Nursery Manager
| Posting date: | 25 July 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 August 2025 |
| Location: | Dawley, Telford |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Small Talk Nurseries |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Are you a passionate, inspiring leader ready to make a lasting impact on young lives? Small Talk Nursery in Telford is seeking an exceptional *Nursery Manager* to join our dedicated team and lead our nursery to new heights!
At Small Talk we create a nurturing, fun, and stimulating environment where children feel safe, valued, and inspired to learn. As our Nursery Manager, you’ll play a key role in shaping the future of the children in our care, leading a talented team, and ensuring that our nursery remains a place of excellence.
We offer an excellent benefits package, which includes:
· Competitive salary
-Birthday Off!
· 1 day of extra annual leave accrued for each full year of employment completed (maximum of 7 extra days accrued in any length of service)
· Excellent personal development and career progression opportunities
· Continuous training and development
· Free Uniform
· Free First Aid Training offered.
· Free staff lunches
· Workplace Pension provision
Our Nursery Manager will be responsible for providing professional leadership and management of the nursery and its staff and to successfully manage the day to day running of the nursery and deliver high quality standards of care and education for all children.
The Nursery Manager’s key responsibilities are:
-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
-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
-Create and maintain a culture of self-evaluation and reflective practise 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 be responsible for ensuring all staff receive health and safety training
-To ensure the nursery is kept clean and hygienic at all times and to carry out minor cleaning duties throughout the day following the Environment Cleaning Policy
-Recruit, induct, support, train and appraise all staff to deliver high quality childcare practice
-Identify, address and support individual training needs and self-development such as supervisions and appraisals
-Work in conjunction with franchisee and head office in disciplinary and grievance investigations and hearings
-Be responsible for making sure all complaints/concerns are actively resolved in a timely manner
-Facilitate inspections by regulatory bodies and implement any recommendations
-Be responsible for all administrative duties associated with the nursery, including maintaining children’s records, ordering equipment and keeping personnel files
The successful Nursery Manager will:
-Have previous experience as a Nursery Manager in a good or outstanding nursery
-Hold a relevant level 3 Childcare qualification
The hours of work are 40 per week, Monday – Friday between 7.30-6.00pm.
Interview Process steps:
Face to face Interview
Work Trial
The post is subject to an enhanced criminal records bureau (DBS) check and 2 valid up to date references.
We are committed to safeguarding, protecting children, young people and adults. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS and 2 satisfactory references. Due to the nature of the work, we will require an additional criminal records check (or checks if more than one country) for anyone who has lived or worked abroad.
Small Talk Nurseries is committed to treating all people equally and with respect irrespective of their age, disability, gender, race, religion, national origin, marital status. We do not discriminate on any basis or characteristics and foster an inclusive, diverse working environment, celebrating individuality.
At Small Talk we create a nurturing, fun, and stimulating environment where children feel safe, valued, and inspired to learn. As our Nursery Manager, you’ll play a key role in shaping the future of the children in our care, leading a talented team, and ensuring that our nursery remains a place of excellence.
We offer an excellent benefits package, which includes:
· Competitive salary
-Birthday Off!
· 1 day of extra annual leave accrued for each full year of employment completed (maximum of 7 extra days accrued in any length of service)
· Excellent personal development and career progression opportunities
· Continuous training and development
· Free Uniform
· Free First Aid Training offered.
· Free staff lunches
· Workplace Pension provision
Our Nursery Manager will be responsible for providing professional leadership and management of the nursery and its staff and to successfully manage the day to day running of the nursery and deliver high quality standards of care and education for all children.
The Nursery Manager’s key responsibilities are:
-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
-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
-Create and maintain a culture of self-evaluation and reflective practise 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 be responsible for ensuring all staff receive health and safety training
-To ensure the nursery is kept clean and hygienic at all times and to carry out minor cleaning duties throughout the day following the Environment Cleaning Policy
-Recruit, induct, support, train and appraise all staff to deliver high quality childcare practice
-Identify, address and support individual training needs and self-development such as supervisions and appraisals
-Work in conjunction with franchisee and head office in disciplinary and grievance investigations and hearings
-Be responsible for making sure all complaints/concerns are actively resolved in a timely manner
-Facilitate inspections by regulatory bodies and implement any recommendations
-Be responsible for all administrative duties associated with the nursery, including maintaining children’s records, ordering equipment and keeping personnel files
The successful Nursery Manager will:
-Have previous experience as a Nursery Manager in a good or outstanding nursery
-Hold a relevant level 3 Childcare qualification
The hours of work are 40 per week, Monday – Friday between 7.30-6.00pm.
Interview Process steps:
Face to face Interview
Work Trial
The post is subject to an enhanced criminal records bureau (DBS) check and 2 valid up to date references.
We are committed to safeguarding, protecting children, young people and adults. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS and 2 satisfactory references. Due to the nature of the work, we will require an additional criminal records check (or checks if more than one country) for anyone who has lived or worked abroad.
Small Talk Nurseries is committed to treating all people equally and with respect irrespective of their age, disability, gender, race, religion, national origin, marital status. We do not discriminate on any basis or characteristics and foster an inclusive, diverse working environment, celebrating individuality.
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