Overview
Job Title: Nursery Manager
Location: Brentford
Salary: Up to £58,000, with the potential to earn a further £6,000 in bonuses
Hours: 41.25 hours
Reports to: Regional Manager
What You’ll Be Doing
* Be All In: You lead with unwavering commitment, ensuring the nursery operates to the highest standards of care, compliance, and professionalism, while championing the well-being of children, families, and staff.
* Come Together: You cultivate strong collaboration across the nursery, building trusted relationships with your team, families, and the wider community to create a united, values-led environment.
* Be Yourself: You bring confident self-awareness to your leadership, modelling reflective practice, supporting individual growth, and creating a culture where everyone feels seen, heard, and valued.
* Go Further: You demonstrate bold ambition by driving continuous improvement, leading strategic initiatives, and aligning the nursery with Fennies’ mission, vision, and long-term goals.
Benefits & Perks
* Competitive Pay & Perks: Salaries that match or outshine our competitors, a comprehensive pension scheme, and exclusive staff childcare discounts of up to 75% when you enrol your children at Fennies.
* Leadership Community: Regular manager meetings to discuss, innovate, and socialise, with tailored learning and development sessions, mentoring, and coaching to help you grow as a leader.
* Career Development: Targeted development plans and bespoke guidance from educational experts to support your professional journey.
* Personalised Induction: A structured onboarding experience including 1:1 Clifton Strengths coaching to help identify and build on your strengths as a manager.
* Well-being Support: Access to well-being benefits, including BUPA support, team incentives, and up to 33 days of annual leave.
* Celebration & Connection: Events such as summer barbecues and Christmas parties.
* Performance Recognition: £750 quarterly performance bonuses to reward your commitment and impact.
* Daily Dining: The Fennies Café offers a range of choices, with free daily lunch options.
* Fennies Club: Recognition of length of service with gifts and plaques as part of our commitment to honour dedication.
What You Bring
* Excellent knowledge of Birth to 5 Matters, typical child development stages, and a sound understanding of the EYFS.
* Full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification.
* Minimum grade 4/GCSE C in Maths and English (or equivalent).
* Proper implementation, audits, and requirements for key person, safeguarding, health & safety, and confidentiality systems.
* Ability to safely administer medication, First Aid, and critical care policies.
* Experience preparing for Ofsted visits and maintaining compliant standards.
* Ability to derive solutions for resolving issues and complaints per Fennies policies and procedures.
* Ability to achieve KPIs in line with Fennies mission statement.
Diversity & Inclusion
At Fennies, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued. We are an equal-opportunity employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people; successful applicants will undergo an enhanced criminal record check and identity verification. In line with Safer Recruitment, online checks may be carried out for shortlisted candidates.
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