Careers
Join Pixieland today and take advantage of our £800 welcome bonus which is due to end on the 30th June 2022.
At Pixieland Day Nurseries we take great pride in the care we offer to all our children and strive to provide the highest quality of education.
We provide a warm and caring environment that promotes equality, values and diversity for all children to learn and develop as they play.
We strongly believe in building good partnerships with parents/ carers to ensure the children in our care are receiving the best possible start to their education.
Trainee Manager - Saltash
Job Type: Full-time | Salary: £24,000.00-£26,000.00 per year
A Trainee Manager is required for our nurseries based in Saltash. We provide a well-planned, rich learning environment for children aged 0 to 5 years. Working hours will be Monday-Fri (some variations on occasion).
We are looking for an enthusiastic Trainee Manager who will be responsible supporting the nursery manager to deliver high quality education at one of our branches. You will have a vital role in supporting both manager and the team and will work closely with both to achieve the best for our families.
The trainee Manager will ensure that nursery SEN is delivered and monitored so that it is creative, stimulating and fun for the children and will help them achieve all they can. You need to strive to provide outstanding childcare and have up to date knowledge of the EYFS and other early years strategies.
If you hold a minimum of a Level 3 in Childcare or above, have substantial knowledge of working within the Early Years Foundation Stage and delivering the EYFS Curriculum, then we would be delighted to hear from you.
Duties will include:
- Supporting the manager with the day to day management responsibility for the nursery.
- To be responsible for the efficient running of the nursery and overall delivery of a high quality service in the managers absence.
- To ensure that the nursery provides a safe, caring, stimulating educational environment, both indoors and outdoors, at all times.
- To ensure that the nursery plans an appropriate play based Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum that enables children to make individual progress.
- To ensure the nursery meets Ofsted requirements at all times.
- To supervise and support the nursery staff to be the best they can be.
- To undertake and support the SEN within the nursery.
- To work with other professionals in the local area for the benefit of children and families.
- To ensure all staff understand and work to nursery policies and procedures, including how to deal with child protection issues appropriately and how to respond to incidents, accidents, complaints and emergencies.
- To organise and where appropriate participate in the key person system.
- To support with staff appraisals and supervisions as appropriate and to identify staff training needs.
Skills required:
- Excellent verbal and communication skills with children and parents.
- Ability to write reports and keep clear and accurate records.
- Effective team leadership.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Administrative and basic IT skills.
Qualifications required:
- Minimum Level 3 qualification in Children and Young Peoples Workforce or equivalent.
- A minimum of 2 years recent experience, working in a Nursery setting, ideally already in a senior practitioner or room leader role.
- Knowledge and proven practical experience of implementing good quality learning opportunities.
- Excellent working knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage and current Ofsted statutory guidance.
Personal qualities:
- Calm and caring nature.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Able to work on own initiative.
Our nursery is committed to safer recruitment so a Disclosure Barring Service check is required to be undertaken.
If you would like to join our valued team, please apply with your CV.
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To find out more about the welcome bonus or any of our current positions please on contact our HR manager, Jay Francis-McDonough on 07801936734 (weekdays only) or email [email protected]