Spring Nurseries
Location
Leiston, Suffolk | United Kingdom
Job description
Salary:
£27,300 per annum
Directorate:
Developments Spring
Contract Type:
Permanent Full Time
Closing Date:
13 March 2024
Number of Roles:
1
Role: Deputy Nursery Manager
Location: Leiston, Suffolk
Salary: Up to £27,300 per annum
Contract/Hours: Permanent Full time - 40 hours per week
Closing date: Midnight on 13th March 2024
Benefits: Annual leave of 25 days public holidays, childcare vouchers, blue light discount, maternity, adoption and paternity packages, annual staff awards, employer contribution pension scheme, employee discount portal with all your favourite brands, and much more. For more information check out our careers portal.
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
We are proud to be part of the Action for Children family, a national children's charity and our success in Spring makes a difference. With over 150 years of experience in caring for children and young people, we are an award-winning quality and ethical provider. Any profit we make is aligned to support vulnerable children and young people in need across the UK, through the work of Action for Children. We believe all children deserve the best early start in life. 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 looking to learn, have fun and make friends in our bright and engaging settings.
Spring Leiston is Spring Nurseries newest addition to our family. A light, airy and spacious environment with a large outdoor area for the children to enjoy and thrive. Spring Nurseries provides high-quality care and education for children from 0 months to 5 years. We are looking to appoint a Deputy Manager to our team who will play a vital role in supporting our team in creating a safe, nurturing environment where our children flourish.
We are driven by our core values at Spring Nurseries Nurture – Passion – Inclusion – Ambition – Collaboration. We are looking for a Deputy Manager who values align to assist in leading our team at Spring Leiston. Our Managers provide the highest standard of leadership to their teams and are supported to develop their leadership skills and abilities throughout their career with us.
Your Leadership Journey
We value our people and as a leader in our family you will be supported to be the best leader you can be. You will follow our 12-month flagship leadership development programme and also have access to funding to complete a management and leadership qualification while you are working with us – helping you to fulfil your potential and develop your leadership career with us. See our career progression map for more information on our roles.
What you will need:
Our successful candidate will have an enthusiastic and pro-active mindset with a positive attitude and have the ability to assist in leading a team to form strong and supportive relationships with the parents, children and the team. Our Job Description outlines the requirements of the role, but the ‘must haves' are:
Working here is so much more than a job. Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey, we'd love to hear from you.
We work togetherto reach ourvision of safe and happy childhoods. A diverse workforce enriches the lives of the childrenand young peoplewe work withand we welcome applicationsfrom everyone. We value and celebrate ourdifferences and as an inclusive workplace we want everyone to be themselves.
We are committedto safer recruitment practices to protect ourservice users; therefore, allapplicants are expected to have an understandingof and commitmentto safeguardingbest-practice.
We can't wait to hear from you – stay safe and happy.
Diversity, Equality and Inclusion
At Spring Nurseries 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.
Application Process
There are 5 sections for you to complete - Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration – please refer to the JD and Person Specification 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.
If you need support with your application, please contact our Recruitment Partner Shannon Neander on [email protected]
We'll be happy to give you any support you require.
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Leiston Childrens Centre
Leiston Childrens Centre, Waterloo Avenue, Leiston, Suffolk, UK, IP16 4HF
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£27.3k per annum
