Deputy Nurse Manager

Deputy Nursery Manager

Nurse Seekers are proud to be recruiting an experienced Nursery Manager for a fantastic quality nursery based in West Ealing, London. The successful candidate must be great at using your initiative, hard-working and an inspiring role-model for their young learners.

Essential Criteria
• Full & Relevant Early Years Qualification (Level 3+).
• Knowledgeable in areas relating to child development.
• Detailed knowledge of safeguarding children, procedures and promotion of children.
• Great communication skills, including the ability to understand babble.
• Significant experience of leading in a nursery.

Key Responsibilities
• To promote the aims and objectives of the nursery ensuring high standards of the nursery are maintained at all times for children, parents, staff, visitors.
• Oversee the quality of childcare provided.
• Build strong relationships with parents and staff.
• Provide a safe, nurturing, and inspiring education environment for children.
• To undertake such other duties and responsibilities of an equivalent nature as may be determined from time to time by the nursery manager.
• To ensure high standards of hygiene and cleanliness are maintained at all times.
• To ensure the provision of a high-quality environment to meet the needs of individual children, having an awareness of any disabilities, family cultures, and medical histories.
• To ensure the provision of high standards of physical and emotional care.
• To be responsible for implementing and monitoring systems of observation to enable children’s progress and achievements to be regularly and effectively assessed and recorded
• To undertake such other duties and responsibilities of an equivalent nature as may be determined from time to time by the nursery manager.
• To be involved fully in monthly staff meetings, planning meetings, parents’ evenings, fundraising events and training sessions outside working hours, as required.
• To assist in leading a team of professional workers and to ensure good practice at all times, including staff induction, supervision and training.
• Perform any other duties as may be reasonably requested by the Manager.
• To monitor and take responsibility for the Health and Safety standards within the nursery, ensuring that the nursery’s Health and safety policies and procedures are developed, implemented and reviewed and to maintain an up-to-date knowledge of Health and Safety legislation as applicable to the role.
• To monitor and take responsibility for Equality and Diversity within teaching and learning ensuring that statutory requirements are fulfilled
• To deputise for the manager in his/her absence

Benefits
• Up to £500 starter bonus.
• 50% off of childcare fees from day one.
• Enhanced Bupa Health Care Package.
• 32 days which includes bank holidays & a whole week break over Christmas plus an extra day for your birthday off work, fully paid!
• 5 annual fully paid training days.

If this sounds like the type of vacancy you feel you have been looking for, then apply today! Alternatively call Ollie or one of our Nursery Team on Apply, or register your details.