Our setting is a very modern purpose built 90-place private day nursery for children aged 4 months to 5 years open 8am to 6pm Mon-Fri.
Your role will include the following:
- To maintain a good knowledge of child development and to keep up-to-date with the latest childcare policies and practices through training.
- To share your knowledge and skills with other staff. To take responsibility for your training needs and to liase with the Operations Manager and Managing Director.
- To be responsible for the management of the nursery in accordance with Company policies and procedures.
- To plan and organise cover for staff holidays, sickness, and absenteeism in conjunction with the Operations Manager.
- To meet and welcome prospective parents and children. To be responsible for show rounds, allocation of places, organisation of keyworker and phasing in timetable.
- To oversee the planning, preparationg and evaluation of the children’s curriculum, activities and outings. To monitor these at all times and to ensure each activity is age appropriate.
- To monitor child ratios and ensure that staff are aware of the numbers of children they are caring for at any one time.
- To familiarise yourself with all relevant budgets (equipment, food, etc.) and to ensure that these are strictly adhered to and properly monitored. All expenses are to be cleared by management prior to expenditure.
Required Skills: Very good organisational and team building skills; Strong leadership style; Commercial awareness; Ability to identify and solve problems; Well-presented and well-spoken; very high levels of IT literacy; Good all-round knowledge of the day-to-day running of a childcare centre; Excellent interpersonal skills.
Required Experience: 2 – 6 years previous experience as a nursery manager.
Salary: £Negotiable
Please contact Glen at Bretsa by emailing your cv or calling for more details.
Location: Wembley
Salary: 28-32k
Hours: Full-time
Type: Permanent
Starting: Starting 17/01/2011
Duration: Ongoing
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