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Nursery Manager | PolkaDots Nursery – Term Time only opportunity

PolkaDots is an independent nursery with two settings in northwest London (NW5). Providing a safe and caring environment for all our children in a setting that’s friendly and fun, our motto is to educate, nurture and inspire children to learn through play. Whatever their individual needs, we ensure every child at PolkaDots has full access to the EYFS curriculum and beyond – with Music and Makaton sessions as well as Dance and Yoga classes with professional instructors.

We’re looking for a Manager to join our community at our Athlone Hall Nursery. Our nursery is open during term-time (38 weeks per year) to children aged 2 to 5 years-old. We operate school hours for our children and our Manager can expect to be on site 8:30am – 3:30pm Monday to Thursday and 8:30am – 2pm on Friday.

We want to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic Early Years Manager who will be able to deliver excellent standards of care and education for our children. Our new Manager will motivate and lead by example to inspire their team of leaders and practitioners to maintain the nursery’s high professional standards and continue developing professionally. The successful candidate will love working with children while also having an excellent understanding of child development. Our new manager will also be able to uphold and develop PolkaDots’ excellent relationships and ties with our community.

As a small nursery, relationships are key to who we are. Our staff team is our greatest strength and most valuable asset. Because we recognise this, we continually invest in them and offer training and other opportunities to develop professionally. This includes Makaton training from a Regional Makaton tutor, professional development led by Camden’s Education and Wellbeing teams and continuous internal training, for example in areas such as safeguarding and technology use.

This role will suit someone who wants to be at the heart of a caring team, who wants to continue to develop professionally, and who takes pride in caring for young children to help them grow.

If you’d like to be part of our PolkaDots team, we’d love to hear from you.

Please contact us directly for a full job description with a complete list of duties
Essential Qualifications & Skills:
• Minimum Level 3 qualification in Children and Young Peoples Workforce or equivalent
• A minimum of 3 years recent experience working in a Preschool/Nursery setting, ideally already in a senior practitioner or room leader role
• Excellent working knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage and current Ofsted statutory guidance
• Knowledge and proven practical experience of implementing good quality learning opportunities
• Effective team leadership and excellent organizational skills
• Paediatric First Aid qualification

Contract: Full-time (38 weeks per year term-time), permanent
Salary range: salary Range available on application, Dependant on qualification and experience
Starting date: Monday 6th June (there is a possibility to start earlier than this date)
Application deadline: 25th April 2022
PolkaDots Nursery is committed to Safer Recruitment practices. The safety and wellbeing of our children and staff is our priority and we operate a robust Code of Conduct. All successful candidates will be subject to comprehensive referencing and an enhanced DBS among other pre-employment checks before commencing

Benefits

• Term time only
• small and cosy  25 place nursery
• pension
• Join our friendly team!