Nursery Manager - Bright Horizons UK Harpenden Central - Harpenden
(2024-07)
Leading a team to deliver outstanding care and education to all the children in the setting through inspirational leadership, drive employee engagement, retention and performance.
- Designated Safeguarding Lead, holding overall responsibility for the day to day running of the nursery and management of safeguarding policies
- Working in partnership with support office teams to recruit, nurture, and continuously develop high performing colleagues
- Identify and implement commercial plans and strategies to deliver FTE growth
- Optimising nursery performance, revenue generation, and cost efficiency in line with staff ratio requirements
Deputy Nursery Manager - Bright Horizons UK Harpenden Central - Harpenden
(2021-01 - 2024-07)
Deputy Nursery Manager - London Early Years Foundation - London
(2016-09 - 2017-05)
- Dealing with first line enquiries from the public, families and professionals including dealing with complaints and compliments
- Supporting nursery manager in planning regular parent participation events
- Supporting nursery manager with managing, developing and deploying the whole nursery team, ensuring the nursery is adequately staffed at all times
- Managing staff in line with performance management framework and supporting and mentoring new staff
- Supporting nursery manager in ensuring the staff have access to and are completing statutory and developmental training
- Supporting nursery manager in the administration and IT activities of the nursery, including the collection of fees, nursery database, purchasing and receipts
- Supporting the nursery compliance and regular auditing on health and safety including risk assessments, fire safety, food safety and dietary needs and role as a Health and Safety Officer
- Monitoring staff on supporting child development, including staff observations, maintaining learning journeys and ensuring the curriculum and LEYF pedagogy are being implemented
- Taking lead in staff meetings and room meetings and managing the deployment of staff, deployment of resourcing and debt management
Deputy Nursery Manager - Yarnton Way Nursery - Erith
(2016-01 - 2016-09)
- Managing the setting and undertaking all the necessary duties in the absence of the Nursery Manager
- Supporting the Nursery Manager, ensuring the setting operates in an effective and efficient financial manner, within a set budget
- Supporting the Nursery Manager in financial aspects such as fee collection, debt management, the use of flexible workers and agency staff
- Overseeing the planning and monitoring the EYFS curriculum in accordance with the children's learning and development needs as well as their interests
- Fulfilling a SENCO role for the setting and mentoring staff, ensuring they support the special educational needs/additional needs of children
- Arranging and attending parent/carer meetings, allowing a two-way discussion of their children's progress and organising review meetings for children with additional needs action plans
- Liaising with the Nursery Cook on menu planning and ensuring children receive a healthy diet taking into account individual dietary needs and cultural diversity
- Liaising and working in partnership with the local authority and external agencies such as the Early Years Inclusion Team
- Introducing and promoting the Reggio Emilia approach and incorporating aspects of this in the setting
Senior Nursery Worker - Storkway Neighbourhood Nursery - Kidbrooke
(2014-12 - 2016-01)
- Meeting children's learning and development needs by providing stimulating and age-appropriate play and learning and development opportunities
- Ensuring that the setting is actively engaged in continuous quality improvement through participation in Reflecting on Quality and ensuring that the identified improvements are implemented in the areas
- Supporting SEN and taking appropriate action to support children
- Adhering to all safeguarding/child protection policies and procedures and taking appropriate action when needed. Ensuring that these policies are followed, implemented, monitored, reviewed and developed by all staff
- Responsibility for planning, delivery and monitoring of the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum
- Leading and modeling effective teaching strategies, to develop and extend children's learning through play
- Supporting the Setting Manager by managing staff in the room on a day-to-day basis and ensuring that the S.M.A.R.T targets set are met
- Providing regular feedback on safeguarding and practice issues, as well as action taken with the Setting Manager
- Responsibility for daily health and safety checks and regular risk assessments in the room and ensuring there is consistency through out the setting
Nursery Worker - Yarnton Way Nursery - Erith
(2013-10 - 2014-12)
Shift Manager - McDonalds - London
(2007-11 - 2013-08)
