Nursery Manager
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Position Overview & Specifications
Salary £29,00
Join our wonderful teamWe are recruiting for an experienced, passionate and self-driven individual Nursery Manager. An amazing and exciting opportunity has arisen within our wonderful Heathside, 42 place nursery based in Runcorn. Heathside boasts a fantastic, huge outdoor area. The nursery has a thriving full staff team, ready for an ambitious leader. Heathside Nursery is a good commute spot, 5 minutes off the M56.
As managers you have the full support to input your vision into the nursery setting.
Benefits- why work for us?
- Termly bonus incentives
- Termly inhouse conference events
- Travel allowance for Toll Bridge
- Inhouse training opportunities
- Well supported senior management team
- VERY competitive employee childcare discounts
- Manager recognition
- Annual awards night
- Managers wellbeing programme, including monthly well-being drop in's
- Company app with discounts for local supermarkets and online stores, well-being access and staff recognition wall.
- Career progression
Requirements
- Minimum level 3 qualification in child care
- At least 2 years experience in nursery management.
- Able to demonstrate competence in meeting the developmental and emotional needs of the children
- Hands on approach in the day to day childcare and willingness to lead by example
- Strong customer focus and excellent interpersonal skills which meet and exceeds the expectations of the parents and the company.
- Can work on own initiative by being self-motivated.
- Ability to work within a wider team
- Knowledge in health and hygiene regulations
- Able to time manage self and team.
- Have strong I.T skills and able to use or willingness to use multiple computerised systems.
- Strong skills in literacy and numeracy
The role will include
- The day to day running of the nursery
- Ensuring Ofsted Statutory requirements are met.
- Ensure safeguarding and welfare requirements are met at all times.
- Assist in recruitment of staff
- Support the development of existing and new staff within the setting.
- Showing around prospective parents will be a vital aspect of your role
- Being passionate and enthusiastic about the setting.
- Managing and monitoring the occupancy of the setting using marketing techniques to promote the setting.
- Effectively managing budgets.
Salary dependent on experience
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Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: General
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Nursery Manager roles across MIChild Group's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to General.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £29,000 - £29,000 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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