Room Leader in Bexley

We are currently recruiting for a passionate Room Manager to join our clients wonderful Nursery. You must be dedicated to ensure your room runs smoothly.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• 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.
• In line with our standards for pedagogy, lead and support the curriculum to ensure a child-centred approach to operating all aspects of the nursery.
• Ensure 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.
• Ensure that Child Protection training is completed every two years as set out in the Child Protection Policy.
• Work as part of a larger team to ensure all essential day-to-day tasks are completed in line with nursery demands.
• Promote the nursery to current parents and potential customers.
• Ensure commercial success of the nursery by maintaining expenditure in line with FTEs and budget KPIs.
• Engage with the Local Authority to support practice in all areas of the nursery.
• Continue personal professional development to ensure knowledge and skills are up to date.
• Provide support for colleagues within the nursery and across the broader business when required.
• Attend staff meetings and training sessions to ensure continuous professional development.
• 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.
• Ensure strong and effective performance management and monitoring processes.
• Lead a Health and Safety Culture ensuring robust procedures are followed.
• Provide an environment focused on customer and practitioner engagement.
• Undertake regular 1-1/supervision meetings with staff to plan and provide suitable professional development activities.
• Take responsibility for own personal and professional development.
• 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.
• Strong decision-maker with the ability to support change.
• Experience of providing support and leadership to a staff team.
• Current 12hrs Paediatric First Aid Certificate.

Desirable:

• Leading teams through coaching and mentoring.
• Experience of budget management and managing commercial performance.
• Knowledge of Local Authority and Regulatory requirements.

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).
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Undergraduate or Foundation Degree in Early Childhood Studies or other relevant subject (Desirable).
• EYPP/EYTT or QTS post graduate status (Desirable).
• Full, clean driving licence and flexibility to travel as necessary.

Personal Attributes:

• Able to communicate clearly with adults and children.
• Ability to lead and inspire nursery leaders and colleagues.
• Highly motivated and driven.
• Ability to build trust and develop cohesive teams.
• High energy and thrives in a fast-paced environment.
• Encourages colleagues to realise their potential.
• 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

Work Location: In person