Nursery Manager

Job title: Nursery Manager

Purpose of post

• Ensure all children are safeguarded and their welfare and safety is promoted
• Ensure a high standard of physical, personal, emotional, social and intellectual education and care for all children in the nursery
• Implement high standards of quality practices through supervisions and support for the team members within the nursery
• Day-to-day management of the nursery, including quality improvement, marketing and administration.
• This new location (Montessory Pre-School) was opened 6 months ago and needs to be filled up with children

Key areas

• High standards of care and early learning of all children
• Team building and staff management
• Marketing and business development.

Responsible to: Proprietor/Management Committee/Senior Team

Main duties

• Lead the nursery safeguarding procedure to ensure all children are kept safe, well and secure and ensure all team members are able to do the same.
• Keep up-to-date with relevant safeguarding and child protection training and cascade to staff e.g. Prevent Duty, serious case reviews
• Promote the aims and objectives of the nursery
• Promote the high standards of the nursery at all times to parents, staff and visitors
• Ensure the provision of high standards of physical, personal, social and emotional care
• Lead a team of professional workers and ensure good practice at all times
• Plan and organise staffing schedules and holiday rotas to ensure adequate staffing levels are maintained in accordance with regulatory body guidelines and nursery procedures
• Be aware of and act in accordance with current legislation, good practice, nursery policies and procedures
• Adhere to, and support all team members to understand and follow, the legal requirements of the *Early Years Foundation Stage/*National Minimum Standards/*Health and Social Care Standards (*delete as appropriate)
• Follow and support staff to understand and implement the *Early Years Foundation Stage/*Curriculum for funded non-maintained nursery settings (Wales)/*Pre-birth to 3 and Curriculum for Excellence (*delete as appropriate)
• Follow all relevant Acts including the Equality Act 2010, the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (regulation (EU) 2016/ 679) (UK GDPR) that relate to staff employment and record keeping
• Be responsible for all nursery staff, after school workers, cooks, cleaners, students and voluntary workers. Supervise and support all members of the nursery team in their day-to-day duties including recruitment and induction, appraisals and reviews, training and development, individual supervisions and discipline
• Ensure all staff have an up-to-date *enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks (England and Wales)/*PVG registration (Scotland) (*delete as appropriate)
• Support all team members to work in partnership with parents/carers and other family members
• Liaise with *Ofsted/*Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) /*Care Inspectorate and other professional bodies associated with the nursery, reporting and updating information as required (*delete as appropriate)
• Oversee the efficient upkeep and maintenance of the building and grounds, stock of equipment, furnishings and fittings
• Be responsible for all administrative duties associated with the management of the facility, e.g. maintaining records on the children and their families, ordering equipment, maintaining an inventory, keeping personnel records
• Be responsible for the collection, recording and banking of fees together with administering a petty cash budget
• Co-ordinate with appropriate agencies regarding trainee placements and supervise accordingly
• Co-ordinate and chair staff meetings as appropriate including agendas and minutes
• Establish and maintain effective links with other agencies
• Market and advertise the nursery as necessary to ensure the nursery runs to its full capacity
• Develop and implement monitoring and recording systems for child development
• Be responsible for overall health and safety standards within the nursery and ensure staff compliance and awareness, including training where appropriate
• Maintain procedures for high standards of hygiene and cleanliness
• Ensure provision of a high-quality environment to meet the needs of individual children regardless of any disabilities, family backgrounds or medical history
• Provide all team members with the support and resources required for the early identification and intervention for children with possible special needs
• Report back to the Proprietor as required with information relating to finance, quality of the provision and other necessary information
• Undertake such other duties and responsibilities of an equivalent nature as may be determined from time-to-time by the Proprietor

Benefits

- 5.6 weeks holiday

- pension plan

- performance based bonus

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