Nursery Team/Room Leader in Bexley

We are currently recruiting for a passionate Room Manager to join our clients wonderful Nursery. You are expected to be a dedicated and ambitious Preschool Room Manager.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead, mentor and inspire a team to deliver the highest care and education standards.
• Support and carry out 1-1 meetings and supervisions to check staff knowledge and understanding of Policies and Procedures and child development and EYFS.
• Ensure a child-centred approach to operating all aspects of the nursery and that the observation and planning process meets the needs of all children in line with the Quality Assurance Framework.
• Ensure internal policies and procedures and legislation from governing bodies are adhered to.
• Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication with all stakeholders of the nursery and wider community including parents, professionals and colleagues.
• Support and manage Keeping Everyone Safe policies and procedures.
• Be the lead Designated Safeguarding Lead at the nursery and hold overall responsibility for safeguarding and child protection policies.
• Contribute to succession planning, identification and delivery of relevant training, and additional requirements for personal development plans.
• Ensure that all staff have read, understood and implemented the Safeguarding Policies and Procedures.
• Promote the nursery to current parents and potential customers to support retention and ongoing occupancy growth.
• Engage with the Local Authority and understand the local offer to support practice in all areas of the nursery.
• Provide strong and clear line management for a Nursery team including mentoring of the wider leadership team.
• Plan and demonstrate a clear understanding of efficient staff deployment and manage rostering in line with regulatory standards.
• Ensure strong and effective performance management and monitoring processes.
• Lead a Health and Safety Culture ensuring robust procedures are followed.
• Undertake regular 1-1/supervision meetings with staff to plan and provide suitable professional development activities.
• Ensure children's records and files are kept up to date and accurate.
• Work with NM to ensure safer recruitment policies and procedures are adhered to for all staff.

Essential Experience:

• Proven experience of working in early years education settings with successful management leading to Good or better regulatory inspection outcomes.
• Strong decision-maker with the ability to support change.
• Experience of providing support and leadership to a staff team.
• Experience of budget management, efficient staff deployment and rostering programmes.
• Knowledge of Local Authority and Regulatory requirements and inspection processes across the UK.

Qualifications:

• Full and relevant level 3 qualification (essential).
• 12 hours paediatric first aid and first aid at work (essential).
• Level 2 Food Hygiene or equivalent (ideal).
• Relevant safeguarding/child protection training undertaken.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Undergraduate or Foundation Degree in Early Childhood Studies or other relevant subject (Desirable).
• Full, clean driving licence and flexibility to travel as necessary.

Personal Attributes:

• Able to communicate clearly with adults and children using a variety of techniques.
• Ability to lead and inspire nursery leaders and colleagues.
• Highly motivated and driven, achieving positive impact and meeting deadlines.
• Ability to build trust and develop cohesive teams.
• High energy and thrives in a fast-paced environment.
• Able to manage workload and time effectively.
• Able and competent user of company ICT systems.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits: Childcare, Company events, Company pension, Employee discount, Free parking, Company meals, Referral programme

Schedule: Day shift, Monday to Friday, No weekends

School type: Day nursery, Private nursery school