Mulberry Corner Day Nursery, part of the Happy Days Nurseries Group is seeking an experienced Nursery Manager to join our team.

As Nursery Manager you will play a vital role in helping us inspire the future for our children, by leading your team deliver the very best care and education using our unique curriculum “Where Children Shine” you will also support your team, by observing, mentoring and delivering best practice and regulatory compliance.

You will have experience in the commercial running of the nursery, effectively managing parent enquiries, tours and enrolments, budget management, staff rostering, and recruitment, staff performance and wellbeing.

As Nursery manager you will have a proven track record in OFSTED inspections and be fully conversant in the welfare requirements and statutory framework.

Your roles and responsibilities as Nursery Manager would include –

Performance

• Embodying our SHINE values (Support, Honesty, Inspiration, Nurturing and Empowerment) in everything you do
• Effectively manage the full running on the nursery by being organised, and have the ability to plan and prioritise your work
• Being positive, confident and honest
• Having great initiative and a “can do” attitude
• Knowing and upholding our policies, procedures and established working practices
• Holding a recognised level 3 qualification in childcare
• Supporting, mentoring and coaching colleagues, through induction, supervision and appraisal
• Overseeing the day to day running of the nursery
• Managing enquiries, tours and enrolments
• Working in partnership with parents, managing queries, concerns and complaints and resolving them to a satisfactory standard
• Managing the commercial performance of the nursery

Outstanding Childcare

• You’ll be an inspirational leader, ensuring that their care and development needs are being met at all times
• Using our unique “Where Children Shine” curriculum to observe, plan and assess children’s learning opportunities
• Understanding and implementing safeguarding, health and safety and welfare requirement policies and practices
• Having a firm understanding of OFSTED requirements and the ability to lead during an inspection or regulatory visit

Working with Others

• Be a dedicated team player, and valuing the experience and skills of your colleagues
• Continually striving to work together to deliver the very best care and education for the children
• Supporting colleagues with empathy and care
• Acting as mentor and line manager to all nursery colleagues
• Managing recruitment processes, interviews, and selection processes
• Working with our Support Centre colleagues

We can inspire YOUR future by offering

• Ongoing training, development and career progression opportunities
• A supportive and nurturing management structure, who take pride in our team and our people
• Family friendly working – with flexible working patterns and 50% childcare discount
• Employee Assistances Programmes to support colleagues
• Competitive salary between £37,000 and £38,000 per annum DOE

Our teams, whether in our nurseries or our support centre SHINE, they ensure we are delivering outstanding childcare to every child in our settings every day, this helps to make Happy Days a great place to work. By ensuring we are always recruiting, retaining and promoting a diverse mix of colleagues, who are representative of the communities within which our nurseries sits gives us the best opportunity to continue to deliver outstanding childcare

 “Happy Days Nurseries are committed to the safety and wellbeing of the children in our care, as such the successful post holder will be required to undergo a robust vetting process, including an enhanced DBS Check and Reference History Checks”