It’s never too late for a career change, and Happy Days are always on the hunt for talent! Day nursery jobs are some of the most rewarding and enjoyable jobs on the market, and working for Happy Days can come with a variety of benefits, too!
Read on to find out what working with Happy Days can give you, how we encourage our staff to grow and develop throughout their career with us, and how you can get started!
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The benefits of working with Happy Days
A career in Early Years is already a rewarding experience on its own. There are few more fulfilling roles than helping young children develop their social skills, make new friends, and build their understanding of the world around them.
At Happy Days, we help our colleagues SHINE with our company values, benefits package, and support of the health and wellbeing of everyone at our nurseries.
It’s important to us that everyone at Happy Days wants to be fulfilled, feels enriched in their daily lives, and helps those around them achieve success.
Our SHINE values apply to both our staff and the children in our care and mean more to us than simply words on a page. They define the way we operate, setting the self-development and health of those in our nurseries as our top priority.
We also provide our staff with several key benefits as standard, including:
- A 50% childcare discount
- Paid Christmas closedown so you can fully enjoy the festive period
- Personal development and training opportunities
- Employee assistance and wellbeing tools
Happy Days offers flexibility and an expansive career pathway
There are a huge variety of jobs in nurseries, including those working directly with the children as well as roles supporting the wider operation of the nursery. Whether you are looking to progress your career working with children or in an alternative role, we are always looking for the right people!
We have a passion for the growth and development of our own staff and always try to promote from within whenever possible. We want you to enjoy your time with Happy Days, staying with us to progress your career in the way you want, while achieving your personal goals along the way.
One possible career path within Happy Days is joining as an Early Years Apprentice and reaching the very top as a Nursery Manager, working as a Qualified Nursery Practitioner, Room Supervisor, and Deputy Manager in the process.
Alternatively, Happy Days has a dedicated team of colleagues who support our nurseries with specialist functions, meaning that there are opportunities to join us in roles such as Finance, HR, Operations, Facilities and Mergers, or Developments. Our staff have shared their own career pathways within Happy Days, so see what your journey could look like!
We are always looking for the perfect people
Happy Days Nurseries is a growing community, and we are always on the hunt for new staff to help meet demand. If you think you have the qualities and personality to succeed within our industry, we would love to hear from you!
To be considered for one of our nursery job vacancies, attach your CV and fill out the form on our careers page. If we have a relevant position open, we will be in touch, and if we don’t, we’ll keep your details on record so that you’ll be the first to know when something comes up.
With new locations set to open soon, and plans for many more in the future, it won’t be long before you hear from us.
How to find your local nursery
Not sure where your closest Happy Days nursery is, or whether you will be able to work for us? Our nursery locator tool can help find the closest nursery to your home!
We are primarily based in the southwest of England and the south of Wales but hope to expand across the country in the future. We opened our first nursery in 1991, and now have more than 20 sites across these areas, so rest assured there’ll be a Happy Days location by you soon!
We also have plenty of non-childcare roles that are either fully remote or based at our support centre in Cornwall, so you can enjoy the benefits of working for Happy Days without needing to be nearby!
Get in touch to start your career journey with Happy Days today
Looking to make a start in a new field or progress your childcare career? Get in touch, we would absolutely love to hear from you. Fill out the application form on our website to select your preferred role and location and leave us your CV – we’ll make sure to contact you should something suitable be available.