Little Gems Fleet belongs to a growing Nursery Group based in Hampshire ! We are looking for a strong and experienced Deputy Manager to lead a medium size team alongside our Nursery Manager with dedication and passion!
What does this role require?
Little Gems Fleet is a 19 place all year around setting that opened in June 2025! We are like one big family with 6 babies, 5 2 year olds and 8 pre-schoolers each day. Fleet community is one of its kind and we feel blessed to have opened our setting there.
We require someone with an experience in leadership or someone who is willing to step into a position of leadership and is able to inspire the team to success. Curiosity approach knowlegde will be a huge bonus.
As part of a team of Leaders and Educators, you’ll need excellent organisational skills and a passion for delivering high standards to collaboratively strive for excellence.
It's imperative that you uphold our high standards with employees and parents. Knowledge of EYFS legal requiremnts and Ofsted toolkit is essential.
This is room based role so you must ABSOLUTLY love spending time and engaging with children.
Other key attributes include:
- Critical and creative thinker who welcomes a challenge and thrives on problem-solving
- An inspirational leader with high impact, professionalism and credibility
- Able to communicate effectively at all levels (parents, children, colleagues and senior management)
- Strong interpersonal, influencing and presentation skills
- Naturally proactive and keen to add value
- A minimum of Level 3 or ideally have some leadership experience
The role of the Deputy Manager
The Deputy is the welcoming face and the forefront of the nursery alongside the Manager and in Manager's absence.
You’ll be co- responsible for organising a busy and innovative Nursery with on avarage 19 children and 4 employees, collaboratively working with Leaders to ensure the smooth running of the setting.
The central and most important part of this role is supporting our Manager and staff on the ground to ensure excellent practice is carried out with children, putting into place the best and most up to date researched practices including behaviour management, personal care and hygiene, and child-led learning.
The Deputy will show passion and enthusiasm for Early Years and support and train staff on the Nursery floor, providing both inspiration, teachings of the Curiosity approach and feedback to staff throughout the day to create a culture of continuous professional development. It is expected the Deputy spend a good proportion of their time in practice with staff, to include side by side coaching, supporting planning meetings, establishing routines etc
Our nurseries are predominantly child-led and our curriculum is emergent, so you’ll need to inspire your team to think on their feet and be in tune with children to extend their learning in the moment.
_ Pay: From £14.50-£15 per hour
Important information:
- Our nurseries operate 50 weeks of the year 8 am - 6pm Monday-Friday.
- The position is all year around, 4 or 3 days per week
- Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, creed, colour, religious belief, sex, age, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, or veteran status.
- We are committed to safeguarding our children and staff. You will be required to have an enhanced DBS check and suitable references.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits of a Little Gems Fleet Career
- Personal training
- 30% childcare discount
- Christmas and Summer staff party
- Support from Managing director
- Small birthday gift
- Team building fun days, meals out, and social events
- Career progression
- Paid 1 hour lunch break
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: From £14.50 per hour
Benefits:
- Childcare
- Company events
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
Experience:
- Managerial: 3 years (required)
Licence/Certification:
Work Location: In person
