Description Role: Ref 11743 - Nursery Manager (Dual) Location: Langport and Taunton, Somerset. Salary: £36,800 per annum (negotiable) Contract/Hours: Permanent Full Time – 40 hours a week. Your time will be split between the two services. Closing date: Midnight on Thursday 21 st August 2025 Benefits: 28/30 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays 60% discount on childcare within our nurseries and clubs Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities. Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers’ discounts We're thrilled that you're considering a career with Spring. Spare us five minutes, and we'll tell you what you need to know… About Spring Spring offers award-winning childcare services, as part of the national charity Action for Children. It's our mission to be the best provider of outstanding quality early education to children throughout the UK, that is accessible to all. We are focused on enabling young people to learn, have fun and make friends in our bright, engaging settings. That starts with creating a happy environment for our team. Join us and you can look forward to: A kind, caring culture with an emphasis on wellbeing, both physical and mental. Flexible working – wherever possible we offer flexibility on hours and/or hybrid working. Lots of opportunities for training, learning, development, including gaining qualifications. Excellent benefits that compare favourably to other employers in our sector. About the nurseries: The Hollies Spring The Hollies is a 50-place nursery based in the centre of Taunton, which was purpose built, offering three well-resourced rooms and a fantastic spacious outdoor space for children aged 3-months to 5-years, all of which have been completely renovated in September 2024. The nursery has a beautiful, large outdoor space for the children and the Spring The Hollies team prides themselves on creating child led opportunities for babies through to rising fives helping them to learn, develop confidence and have fun. The team are dedicated to ensuring all children have the best experience. The Levels Spring the Levels is a 36-place nursery based in The Levels Childrens Centre in Langport that offers affordable, high-quality childcare, alongside its sister settings. The nursery is set in a beautiful rural setting within a designated children’s centre; where communication between parents, staff, health visitors and children are paramount. Heuristic play both indoors and outdoors is encouraged as we support, scaffold and enhance each child’s interests whilst ensuring that close links with Huish Epicopi school and local schools support the transitions for both the children and their families. A creative wraparound deck and newly refurbished outdoor area makes the nursery light, open and inviting. About the role We're looking for an enthusiastic and pro-active Nursery Manager to join and lead our two teams at Spring The Hollies and Spring The Levels, you will oversee the two. You will be providing leadership, direction, and support to both Nurseries across these two locations. While the two Nurseries and teams differ in scale and workload, the existing Deputy Managers who are well established, are well-equipped to provide support in your role. The Levels and The Hollies are 40 minutes apart and you will be travelling between the two to spend 3 days a week with one and 2 days a week with another, according to the needs of the business (although these hours could change). You will need to be very flexible in your attitude to working hours. You will provide a safe, caring, fun and stimulating environment. You'll provide the highest standard of leadership and form strong and supportive relationships not only with your team, but also to our parents and children. You'll be responsible for the day-to-day running of the nurseries and work to develop, oversee, and manage high quality, child centred provision of early years' education and day care services for children aged from birth to five years. Providing a direct management of your teams of staff, together you'll promote and establish a working environment which the emotional, physical, social, psychological, physical, developmental, and educational well-being of children is paramount. Some other key responsibilities of your role will be. Actively engaging in marketing and advertising in order to develop an excellent reputation for the nursery. Supporting the development of an innovative approach to children's learning and play that is demonstrated by teams working well together within the setting. Undertaking the Designated Safeguarding Lead and Registered Manager role in relation to Ofsted registration Overseeing the recording and reporting of planning, observation and progression for all children including a full and thorough assessment of the setting against the Early Years Foundation Stage framework. Let’s talk about you. In the role of Dual Nursery Manager, we’re ideally looking for someone who has: Minimum level 3 qualification in Childcare or Early Years. Level 2 in Mathematics, or be willing to undertake this within 2 years of employment Leadership and management experience, in a childcare setting. Experience of working in a senior role within a nursery setting or centre working with children aged 0 to 5 years and their families. Leading a staff team, including supervision, work allocation, assessment or training and professional development. Knowledge and understanding of the EYFS, Ofsted requirements and relevant current legislation. Understanding of child protection processes, safeguarding, and working with vulnerable children. Commitment to inclusive and non-discriminatory working practice with children, families, colleagues, and the community. You must be a driver, to be able to travel between the two services regularly. Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey, we'd love to hear from you. We work together to reach our mission to give children a healthy start in life. Good luck! We can't wait to hear from you. Contact: If you need support with your application, please contact our Recruitment Team at RecruitmentService@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting the above Reference. We'll be happy to give you any support you require. Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion At Spring Oscars we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within the organisation. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups. Male staff are often under-represented within this sector, and we would like to encourage more male applicants for our roles. We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice. Don't meet every single requirement? If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family. Application Process Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. There are 5 sections for you to complete - Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration – please refer to the Job Description when applying. We also want to know what unique qualities you can bring to help us reach our vision for children and families. Talent Pool: We're sure you've got what it takes to join our ambitious team. If you're unsuccessful this time around, we'd like to hold your details in case similar jobs come up that you might be better suited for. But feel free to let us know if you'd rather we didn't do that. Want to know more about Spring and Oscars? Check out our socials on X (Twitter), Linkedin, Facebook or Youtube. See below for further information about working with us: Job Description Employee Reward Booklet Spring Early Years Career Pathway