Monkey Puzzle Woodford are looking for a fantastic Deputy Manager to join our nursery team and help to provide outstanding education and early years childcare for our children.

Why Us?

As part of Monkey Puzzle Day Nurseries, you will be joining our caring, welcoming and supportive team. Our vision is to inspire change through excellence in childcare, creating a positive impact for generations to come.

For over 20 years, Monkey Puzzle has been providing children the highest quality of care with unlimited opportunities to grow, learn, develop and flourish in our safe and secure environments.

Key Responsibilites

The role of the Assistant/Deputy Nursery Manager is to support the Nursery Manager in providing professional leadership and management of the nursery and its staff and to support the Nursery Manager in the successful management of the day to day running of the nursery and deliver high quality standards of care and education for all children.

  • Adhere to all company policies and procedures
  • Ensure that all company policy and procedures are adhered to by all staff
  • Promote a high standard of quality within the nursery, including practice, environment and resources to meet the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage
  • Ensure appropriate planning and assessment is in place and is accurately maintained by all staff
  • Support the development of good practice in relation to special educational needs and inclusion
  • Provide leadership and support to all staff to enable them to establish and maintain professional positive working relationships with both colleagues, parents and carers
  • Deploy staff effectively to ensure the required standards are maintained
  • Ensure the effective implementation of the company’s keyperson system throughout the nursery
  • Ensure that all children are kept safe and that staff are confident to follow safeguarding procedures
  • Implement and support others in delivering the EYFS in line with current practice and guidelines
  • Develop and maintain professional working relationships with relevant outside agencies
  • Support the Nursery Manager in creating and maintaining a culture of self-evaluation and reflective practice throughout the nursery
  • Proactively promote and represent the nursery to current and potential parents/customers including in the wider community
  • Adhere to all health and safety policies and procedures and support the Nursery Manager in ensuring all staff receive health and safety training
  • Be fully aware of all emergency and security procedures
  • Support the Nursery Manager in ensuring the nursery remains compliant in respect of suitably trained and vetted staff with relevant qualifications
  • Support the Nursery Manager with recruiting, inducting, supporting, training and appraising all staff to deliver high quality childcare practice
  • Support the Nursery Manager to identify, address and support individual training needs and self-development such as supervisions and appraisals
  • Support the Nursery Manager in working in conjunction with the franchisee and Head Office in disciplinary and grievance investigations and hearings
  • Support the Nursery Manager in making sure all complaints/concerns are actively
    resolved in a timely manner
  • Support the Nursery Manager to facilitate inspections by regulatory bodies and implement any recommendations
  • Support the Nursery Manager with all administrative duties associated with the nursery, including maintaining children’s records, ordering equipment and keeping personnel files
  • Undertake any other duties as reasonably requested by line manager
  • Assume additional management responsibilities as and when required

The duties and responsibilities included in this job specification are not exhaustive or restrictive and can be reviewed at any time in the future, changes and other duties deemed relevant to this post may be added.

Why you?

  • You have a positive attitude and creative ideas that inspire children to learn
  • You are passionate about providing high standards of care and education to meet the individual needs of all children.
  • You take pride in maintaining positive working partnerships with colleagues, parents and carers.
  • You recognise the importance of adhering to all company policies and procedures.
  • You have good verbal and written communication skills

Benefits

  • A great career opportunity to work as part of the Monkey Puzzle Day Nurseries franchise
  • Fantastic staff facilities in our new building
  • Free uniform
  • Competitive salary package, including pension
  • 28 days annual leave entitlement
  • Excellent training and development opportunities. This is a full time position working 40 hours per week Monday – Friday as part of a roster system
  • You will be joining a highly skilled team that are customer focused which believes in developing the staff and achieving the best start for the children in the care. We offer great, well resourced, learning environments, collaborative approaches to teaching and learning and we need candidates with energy, enthusiasm and a commitment to support us in this work.

Essentials

  • Minimum full and relevant Level 3 Early Years qualification
  • Paediatric First Aid
  • Basic Safeguarding
  • Ability to write reports and keep clear and accurate records
  • Ability to write clear objective observations
  • Excellent planning and organising
  • Strong IT skills
  • Strong leadership
  • Excellent communicator
  • Able to motivate, manage and work productively within a team
  • Ability to comprehend, impart and adhere to a strict set of policies and procedures
  • Identify training needs, develop training plans and evaluate training undertaken by staff
  • Working with and supporting parents
  • Working with outside agencies
  • Effective time management
  • Ability to prioritise workload
  • Able to maintain confidentiality
  • Excellent working knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage
  • Excellent knowledge of the current Early Years Inspection Framework
  • Thorough knowledge of and appreciation for child safeguarding and welfare
  • Strong understanding of health and safety and practical hygiene issues

Great to haves

  • Food and Hygiene Level 2
  • Prevent Duty
  • FGM
  • Designated Safeguarding Lead
  • Safer Recruitment
  • Emergency First Aid At Work
  • Early Years Leadership and Management qualification i.e. City and Guilds Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for the Children’s & Young People’s Workforce
  • SENDCO
  • Self-Regulation
  • Able to work confidently with SEND
  • Calm in all circumstances
  • Able to work on own initiative
  • Business savvy
  • Evidence of ongoing personal development
  • Recruit, induct, support, train and appraise all staff to ensure delivery of high-quality childcare practice
  • Knowledge of digital learning platforms; i.e, FAMLY, Learning Book, Tapestry etc
  • Knowledge of the Special Educational Needs Code of Practice and the required support systems put in place
  • Excellent knowledge of HR and recruitment regulations and processes particularly relating to the early years sector

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