JOB DESCRIPTION: NURSERY MANAGER

Job Title: Nursery Manager
Location: Battersea
Reports to: Nursery Director
Job type: Full-time, Permanent
Contact details: hr@raphaelnursery.com / +44 7470862341
At Raphael Nursery we believe in joy! Childcare can be so rewarding when you’re in the right place and we pride ourselves on creating a warm, inspiring, cooperative space for families and staff alike. We have a unique opportunity available to join our team as a Nursery Manager.
We place our team at the very centre of what we do, because we know that it’s our people that make our nursery so special! We want our team to bring their whole selves to work; to have fun, to be creative and to love what they do! That’s how we provide incredible education and care for every child and family.
We invest into our people, both with exceptional training and progression, but also financially! We don’t just talk about recognition, we provide it – both with excellent salaries, training and a fantastic bonus scheme paid twice a year, rewarding your hard work!

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.