Deputy Manager

Deputy Manager

Department: Nursery Deputy Manager

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Monkey Puzzle Woodford

Compensation: £37,000 - £40,000 / year

Description

The role of the Nursery Deputy Manager is to support the Nursery Manager in providing professional leadership and management of the nursery and its staff. The deputy manager assists with the successful management of the day‑to‑day running of the nursery and delivers high‑quality standards of care and education for all children. The deputy manager also helps maintain regulatory compliance, fosters staff development and ensures a safe learning environment.

Aims

• Comply with all regulatory requirements.
• Provide high standards of care and education.
• Support all nursery staff in their roles.
• Acquire and maintain positive working partnerships with staff, parents and carers.
• Sustain targets for revenue and costs.

Key Responsibilities

• Adhere to all company policies and procedures.
• Ensure that all company policy and procedures are adhered to by all staff.
• Promote a high standard of quality within the nursery, including practice, environment and resources to meet the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage.
• Ensure appropriate planning and assessment is in place and is accurately maintained by all staff.
• Support the development of good practice in relation to special educational needs and inclusion.
• Provide leadership and support to all staff to enable them to establish and maintain professional positive working relationships with both colleagues, parents and carers.
• Deploy staff effectively to ensure the required standards are maintained.
• Ensure the effective implementation of the company’s keyperson system throughout the nursery.
• Ensure that all children are kept safe, and that staff are confident to follow 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 throughout the nursery.
• Proactively promote and represent the nursery to current and potential parents or customers including in the wider community.
• Adhere to all health and safety policies and procedures and support the Nursery Manager in ensuring all 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 in respect of suitably trained and vetted staff with relevant qualifications.
• Support the Nursery Manager with recruiting, inducting, supporting, training and appraising all staff to deliver high quality childcare practice.
• Support the Nursery Manager to identify, address and support individual training needs and self‑development such as supervisions and appraisals.
• Support the Nursery Manager in working in conjunction with Head Office in disciplinary and grievance investigations and hearings.
• Support the Nursery Manager in making sure all complaints or concerns are actively resolved in a timely manner.
• Support the Nursery Manager to facilitate inspections by regulatory bodies and implement any recommendations.
• Support the Nursery Manager with all administrative duties associated with the nursery, including maintaining children’s records, ordering equipment and keeping personnel files.
• Undertake any other duties as reasonably requested by the line manager.
• Assume additional management responsibilities as and when required.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Minimum Level 3 Early Years qualification (Level 5 desirable).
• Safeguarding knowledge.
• Minimum of 2 years recent experience working as a Third‑in‑Charge or Room Leader.
• Excellent communication, organisation, and IT skills.
• A natural leader with a passion for creating a happy, high‑performing team culture.

Benefits

• Length of Service Recognition: Rewards vouchers for continued service.
• Competitive Salaries: Salaries are competitive based on the position and market and are reviewed throughout the year.
• Enhanced Maternity Pay: Enhanced pay after 2 years of service.
• Medicash: Cover for dental treatments, optical, doctor consultations, therapies, prescriptions and mental health support.
• YuLife: Group life assurance policy enrolment and access to the YuLife app.
• Refer a Friend: Rewards for bringing suitable contacts to work.
• Flexible Working: Choice and flexibility to reduce working hours.
• Social Events: Team catch‑ups and Christmas parties.

Safeguarding Statement

Monkey Puzzle Day Nurseries are committed to keeping children safe; therefore, the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure and bar‑check is required. 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 provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are protected and not subject to disclosure. All candidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions and may be asked for further information during the recruitment process. If the application is successful, this information will be checked against data from the Disclosure & Barring Service before employment commences.