Deputy Nursery Manager

Deputy Nursery Manager

We are currently looking for a Deputy Manager to help run our beautiful, children's day nursery and pre-school in Henley.

We are looking or someone with great management and leadership skills, who's committed to early years childcare, with experience leading / managing a team within a nursery, preschool or childcare environment.

What we offer:

We value our dedicated and hard working staff and offer ongoing support and training, great opportunities, as well as above market rates of pay, holiday allowances and a range of other benefits!

Nursery Nurse / Early Years Practitioner / Nursery Practitioner Oxford

Nursery Practitioner Oxford - Unqualified to Level 3+ - We are accredited with the Investors in People Standard and work hard to ensure our staff are given every opportunity to develop their careers. With a commitment to delivering high-quality childcare through recruiting, training and retaining the best staff.

We are currently looking for two Early Years / Nursery Practitioners to join our lovely team at our well established and ambitious children's day nursery and preschool in Oxford. We have options for the successful candidate/s to work either 30 or 40 hours a week, over 3, 4 or 5 days.

Benefits include:

• 50% childcare discount

• Our incredible new 'Perkboxscheme' - package: including a birthday hamper of your choice, free cinema tickets every month, home fitness plans, Health Assured

• Employee Assistance Programme, a free drink or snack every week from Café Nero or Greggs, and hundreds of other perks for you to use.

• Continual opportunities for personal development and qualifications; career progression means a lot to us. :)

• A fun-filled company training day each year

• Onsite parking

• A £100 voucher each time you refer a friend to join the team, or a family to enrol their child.

• Excellent Holiday allowence that includes a whole week break over Christmas.

• A competitive salary which is negotiable based on your experience and qualifications.

Thinking of taking further qualifications? We heavily invest in all staff and have the paid courses and training such as, NVQ 3 in Management, Early Years Foundation Degree, Early Years Teacher Status and many more.

Main duties and responsibilities of the Deputy Manager:

• To assist the nursery managers in the day to day running of the setting.

• To support the nursery staff and to ensure that they comply at all times with all policies, procedures and standards, including health and safety, hygiene, inclusion and confidentiality.

• You will step up in the managers absence and assist with managerial tasks.

• To lead the planning of safe, creative and appropriate opportunities according to children's needs and interests to fulfil the requirements of the EYFS.

• To develop and maintain good relationships and communication with parents/carers to facilitate meeting the needs of each child, including organising meetings to update and involve parent/carers in their child's learning.

• To help supervise and contribute to performance management of staff according to policies and procedure's.

• Working creatively with children within the EY framework, in order to provide an enabling learning environment for all children.

• Ensuring all children have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have proven experience of working within, and ideally managing/leading within a childcare setting. (1+years)

• MUST hold a relevant Early Years qualification equivalent to Level 3 or above.

• Experience of working with the Early Years Foundation Stages.

• Understanding and recognition of the principles of equality and diversity.

• Proven and successful experience of working with children of relevant age in an early learning environment.

• Ability to lead the effective planning of learning.

• Ability to set, demonstrate and promote good practice in line with the ethos of the Nursery

• Experience of having kept written records of children's achievements including observations.

• Excellent communications skills.

Hours Full time - working 40hrs per week - Monday - Friday.

If you have any questions you can Contact Us. We would absolutely love for you to be a part of our award-winning team, so if you would like to be considered please apply via this advert and we look forward to welcoming you to the nursery soon! :)