Happy Days Nursery Penrice, St Austell is seeking a Deputy Nursery Manager to join our team on a Maternity Cover basis.

You will support our experienced Nursery Manager in leading our highly qualified and experienced team, offering all colleagues support, guidance, progression and development.

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

You will also gain valuable experience in the commercial running of the nursery, by supporting the Nursery Manager to manage parent enquiries, tours and enrolments, budget management, staff rostering, and recruitment, staff performance and wellbeing.

As a Happy Days colleague, you will benefit from leading local salaries, and a culture where career development, wellbeing and growth are embraced in all that we do.

We can inspire YOUR future by offering

• Leading local salary up to £27,747.20 per annum
• Fully Paid Christmas Closedown Period (Up to 4 days), Our gift to you to thank you for your hard work and dedication.
• Leadership, guidance, support and professional development from our Manager and Central Support Team.
• A range of wellbeing tools, including our Employee Assistance Programme, and Mental Health trained colleagues to provide support.
• Family friendly working arrangements, with full time, part time, and bank work available.
• 50% Childcare discount to use at any of our Nurseries.

Our teams, whether in our nurseries or our support centre SHINE, they ensure we are delivering outstanding childcare to every child in our settings everyday, 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, it 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”

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