Nursery Room Manager

The successfulcandidate will receive a £800 Welcome Bonus

Position: Nursery Room Manager

Hours:Full time / Permanent / Mon-Fri / 35 hours

Location:Lymington, Hampshire

Benefits:Relocations Packages available, Up to 60% Childcare Discount within Tops Day Nurseries, Shared Annual Company Profits, £800 Welcome Bonus

Due to rising occupancy, we are looking for a strong and experienced Nursery Room Manager here at our lovely Tops Lymington nursery, which is a beautiful, quaint nursery within the All Saints Church Hall.

Employees benefit from being minutes away from Lymington High Street and the picturesque Lymington Quay. There are also convenient transport links for both buses and trains!

The 50 place nursery is surrounded by the New Forest, offering opportunities for the children to explore the parks and woods nearby! The nursery run a number of extra-curricular activities including Tops Forest School, cooking school, Boogie Mites, yoga, meditation and much more!

If you want to play a pivotal role in educating the next generation in an award winning, sustainable day nursery… join our family today!

We also offer a free shuttle bus from Brockenhurst train station or New Milton train station.

About You

As a Room Manager at one of our nurseries, you will be responsible for the overall management within your room, therefore we are looking for someone who has strong leadership skills and experience, who can deliver great role model behaviours, whilst contributing to achieve outstanding inspection results.

Your Responsibilities and Duties will involve:

• Ensure daily, weekly and monthly checks in the room and agreed action plans are completed effectively
• Ensuring accident trends are monitored and actioned appropriately
• Lead and manage your team and ensure they are motivated and trained as per their individual needs, ensuring this meets the needs of the unit.
• Manage resources, organise routines and systems, communicate with senior management team
• Be competent and effective with settling in profiles for children, alongside their short term, medium term and long term plans, and next steps and learning journeys.
• To be committed to the safeguarding of all children in the nursery and your direct care

The successful candidate will require:

A minimum of a Level 3 Early Years Qualification is required. All successful candidate will be subject to safety checks, including a full-completed Application Form and a DBS Checks.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues and applications. Individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender, reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Please click here to see the Person Specification for a Room Manager.

• 29 days annual holiday entitlement (pro rata)
• Annual pay review
• Companywide profit bonus scheme, annually rewarded each May.
• Staff Welfare scheme
• Company pension
• Up to 60% discount for Childcare within Tops Day Nurseries
• Great career progression
• Regular supervisions
• Continuous in-house and external training opportunities
• A flexible option to work 4 days week
• Uniform Provided
• An eco-friendly company withBCorp accreditation