Nursery Manager (Children's Day Nursery)

We are recruiting for an experienced Nursery Manager to join our wonderful team at our flagship setting in New Church Road, Hove .

The nursery operates for 51 weeks of the year.

About Hove Village:

Hove Village provides a warm, stimulating environment for children in which they feel secure, nurtured, and settled. We have our own amazing creative classes including yoga, music, dance, art, languages, and sports, all with a special Hove Village flair. The sky is the limit in terms of your future prospects, and we have an excellent in-house training programme. We are ready to welcome and support you now, so that you really enjoy each and every day here - we believe Hove Village is a very special place to work.

What makes Hove Village different?

Hove Village draws inspiration from Montessori and Reggio Emilia, enabling the children to lead their own learning opportunities. Our nursery is set over three floors in a beautiful Victorian building, adjacent to Wish Park, with lots of space, light, and room to explore. We make the nursery environment inspiring by offering lots of open-ended opportunities for learning, using natural and reclaimed resources. Children are encouraged to add their imaginations and creativity, with their explorations facilitated by a team of passionate and experienced educators who give the children the opportunity to develop across as many areas of learning as possible to compliment the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Hove Village Day Nursery joined the Dukes Education family in 2022 and continues to go through an exciting period of change. The setting benefits from the wider support networks that Dukes Education brings, but is very much an independent setting, built on its links with the local community and responding to the needs of local children and parents.

The Role:

Working within our New Church Road nursery setting, we are looking for a highly dedicated and skilled Nursery Manager, with an excellent understanding of educational approaches and experience of providing quality of education.

The nursery has a long tradition of delivering innovative education which the ideal candidate will take forward, as well as developing outstanding early years practices, team development, world- class communication, and a proven track record of creating strong and meaningful parent partnerships.

The nursery benefits from two lovely outdoor spaces which offers a creative natural environment for children to explore. An ongoing programme of investment into resources and staff development will see you and your team delivering exceptional learning outcomes within exciting environments.

You will lead a team of highly qualified Practitioners and Early Years Teachers, as well as subject and curriculum leads who deliver the EYFS with confidence to our children. To maximise the opportunities at Hove Village Day Nursery, you will also be expected to expand this team and attract the top talent to newly created roles as the nursery progresses.

A keen awareness of early years best practice and a strong professional network is essential for this role. You should strive to elevate and position Hove Village Day Nursery as the highest quality childcare provider in Brighton & Hove.

Hove Village Day Nursery has gone through a period of immense change in the last few months. The team are focussed on continued improvement and delivering an early years setting that incorporates the very best childcare with an exceptional foundation in EYFS. This role will require you to further build upon these changes and take charge of a new period in the nursery's history.

The role requires someone who will rise to the challenge, take the nursery strategy forward and navigate the setting along its future path, with confidence around delivering a curriculum that elevates our offering to local families.

Key Areas and Responsibilities:
To provide high quality care and learning experiences
To establish a high quality and financially sustainable nursery, overseeing all aspects of the day-to-day business and administrative practices
Be accountable and responsible for day-to-day financial systems directly relating to the nursery provision and the administrative duties associated with the management of the facility, e.g., Maintaining records on the children and their families, keeping accurate and up to date personnel records, ordering equipment, maintaining inventory etc.
To provide a safe environment
To ensure that children reach their full potential
To support the team to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, learn and develop
To continually research and reflect on practices in the industry to ensure that outstanding practice is always implemented
Prepare timely and accurate reports to Principal/Senior Team as required with information relating to finance, quality of the provision and anything else deemed necessary
Ensure that all correct policies, procedures and practices are adhered to
Understanding the safeguarding and child protection policies and procedures for the setting and local authority procedures
To deliver staff personal development reviews and supervision when required
Support the selection and recruitment of balanced staff team, using safe recruitment policies and procedures

Requirements for the Role:
Qualified to Level 3 Early Years or above, with a recognised qualification in Maths and English
At least 3 years post qualifying experience, including in managing and developing staff in an early years setting
Working knowledge of the EYFS curriculum and its implementation, and Ofsted requirements
Working knowledge of relevant child safety, safeguarding, and health and safety procedures
Excellent communication skills to both internal and external audiences

Dukes Education is a family of schools, teachers, learners, and parents connected by our pursuit of an extraordinary life for every member of our community.

Our philosophy is to support each individual to live with purpose, to encourage a love of learning, and to act as a team. All of this is underpinned by a quality standard that runs through everything we do.

We believe that education is a journey to be enjoyed and shared at every stage of life, unlocking extraordinary possibilities for every student.

Little Dukes is the early years arm of our family, and we have beautiful nursery settings throughout London and the South East.

We are extremely passionate about our responsibility to ensure that our early years family are invested in and empowered to provide the best education and nurture for all children in our care.

Our nurseries offer bespoke curriculum and explore various pedagogies, including Forest School, Montessori and Reggio Emilia whilst incorporating and adhering to the EYFS 7 areas of learning.

To learn more about our family, visit

Dukes Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and is subject to a successful Enhanced Disclosure, Barring Service (DBS) check and two professional references.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: GBP35,000.00-GBP50,000.00 per year

Benefits:
Company events
Company pension
Cycle to work scheme
Discounted or free food
Employee discount
Referral programme
Sick pay
Schedule:
8 hour shift
Monday to Friday
School type:
Day nursery

Ability to commute/relocate:
Brighton & Hove, East Sussex: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:
A-Level or equivalent (required)

Experience:
Nursery: 3 years (required)
Management: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:
QTS/EYPS status (preferred)

Work authorisation:
United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person