Regional Operations Manager
Location: Covering Hampshire and surrounding counties in the South West
Hours: 40 Hours per week Monday to Friday
Salary: Up to £50,000 plus car allowance
Why work for us:
Are you a regional early year's leader who thrives on the balance between educational excellence and commercial strategy?
This isn't a role for a passive observer; you will be the driving force on the ground, directly mentoring Nursery Managers, optimizing financial performance, and elevating standards across multiple sites. If you are ready for a high-autonomy leadership role where your operational grit directly shapes the future of our settings, your next challenge starts here.
Storal's Purpose
To ensure the highest standards of care and education, driving operational excellence, supporting staff development, and maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements. By doing this, commercial results will follow and our customers (parents & children) will notice.
Meaningful relationships
As a Regional Operations Manager, you will act as a key link between the nurseries and senior management, ensuring that each Nursery thrives while aligning with the ethos, behaviors, and objectives of Storal.
Responsibilities
Support Nursery Managers to achieve business results including quality and commercial performance.
Oversee the day-to-day operations of your Nurseries in your assigned area, ensuring the management teams meet and/or exceed company expectations.
Ensure all nurseries comply with relevant legislation, including Ofsted/EYFS requirements, health and safety, and safeguarding standards.
Lead, coach and mentor Nursery Managers to help them achieve their goals and support the development of their teams.
Objectives and impact
1. Ensuring nurseries maintain strict compliance with, and drive standards above regulatory requirements.
2. Improving financial performance year over year, maintaining and improving margin, and identifying opportunities for growth and expansion.
3. Monitor occupancy levels, staffing requirements and parent engagement so you can implement strategies to maximise enrolment across settings.
4. Contribute to the development and implementation of company-wide initiatives and policies
Essential requirements
Level 3 or above full and relevant qualification in early years
Experience working as a regional nursery manager, across multiple sites
Excellent knowledge of EYFS, Ofsted standards, and safeguarding practices
Experience in budget management and commercial oversight
Strong ability to inspire and motivate others
Benefits for You
Family Friendly Benefits- enhanced parents leave including maternity, paternity & adoption & Childcare Discount at 50% off all fees
Wellbeing & Refuel Benefits- extra day off per year for your wellbeing and access to modern-day, progressive mental health support & sick pay
Financial Perks- emergency cash access to your pay before pay date, free financial coaching
Social Perks – online community for peer-to-peer socializing eg. book club, pets club, pinecones club & continuous professional development accessible to you at anytime.
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Click apply today, don’t worry if your CV isn’t perfect just send us what you have and we’ll work out the rest later.
Storal is the highest of standards when it coming to safeguarding, the welfare of children and creating a work environment the encourages feedback-discussion-resilience. We take our role in the safety of children, our families and our team extremely seriously. As governed by the EYFS, we have a designated safeguarding lead in each setting and all staff (and volunteers) complete a through compliance checks prior to employment including employment references & DBS.
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