At a Glance
- Tasks: Support and inspire outstanding childcare and education across two nursery settings.
- Company: Join the Jesters family, a community-focused nursery with a passion for learning through play.
- Benefits: 50% childcare discount, career pathways, training opportunities, and social events.
- Other info: Flexible working patterns and a warm, encouraging atmosphere await you.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on children's lives while growing your career in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Level 3 childcare qualification and management experience required.
The predicted salary is between 31500 - 38500 £ per year.
Deputy dual Nursery Manager over 2 sites, FLEXIBLE WORKING PATTERNS, all year round.
Experienced, motivated, highly organised person needed to support and inspire our semi-rural 'little nursery' at the heart of Bicknacre community and our co-located setting for pre-schoolers in the Old School House - Jesters Nursery School Danbury. You will provide outstanding childcare, education, safeguarding and wellbeing, and act as a role model to elevate our hybrid teaching practice across the service. Promoting Jesters ethos of Curiosity, Hygge, Loose Parts, Forest Led and Montessori inspired play and learning and delivering our exceptional School Readiness programme.
Minimum Level 3 childcare qualification and management experience required. We are an aspirational childcare service, 'building futures' not only for every child in our care, but for our dedicated employees too...
- 50% childcare discount from start date
- Pathways to further your career - salary uplift on successful completion
- Apprenticeship opportunities - salary uplift on successful completion
- Upskilling, training & mentoring
- Termly paid Inset day training/teambuilding
- Referral incentive of £250 (terms and conditions apply)
- Long service rewards, from 5 years
- Social events - Christmas party
- Staff room snacks and treats
- Warm, encouraging, supportive 'Jesters Family' environment
The role of the Deputy Manager is to provide outstanding childcare, education and wellbeing at Jesters settings. Effectively the role is to help to manage the day to day running of Jesters from an operational and childcare perspective and to act as a role model to elevate teaching practice across the service. They lead and inspire to achieve the highest standards of wellbeing, practice and education which promotes Jesters ethos; Curiosity, Hygge, Forest School Led and Montessori inspired learning practices and delivers excellent outcomes against the 5 Jesters strategic priorities.
The Deputy Manager plays a key operational role supporting the Nursery Manager and will be responsible for all aspects of delivery while deputising in their absence.
Key accountabilities:
- Support the Nursery Manager to ensure the setting delivers outstanding and inspirational childcare and education and to lead and grow the service towards best practice.
- Ensure that safeguarding is at the forefront of all working practices.
- Maintain exemplary parental engagement ensuring partnership with families is professional at all times.
- Ensure high standards of H&S, hygiene and infection control measures are actively maintained across the board.
- Maintain efficient, effective information governance to ensure compliance with legal, regulatory obligations including GDPR.
- Mentor and coach the team to realise their full potential and feel supported in their roles.
- To enable the team to deliver high standards of childcare and education in order that Jesters Vision, Ethos and Values are always promoted.
- Meet statutory obligations for Learning, Development and Wellbeing.
- Support in sharing information on current trends and changes in the Early Years and Playwork sectors and recommend new learning paths and potential changes to policies and protocols.
- Be an advocate and champion for Jesters.
- Deliver childcare and education that supports equality and diversity.
PLEASE NOTE That unfortunately, this role does not meet the government's requirements for a Skilled Worker VISA, so we are unable to offer sponsorship.
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