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About the Role
Support the Nursery Manager in providing professional leadership and management of the nursery and its staff, ensuring the day-to-day running and high standards of care and education for all children.
Responsibilities
- Adhere to all company policies and procedures.
- Ensure all staff adhere to company policies and procedures.
- Promote high standards of quality in practice, environment, and resources to meet Early Years Foundation Stage requirements.
- Ensure appropriate planning and assessment are in place and accurately maintained by staff.
- Support the development of good practice in special educational needs and inclusion.
- Provide leadership and support to staff for positive working relationships with colleagues, parents, and carers.
- Deploy staff effectively to maintain required standards.
- Ensure the effective implementation of the company’s keyperson system.
- Ensure all children are kept safe and staff are confident in following safeguarding procedures.
- Implement and support others in delivering the EYFS in line with current practice and guidelines.
- Develop and maintain professional working relationships with relevant outside agencies.
- Support the Nursery Manager in creating and maintaining a culture of self-evaluation and reflective practice.
- Proactively promote and represent the nursery to current and potential parents/customers and the wider community.
- Adhere to all health and safety policies and procedures and support the Nursery Manager in ensuring staff receive health and safety training.
- Be fully aware of all emergency and security procedures.
- Support the Nursery Manager in ensuring the nursery remains compliant regarding suitably trained and vetted staff with relevant qualifications.
- Support the Nursery Manager with recruiting, inducting, supporting, training, and appraising staff.
- Support the Nursery Manager to identify, address, and support individual training needs and self-development.
- Support the Nursery Manager in working with Head Office on disciplinary and grievance investigations and hearings.
- Support the Nursery Manager in ensuring all complaints/concerns are actively resolved in a timely manner.
- Support the Nursery Manager to facilitate inspections by regulatory bodies and implement recommendations.
- Support the Nursery Manager with administrative duties, including maintaining children’s records, ordering equipment, and keeping personnel files.
- Undertake any other duties as reasonably requested by line manager.
- Assume additional management responsibilities as and when required.
Requirements
- Minimum Level 3 Early Years qualification (Level 5 desirable).
- Safeguarding Knowledge.
- Minimum of 2 years recent experience working as a Third-in-Charge/Room Leader.
- Excellent communication, organisation, and IT skills.
- A natural leader with a passion for creating a happy, high-performing team culture.
Skills
- Safeguarding Knowledge
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- IT skills
- Leadership
Location
- Monkey Puzzle Brentford
Work Type
- Full Time
Experience Level
- Minimum of 2 years recent experience working as a Third-in-Charge/Room Leader
Education Level
- Minimum Level 3 Early Years qualification
- Level 5 desirable
Salary/Compensations
- £37,000 - £40,000 / year
Benefits
- Length of Service Recognition with vouchers
- Competitive Salaries reviewed throughout the year
- Enhanced Maternity Pay after 2 years’ service
- Medicash cover for dental, optical, doctor consultations, therapies, prescriptions, and mental health support
- YuLife Group Life Assurance policy and app access
- Refer a Friend rewards
- Flexible Working options
- Social Events including team catch ups and Christmas parties
About the Company
- Our vision is to inspire change through excellence in childcare, creating a positive impact for generations to come.
- For over 20 years we have been providing children the highest quality of care with unlimited opportunities to grow, learn and develop in our safe and secure environments.
- We are Great Place to Work Best Workplaces, Best Workplaces for Women 2024 and Best Workplaces for Wellbeing 2022 & 2023.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.
- 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.