NurseryManager

**Nursery – Bright Horizons Southampton Nursling Day nursery and Pre School** **Salary** – **£****40,993 - £53,634 ,** per annum (dependent on qualification/s and experience) **Location** – **Southampton** Are you looking to work for an organisation whose culture is driven by our HEART principles – Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork? Where you can be yourself, feel supported, and help to make a difference to the next generation? Somewhere you can say: “I did that.” We’re looking for a Nursery Manager to join our Southampton Nursling nursery. **This role will be initially at Southampton Nursling covering a maternity leave and then supporting the region.** **Our Benefits** * Childcare discount of 100% for first child * Enhanced parental leave * 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and paid Christmas closure. Ability to also purchase additional leave* * Pension * Financial and wellbeing benefits including 24/7 virtual GP appointments, early access to wages, and more * Professional development programme access for every stage of your career, including access to a careers coach * **Shift options: 40 hours over 4 or 5 days, 24 hours over 3 days, or 16 hours over 2 days****​** **​** *Subject to T&Cs **The Role** As a Nursery Manager, you will lead a team to deliver outstanding care and education to all the children in your setting, and through inspirational leadership drive employee engagement, retention and performance. You will act as Designated Safeguarding Lead, holding overall responsibility for the day to day running of the nursery, and management of safeguarding policies. You will work in partnership with support office teams to recruit, nurture, and continuously develop high performing colleagues, as well as identify and implement commercial plans and strategies to deliver FTE growth. You will optimise nursery performance, revenue generation, and cost efficiency in line with staff ratio requirements. **What we’re looking for** * Full and