Nursery Day Care Manager

Job title: Day Care Manager

Salary: £38,220 to £40,777

Hours: 37 hours (all year round) – working on an 8am to 6pm shift pattern

Contract: Permanent

Location: Little Owls Armley Moor

Little Owls Nurseries are offering a potential promotion opportunity to all Level 3 childcare qualified staff with substantial leadership experience.

Little Owls is a great place to progress in your childcare career. We support staff to learn and progress by offering regular training.

We are committed to the ambition of Child Friendly Leeds. We want Leeds to be a city where all children are safe, happy and healthy, do well at school, fulfil their potential and grow up to be active citizens with voice and influence.

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.

About the role

The Manager in Charge encourages, motivates and efficiently supports the deployment of a dynamic and diverse staff team to deliver high quality integrated education and care that meets the National framework. They also Lead and provide a broad and balanced Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum that will meet the requirements of relevant National and Local standards in partnership with families.

This role supports the Children’s Centre Manager in the effective management of the budget in line with Leeds City Council financial regulations. This post will also facilitate the maximisation of income, minimising debt and reducing costs where possible to ensure the centres financial sustainability and to manage the day to day running of the budget.

The day-care manager is also asked to take responsibility for the securing of the building and resources and will be the Person in Charge for Ofsted purposes.

You will:

• support parents, carers and families in the successful admission and transition of their children.
• lead and ensure the effective operation of the policies and procedures for the administration of medication including accurately recording and verifying drug sheets.
• lead and quality assure the process for reporting any suspicious or suspected non-accidental injury or reportable incident. Ensuring compliance with Departmental Child Protection Procedures in line with Local Safeguarding Children Board Procedures (West Yorkshire Consortium Procedure Manual) and Ofsted requirements.
• provide appropriate training and development opportunities for all staff, through internal staff meetings, appraisal and supervision, external training, and professional development in line with the aspirations of the Children’s Centre and Learning for Life Service. To provide support and challenge in line with improving performance procedures.

About you:

We are looking for qualified, enthusiastic, adaptable candidates with personal qualities to care for and develop young children. You must have:

• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, senior management, other professionals and those using the Children’s Centre’s services using a range of methods including use of ICT (information and communication technologies)
• Ability to effectively lead a staff team, setting long term goals and clear plans ensuring that staff understand their roles and responsibilities, monitor and evaluate their progress using appropriate frameworks including one to ones, appraisals and if required, the Improving Performance Policy
• Able to offer support to children and families in a culturally sensitive, positive and non - judgemental way

We expect the following experience and qualifications:

• A minimum of a full and relevant Level 3 qualification as defined by sector skills council for childcare gov.uk/guidance/early-years-qualifications-finder

What we offer you

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

• a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
• membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
• a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
• a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

How to apply

Apply for this job on the Leeds City Council website.

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If you have any queries or would like an informal chat about the role please contact:

Andrea Smith, Children and Family Service Tel: 0113 3784516 Email: andrea.smith@leeds.gov.uk.

Please be aware that successful applicants will be employed by LCC and not a particular centre and could be asked to work at any of the city wide Little Owls Nurseries.

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check against the Children’s or Adults’ barred list as applicable will be carried out on preferred candidates. Read our recruitment of ex-offenders policy.

We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Ensure you are eligible before applying.