Nursery: Alexandra Park Creative Nursery School, Demesne Road, Manchester, M16 8PH
Hours: Full Time Monday to Friday
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum (depending on experience and qualifications)
£2,000 Welcome Bonus
Benefits: Performance related bonus, 50% childcare discount,25 days holiday plus bank holidays plus a wellness day and much much more.
At our Alexandra Park nursery, we've cultivated a vibrant and supportive community of families, children, and dedicated team members who share a deep passion for nurturing children's growth through democratic learning.
Our experienced team of teachers, educators, and artists take a bilingual approach, with democracy, freedom, and respect at the heart of everything we do.
Children thrive in our setting, enjoying the independence to explore both our indoor and outdoor environments throughout the day. From the stimulating experiences at our allotment to the endless opportunities for adventure in nearby Alexandra Park, learning truly comes to life here.
It’s our collective group of Nurseries that we are happily apart of here at Alexandra Park. Storal stands for high quality outcomes for children and are passionate about Early Years. Bringing your whole self is a must if that’s pink hair, being Neurospicy or having a unique pastime, we encourage it all. Your unique self is what makes our Nursery even better. Check out our website to learn about our leaders and the expertise they bring to our Storal community.
About the role:
Day to day as a Nursery Manager you will be an intrinsic part of the nursery management team ensuring the setting has the right staff, culture, policies and resources to deliver the highest possible standards of childcare and early years education.
You will offer solutions where you identify areas for improvements whether that relates to learning and teaching techniques or, creating more stimulating experiences and environments for the children and their educators. You will embrace inclusivity to ensure the individual needs of all those within your care are achieved.
You will encourage a love of learning through high quality teaching under the EYFS framework, ensuring that all children are kept safe and have rich stimulating experiences. You'll do this by leading, motivating and inspiring the educators, managing ratios through the staff rotas, attracting new hires and providing learning and developing opportunities to the team.
About you
A true love for child development and care
Able and willing to work in a team
Ability to communicate effectively with management, your peers and parents
High levels of care and empathy that every opportunity can be a learning opportunity
Knowledge of the EYFS framework
Must haves:
A full and relevant Early Years Education qualification Level 3 or above or equivalent
Experience in a managerial role including nursery administration or similar
A strong knowledge and understanding EYFS framework
Reflecting the Storal values around responsibility, openness and working together and experienced in providing staff training and support
Demonstrable leadership qualities (ideally within Early Years)
Excellent communication skills with both children and adults
Why work for us:
Benefits at a glance
For you - We get the basics right Holidays, sick pay & personal Wellness Day
Enhanced DBS check and subscription to the DBS Update Service
Family matters - Balance starts at home Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity (and more)
Health & wellness - Nourishing body & mind Discounted gym memberships, spa days, fertility support & so much more.
Development - Investing in your future Micro-learning, financial stability tools & Storal Support Fund
Our community - Growing together Termly inset days, team app & Storal Awards gathering.
We partner with world-leading third parties such as Pay Captain, Vitality, and Peppy.
We care about our people.
Curious to find out more! We’d love to hear from you.
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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