofsted audit within the last 12 months
• Experience of successfully passing an Ofsted inspection to a Good/Outstanding rating
• Working expertise in Safeguarding and its application in Early Years environments
• Experience supporting multiple nurseries
• Fluent in spoken and written English and English qualification (GCSE minimum grade C/4 or equivalent)
• Maths qualification (GCSE minimum grade C/4 or equivalent)
Desirable Experience:
• Level 5 qualification in Childcare and/or Management and Leadership
• Excellent communication and prioritisation skills
• Effective project management, delivering within time and budget constraints
  
  Family First benefits include annual leave starting at 27 days on top of a paid birthday day off and bank holidays. On top of this we have discounted nursery fees for all our teams, friends and family, access to a discount/perks platform with exceptional learning & development opportunities tailored to you.