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About the Role
Lead a team to deliver outstanding care and education, drive employee engagement, retention, and performance. Act as Designated Safeguarding Lead, manage daily operations, and implement safeguarding policies. Partner with support teams to recruit, develop colleagues, and execute commercial strategies for growth. Optimize nursery performance, revenue, and cost efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team to deliver outstanding care and education.
- Drive employee engagement, retention, and performance through inspirational leadership.
- Act as Designated Safeguarding Lead.
- Hold overall responsibility for the day-to-day running of the nursery.
- Manage safeguarding policies.
- Work in partnership with support office teams to recruit, nurture, and continuously develop high-performing colleagues.
- Identify and implement commercial plans and strategies to deliver FTE growth.
- Optimize nursery performance, revenue generation, and cost efficiency in line with staff ratio requirements.
Requirements
- Full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification.
- 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 understanding of complex relationship between commercial 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 develop trust and strong working partnerships with both colleagues and parents/carers.
- This post is subject to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, which will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.
Skills
- Safeguarding
- Child Protection
- Leadership
- Employee engagement
- Retention
- Performance management
- Recruitment
- Team development
- Commercial strategy
- Revenue generation
- Cost efficiency
- Regulatory compliance
- Quality improvement
- Pedagogy
- Innovation
- Service excellence
- Decision making
- Change management
- Relationship building
Location
- Raynes Park, London
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Early Years leadership role
- Nursery Manager
- Deputy Manager
- Assistant Manager
Education Level
- Level 3 or above Early Years qualification
Salary/Compensations
- Up to £59,529.60 per annum
Benefits
- Childcare discount of 100% for first child
- Competitive bonus of up to £6,000, awarded in line with Ofsted inspection outcomes
- Enhanced parental leave
- 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and paid Christmas closure.
- Ability to also purchase additional leave*
- Pension
- Financial and wellbeing benefits including 24/7 virtual GP appointments, early access to wages, and more
- Professional development programme access for every stage of your career, including access to a careers coach
About the Company
- Bright Horizons is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
- Proud to be a Great Place to Work for 20 years.
Equal Opportunity
- We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all ages and backgrounds to apply.
- We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants.