Nursery Room Manager – Charminster

Tops Days Nursery in Charminster is seeking a Room Manager to join our team, working on a full-time capacity.

Employees benefit from being minutes away from Castlepoint Shopping Centre, and convenient transport links for both buses, the bus stop being less than 5 minutes away from the nursery!

The 69 place nursery is surrounded by local attractions such as Muscliffe Park and Stour Valley Nature Reserve, both just waiting to be explored! The nursery run a number of extra-curricular activities including Tops Forest School, cooking school, Boogie Mites, yoga, meditation and much more!

If you want to play a pivotal role in educating the next generation in an award winning, sustainable day nursery… join our family today!

Benefits:

• Health & Wellbeing. We know that sometimes life can be a bit tricky, or you might need a little guidance and support. We offer Counselling session, Yoga Therapy, Mental Health First Aider on call, private medical scheme and so much more!
• Childcare Discounts. It is not always easy to cover the costs of childcare, so we are really pleased to offer you a generous up to 60% discount within Tops Day Nurseries to support your family’s needs.
• Birthdays Off. Sure, Birthdays with colleagues can be fun but we give you the day off to celebrate, YOU! Plus, the longer you collaborate with Tops Day Nurseries, the more your holiday entitlement grows.
• Bank Holiday: There is an option for you to either take the day off or even better why not earn extra money by working on bank holidays.

…. AND MUCH MORE!

To have access to our full list of benefits click here.

Duties:

• Ensure daily, weekly and monthly checks in the room and agreed action plans are completed effectively
• Ensuring accident trends are monitored and actioned appropriately
• Lead and manage your team and ensure they are motivated and trained as per their individual needs, ensuring this meets the needs of the unit.
• Manage resources, organise routines and systems, communicate with senior management team
• Be competent and effective with settling in profiles for children, alongside their short term, medium term and long term plans, and next steps and learning journeys.
• To be committed to the safeguarding of all children in the nursery and your direct care

Minimum requirement:

• A minimum of a Level 3 Early Years Qualification is required. All successful candidate will be subject to safety checks, including a full-completed Application Form and a DBS Checks.
• We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues and applications. Individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender, reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

• Up to 60% discount for Childcare within Tops Day Nurseries
• A flexible option to work 4 days week
• Annual pay review
• 29 days annual holiday entitlement (pro rata)
• Company pension
• Great career progression
• Continuous in-house and external training opportunities
• An eco-friendly company with BCorp accreditation
• Uniform Provided