Job Details
Nursery Manager – Greenwich
Nursery Manager
Term Time Only
Based: Greenwich, South East London
24,092.06
We’re looking for a Nursery Manager to lead a team of highly-qualified nursery staff at our Better Nurseries facility within our Storkway Children’s Centre in Greenwich, South East London.
This role is required for 36 hours per week from 8.30am to 4pm Monday to Friday, term time only. Better Nurseries are operated by GLL, the UK’s largest leisure provider and charitable social enterprise. The nursery is registered as a 32 place setting for 2 year olds and aims to create a safe, fun and stimulating environment through play and supporting the integrated approach to early learning and care. The emphasis at the nursery is to ensure the children in our care are physically active everyday; with a particular focus on outdoor learning through play.
The Nursery Crche Manager is a key role that oversees the day-to-day running of the nursery in line with the statutory framework and aiming for OFSTED excellence.
You’ll lead the implementation of the Early Years Foundation Stage including overseeing the planning and record keeping.
An enthusiastic and inspirational manager, your leadership style will motivate your staff team as well as ultimately ensuring the children are well looked after, content and stimulated and their parents are happy too.
You’ll need to be organised and hands-on as you’ll do everything from recruitment and retention of staff, to arranging staffing/rotas in accordance with statutory regulations and budgets. Naturally you’ll be a great communicator as you’ll not only need to engage and encourage the children but you’ll also need to develop and maintain professional working relationships with local authority departments, regulatory bodies and other agencies. Mostly though, your passion for seeing the children develop, grow and progress will be what helps you make this role a success. This role is room based with allocated key children.
We’re looking for someone with experience of managing a team within a nursery as well as a Level 3 qualification in Childcare. You will need to commit to applying for an enhanced DBS check and provide two satisfactory references prior to commencing employment.
In return, we offer a range of benefits that you’d expect from the UK’s largest leisure provider:
Pension schemes
Ride to work scheme
Discounted membership at our leisure centres
The opportunity to join the GLL Society and have a say in how we’re run plus associated social events
Career pathways
Ongoing training and development to help you to be the best
Please attach a supporting statement to your application. In the statement you are required to explain and evidence in detail the qualities, experience, knowledge and skills you have acquired and give evidence relevant to this role you are applying for. This must be attached in order for you to be considered for this opportunity. You are required to provide details of two business referees.
The welfare and safety of the children in our care is of the utmost importance to us at GLL. We follow safer recruitment procedures to ensure that our staff are checked and appropriate to work with children and young people. Therefore we’ll require you to complete an enhance DBS check before you will be allowed to start work.
All pay rates are subject to skills, experience, qualifications and location.To be shortlisted for the role, internal applicants will need to demonstrate their commitment to GLL by becoming a Society member where eligible.
About Us Better
Children’s Centres are run by GLL, the UK’s largest leisure and cultural services provider and one of the first and largest leisure social enterprises. Our aim is to get more people, more active, more of the time whilst making leisure and community facilities accessible and affordable. We partner with local authorities to run leisure centres, swimming pools, libraries, children’s centres, spas, events spaces and world-class sporting venues such as the Copper Box Arena and London Aquatics Centre on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park – all under our Better brand. As a not-for-profit organisation, we’re different. Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects and people and are an Investors in People Silver Award employer.
GLL is an equal opportunities employer.
