Wraparound Care Club Manager – Breakfast & After School Club | Term Time Role
£13.18-£16.50 per hour dependant on Payscale band.
Monday–Friday | Permanent | Part-Time | Term Time Only
Ready to take the next step in your childcare career?
Do you love working with children and have the confidence to lead a team, take ownership of a busy childcare setting and create an outstanding experience for children and families?
Creative Kidz Childcare Ltd is looking for an enthusiastic, organised and nurturing Club Manager to lead one of our Breakfast and After School Clubs Which has just been awarded a Strong Standard Ofsted report.
We are a family-run childcare provider with over 20 years’ experience delivering high-quality childcare in schools. Our Club Managers are at the heart of our provision – leading their team, maintaining high standards and making sure every child feels safe, happy, included and excited to come to club.
This is a hands-on management role. You’ll be leading from the front: supporting children, managing your team, overseeing safeguarding and daily operations, communicating with families and the school, and making sure the club runs smoothly from start to finish.
Hours
Monday to Friday – Term Time Only
- Breakfast Club: 7:20am – 8:50am
- After School Club: 3:00pm – 6:00pm
- Overtime opportunities available
The split-shift hours make this role particularly suitable for someone looking for a management position that still fits around the school day.
Please note: Due to limited public transport at some of our locations, being a driver or living locally is preferred.
We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position.
What You’ll Be Doing
As Club Manager, you’ll take responsibility for the day-to-day running of the club, supported by our senior management team.
You’ll lead a team of Activity Leaders/Playworkers and make sure that children receive a consistently high-quality childcare experience.
Your role will include:
- Leading, motivating and supporting your childcare team
- Taking responsibility for the safe and effective day-to-day running of the club
- Creating a warm, welcoming, inclusive and fun environment for children
- Ensuring children are appropriately supervised and their safety and wellbeing remain the highest priority
- Taking responsibility for safeguarding within the setting and reporting concerns appropriately
- Ensuring company policies, procedures and statutory requirements are followed
- Organising and overseeing a varied programme of activities based around children’s ages, interests and abilities
- Supporting children with SEND, medical needs, allergies and individual requirements
- Promoting positive behaviour, confidence, friendships and independence
- Ensuring safe registration, collection and handover procedures are followed
- Overseeing breakfast, snacks and mealtimes, including dietary and allergy requirements
- Completing day-to-day administration and maintaining accurate records
- Monitoring resources, equipment and the overall safety and presentation of the club
- Supporting staff induction, training, development, supervision and performance
- Leading and contributing to team meetings
- Maintaining excellent communication with parents and carers
- Building positive professional relationships with the host school and other stakeholders
- Working closely with the Creative Kidz senior management team
- Being a positive role model and ambassador for Creative Kidz
This Isn’t a Desk-Based Management Role
We’re looking for someone who enjoys being right at the heart of the club.
One minute you might be supporting a member of staff, the next talking to a parent, checking a safeguarding record, helping organise an activity or joining children in a game.
You’ll need to be comfortable leading by example, making decisions and taking responsibility while still being approachable, positive and fun.
What We Offer
Working for Creative Kidz isn’t just about turning up for a shift. We want our managers to feel supported, valued and able to develop as leaders.
You’ll receive:
✅ Fully paid training
✅ Term-time-only working
✅ Holiday pay
✅ Company pension
✅ Uniform provided
✅ Opportunities for overtime
✅ Ongoing management support
✅ Career development and progression opportunities
✅ Staff rewards and shopping discounts
✅ Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
✅ Team socials and staff recognition schemes
You’ll also work as part of a wider management team, so although you’ll be responsible for your club, you won’t be managing it alone.
Who Are We Looking For?
You could already be working as a:
- Wraparound Care or Out of School Club Manager
- Deputy Club Manager ready for your next step
- Nursery Room Leader or Deputy Manager
- Senior Playworker or Childcare Practitioner
- Teaching Assistant with leadership responsibilities
- Holiday Club Manager
- Sports or Activity Programme Leader
- Childcare professional looking to move into management
We’re particularly interested in people who can demonstrate strong leadership potential, reliability and a genuine commitment to children’s wellbeing.
What You’ll Need
Essential:
- Experience of managing or leading within a team
- A good standard of general education
- Excellent communication skills
- Reliability and good timekeeping
- Confidence leading and supporting other team members
- The ability to organise, prioritise and make appropriate decisions
- A positive and professional attitude
- The ability to respond positively to change
- A genuine interest in children’s learning, development and wellbeing
- A strong commitment to safeguarding children
- A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
- A commitment to maintaining excellent health and safety standards
- Good computer and administrative skills
- A willingness to learn, develop and undertake required training
Desirable Experience & Qualifications
It would be an advantage if you have:
- A relevant Level 2 or Level 3 childcare qualification, NNEB, BTEC or equivalent
- Previous management experience within childcare or Early Years
- Experience working directly with children in a childcare setting
- Experience supporting individual children and groups
- Knowledge of the EYFS
- SEND/SENCO experience or training
- Paediatric First Aid
- Safeguarding training
- Food Safety/Food Hygiene training
- Health & Safety training
- Prevent training
- Business, leadership or management qualifications
- Experience using safeguarding or childcare management systems
Don’t have every desirable qualification?
Please don’t automatically rule yourself out.
If you have strong childcare experience, leadership ability and the right attitude, we’d still like to hear from you. Where appropriate, further training can be provided.
The Person We’re Looking For
Qualifications and experience matter, but so does who you are as a leader.
We want someone who is:
Reliable. Approachable. Organised. Positive. Professional. Caring. Confident.
Someone who can support their team while also setting clear expectations.
Someone who notices when a child isn’t quite themselves.
Someone parents feel comfortable talking to.
Someone the school can rely on.
And, importantly, someone who understands that safeguarding and children’s welfare come before everything else.
Safer Recruitment & Safeguarding
Creative Kidz Childcare Ltd is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
Successful applicants will be required to complete our safer recruitment process, including:
- Enhanced DBS check
- Identity and Right to Work checks
- Verification of relevant qualifications
- Employment history and gap checks
- Appropriate professional references
- Other relevant pre-employment and safeguarding checks
References may include questions relating to safeguarding, disciplinary matters and the applicant’s previous conduct when working with children.
We are committed to providing a fair, inclusive and welcoming recruitment process.
Ready to Lead a Creative Kidz Club?
If you’re looking for a rewarding management role where you can lead a team, build a fantastic club and make a genuine difference to children’s days, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today through Indeed – our application process is quick and straightforward.
Pay: £16.50 per hourJob Types: Part-time, PermanentSchedule: Monday–Friday, Term Time OnlyExperience: Team leadership/management experience required; childcare experience highly desirableTraining: Ongoing training and development providedWork location: In person
Pay: £13.18-£16.29 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Childcare
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring programme
- Store discount
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Portswood SO17: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Language:
Work Location: In person
