Nursery Manager - London

Kdo ,
London, Greater London
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Kdo are an international network of nurseries that were founded in California in 2005 and now have locations in India, Hong Kong, Dubai and the UK. We fuse the best practises from the Montessori, Reggio Emilia and Waldorf Steiner approaches and marry this with beautiful learning environments and 21st century technologies and a strong focus on customized learning to help develop cognitive, social, emotional, physical, creative and reasoning skills in children below 7. Kdo launched in London in September 2017 and have grown quickly to 6 schools, with our 7th opening early 2020 in Crouch End. What is the role? Kdo are on a journey of growth and are looking for an experienced, passionate and dedicated Nursery Manager to join us. You will need to have previous experience managing a large setting and team. As a Nursery Manager you will be responsible for effectively managing the full nursery team to ensure that Kdo are always providing the highest quality of care and education. They pride themselves on the relationships that they build with families and youll work continuously to make sure that you and your team recognise and deliver the needs for every student. Youll oversee the operational management of the nursery under the EYFS Statutory Framework and Ofsted requirements. To help Kdo to always be the best that they can be youll work closely with The Hub (our Senior Management Team) to give recommendations about how they can improve their offerings and to always push the boundaries of excellence. What will you do? Working at Kdo means joining a people centric, ambitious company with extremely high standards, who are committed to making a difference to our families every day. As a Nursery Manager youll be an ambassador for our values and a gate keeper for our great culture. You will take overall ownership for your school and have accountability for the following: * Sales & marketing create a clear action plan to manage occupancy levels and inform our pricing strategy * Business strategy work with The Hub to constantly improve our services and make recommendations for future development * Financial & operational effectiveness proactively manage the nursery accounts and budget * Compliance & governance ensure that your setting operates to the highest standards and meets all related statutory requirements * Health & safety overall responsibility for complying with all Health & Safety, Environmental Health and COSHH regulations * Leadership & development of your team build a fantastic team, role model behaviour and drive management, development and progression for your people * Curriculum work with Kdo to deliver the best and most up to date curriculum for our children * Resources make sure that your school has everything it needs to deliver to exceptional standards Requirements * A full and relevant level 3 qualification in childcare . * level 2 qualifications in English and maths (including functional skills) * 2 years' work experience with children with management experience in an over 90 place nursery setting. * experience of supervising, leading and managing staff. Benefits This role will be based in London and will report to our Area Manager Salary 35,000-40,000 experience dependant. Opportunity for excellent long-term career development in a fast-growing international company You will receive 25 days of annual holiday You get your birthday off if it falls on a working day Free childcare if your child attends one of our nurseries (spaces only available for children over 2 at the moment) Annual performance related pay reviews Company awards and celebrations twice a year Access to a health care cash plan * 150 refer a friend bonus for recommending Kdo Kido is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children. Kido will ensure that our recruitment procedures meet the standards set out in our safer recruitment policy (available upon request) and our selection criteria prevents unsuitable people from gaining access to children. As part of our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children in our care successful candidates are expected to undergo pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS and barred lists check. * All applications will be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010

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