Deputy Manager - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Bright Swans Day Nursery

Description

The deputy managers roles and duties.

At Bright Swans Moseley we require a talented, passionate about childcare caring individua,l who is highly organised and an effective communicator to join our team.

The roles and responsibility's list below is by no means exhaustive but a guideline to the role & responsibilities in general.

Main Responsibilities

• To deputise for the Manager
• To ensure a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care and development for children placed in the Day Nursery.
• To be responsible for any tasks delegated by the Manager.
• To give support to other personnel within the Day Nursery.

Main Duties

• Overall management responsibility for the Day Nursery in the absence of the Manager.
• Assist the Manager in providing effective day to day management of the Nursery.
• Assist the Manager in collection, accounting, and banking of monies and distribution of wages.
• Assist the Manager in setting and implementing objectives for policy for the Nursery within the framework of the management committee.
• Assist the Manager in planning the training strategy for staff
• Lead staff meetings from time to time.
• Have a key person role within the setting.
• Responsible for running in house training with the manager.
• To be responsible for the supervision of students, identifying their learning needs and advise keystaff of these.
• In conjunction with the Manager, to formulate, operate and evaluate a yearly programme of activities, following the guidelines of the National Curriculum, that is suitable to the age range of children. Plan activities according to the EYFS and the new EIF.
• To assist the Manager in promoting Equal Opportunities throughout the Day Nursery.
• To work alongside the parents/carers of special needs children to achieve full integration within the Nursery.
• Identify the physical, emotional, intellectual and developmental needs of children with special needs and offer support and relevant developmental opportunities.
• Liase with and support parents/carers and other family members.
• Liase with the Local authority and other professionals associated with the Nursery.
• Attend monthly staff meetings and training sessions outside working hours.
• Undertake certain domestic duties within the Nursery, i.e, preparation of snacks, cleansing of equipment.
• Work alongside the Manager and staff team to ensure that the philosophy behind the Nursery is fulfilled.
• Undertake other duties as may be requested from time to time by the Manager.
• To promote advertise the nursery according to nursery policies for sustainability

Qualities and Experience Required
In general an NVQ level 3 or equivalent qualification with experience of working within a day Nursery setting. Some managerial experience would be desirable. Maths minimum pass required as well as in date First aid training and level 2 food hygiene.


Job Types:
Full-time, Fixed term contract


Salary:
£24,503.00-£26,155.00 per year


Benefits:

• Discounted or free food
• Onsite parking

Flexible Language Requirement:

• English not required

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Birmingham: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• Do you have the right to work in the UK
• Are you on the DBS update system
• Can you work between the hours of 7.306pm any days of the week.
• Do you have experience of running holiday clubs

Education:

• Certificate of Higher Education (preferred)

Experience:

• Nursery: 5 years (required)
• Childcare: 3 years (preferred)
• Management: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• DBS (preferred)

Work Location:
One location


Reference ID:
MOSDEP23