Nursery Manager (Early Years Educator)

 Nursery Manager (Early Years Educator)

University of Essex Campus Services (UECS)

University of Essex Campus Services is looking to recruit a Nursery Manager (Early Years Practice). Set in the peaceful surroundings of Wivenhoe Park on our Colchester Campus, our Day Nursery offers high quality day care to children from 3 months to 5 years. We serve the local community, University staff and students.

Duties of the Role

Working alongside the Nursery Manager (Business Operations) in a dual leadership role, the post holder is responsible for providing professional leadership and management of the Day Nursery, ensuring that all children in our care receive outstanding care and education, improving outcomes for all children and providing inspirational leadership to team members.

Responsibilities will include having a strategic overview of the quality of the early year’s provision, developing and sustaining an outstanding environment; keeping abreast with legislation, guidelines and policies; creating development plans for the setting; liaising with schools regarding transition; and leading, managing and motivating the Day Nursery team.

Skills and qualifications required

The successful candidate will have significant management experience in a ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ Early Years setting and must be fully and relevantly qualified to at least level 4 in an Early Years qualification or equivalent. Candidates must also have excellent knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework and experience of curriculum development.

You will have a thorough understanding of child protection and safeguarding issues and will have experience of building strong parent partnerships and of leading a setting during at least one Ofsted inspection.

Being committed organised and flexible with the ability to work with young children and their families in a sensitive and positive way and possess excellent management and leadership skills are key for this post.

This recruitment campaign is being administered by the University of Essex on behalf of University of Essex Campus Services Ltd, a wholly owned company of the University. Some aspects of the information provided on this recruitment website may not apply to this appointment.

Please visit our website by clicking the apply button for a full job description, person specification and more information relating to this post. We recommend you read this information carefully before making an application.  Applications should be made on-line, but if you would like advice or help in making an application, or need information in a different format, please telephone the Resourcing Team (01206 876559).

Closing date: 27 January 2019

Interviews are planned for:  13 February 2019

Salary: £33,103 to £37,238 per annum