Role: Deputy Nursery Manager
Salary: £23,426 per annum
Contract/Hours: Permanent – Full Time 40 hours per week
Location: Scampton, Lincoln
Closing date: 4th January 2023
Interview Date: 9th January 2023
Perks: We have some of the best employment terms and benefits package in the sector, including generous leave entitlement, paid time off to deal with family emergencies and paid maternity leave – as well as lots of benefits to save you and your family money and to save for your future. Check out more on our careers portal.
Take your childcare management career to the next level with Spring.
Join Spring for a focus on happiness
Spring offers award-winning childcare services, as part of the national charity Action for Children. It’s our mission to be the best provider of outstanding quality early education to children throughout the UK, that is accessible to all. We are focused on enabling young people to learn, have fun and make friends in our bright, engaging settings. That starts with creating a happy environment for our team. Join us and you can look forward to:
- A kind, caring culture with an emphasis on wellbeing, both physical and mental.
- Flexible working – wherever possible we offer flexibility on hours and/or hybrid working.
- Lots of opportunities for training, learning, development, including gaining qualifications.
- Excellent benefits that compare favourably to other employers in our sector.
A bit about the role
We are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive Deputy Manager to assist in leading our team at Spring The Levels to provide a safe, caring, fun and stimulating environment. Our Managers provide the highest standard of leadership to their teams and are supported to develop their leadership skills and abilities throughout their career with us.
At Spring Scampton we offer a warm and friendly childcare for all children up to the age of 12 years. We can take babies from 6 weeks up to 4 years in our nursery and offer a before and after school club and Oscar’s our holiday club. We are open all year around except for one week at Christmas. We have over 90 spaces and are flexible to meet everyone’s requirements. We are rated as a Good nursery by Ofsted during their last visit.
We value our people and as a leader in our family you will be supported to be the best leader you can be. You will follow our 12-month flagship leadership development programme and also have access to funding to complete a management and leadership qualification while you are working with us – helping you to fulfil your potential and develop your leadership career with us. See our career progression map for more information on our roles.
About you:
- Minimum level 3 qualification in Childcare or Early Years
- Leadership or management experience, in a childcare setting.
- Experience of working in a senior role within a nursery setting or centre working with children aged 0 to 5 years and their families.
- Knowledge and understanding of the EYFS, Ofsted requirements and relevant current legislation.
- Understanding of child protection processes, safeguarding and working with vulnerable children.
- Commitment to inclusive and non-discriminatory working practice with children, families, colleagues and the community.
Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey, we’d love to hear from you.
We work together to reach our mission to give children a healthy start in life. Given this and how having a diverse workforce enriches the lives of the children and young people we work with we are committed to Diversity and Inclusion and welcome applications from everyone. We value and celebrate the diversity of those that work with us and as an inclusive workplace we want all our current and future staff to feel able to be themselves in the workplace.
We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.
Good luck! We can’t wait to hear from you.
