Brook Babes Limited

Role Details

We have a range of management roles available allowing you to progress your career as far as you would like to. These include:

Nursery Managers

Our Managers are responsible for leading their teams, driving quality, and ensuring the highest standards of care, education, and compliance. They inspire colleagues, support business objectives, and build strong relationships with children, families, and the wider community. Managers are instrumental in shaping the culture and success of each Brookbabes setting.

Deputy Managers and Third in Charge

Deputy Managers and Third in Charge work closely with Managers to ensure the smooth operation of the setting. They help lead teams, support staff development, oversee quality standards, and contribute to strategic planning. They play a key role in creating a positive environment for children, families, and employees alike.

Candidate Requirements

• Must be at least Level 3qualified in a UK recognised early years qualification.
• 2 years experience working in a nursery
• Comprehensive understanding of EYFS.
• Extensive knowledge of safeguarding.
• Leadership experience within the sector
• It is a legal requirement to hold a GCSE or equivalent qualification in Maths or be willing to achieve within 2 years of starting the position.
• Ability to travel between locations
• Computer proficient and use IT to assist work systems

Responsibilities Include

Leadership
• Being personally accountable for the nursery, providing clear vision, direction and support to your staff while working in a way which is central to the values and culture of Brook Babes
• Working in partnership with the Deputy Manager to ensure the smooth running of the nursery
Values and Equality
• Promoting the Brook Babes ethos.
• Valuing and promoting diversity and equality, and the rights of children and employees. Challenging unfair discrimination.
• Ensuring our values ‘Respect; Integrity; Kindness; Always learning; Working together’ embody our way of working.
Professional Practice
• To ensure the provision is of the highest quality; providing a safe, stimulating and caring child- centred environment catering for the children's educational and developmental needs.
• To oversee and develop the curriculum, operating policies and procedures for the Nursery.
• Promoting a vision of quality and continuous improvement. Reviewing monitoring and evaluating quality.
• Having sound levels of professional practice / knowledge in all areas
• Identifying problems, seeking to understand their underlying causes and acting quickly and decisively to resolve them.
• To implement policies, procedures, and systems to ensure the smooth running of the Nursery.
• Ensure that the nursery meets all statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain high standards of health and safety, hygiene, and cleanliness throughout the nursery.
Resource Management
• Control departmental expenditure within agreed budgets.
• Managing and controlling resources to meet demands and changing priorities, ensuring financial viability.
Communication
• Ensuring open and effective communication in your team and wider partnerships.
• Securing the agreement of others through the facilitation of coaching and collaboration.
• Empowering the team to succeed
• Maintaining a positive and solutions focussed approach
Customer/Parent Partnership
• Developing and managing internal and external relationships.
• Maintain and develop relationships with existing and new families through appropriate propositions and ethical sales methods, and relevant internal liaison, to optimise quality of service, business growth, and customer satisfaction.
Designated Lead/Officer Responsibilities
• In cases of suspected abuse, contact children social work services duty and advise team;
• Working with the HR department ensure that appropriate staff interventions and support are in place
• Act as a source of support, advice and expertise to staff on matters of safety and safeguarding and when deciding whether to make contact with relevant agencies e.g. Children’s Social Work Services
• Supporting fellow Designated Leads/Officers as required. Acting as a confidential critical friend. You must not discuss this outside of the Senior Management Team
• Attending safeguarding supervisions with other Designated Leads/Officers
• Ensure appropriate attendance and produce a report for initial child protection conferences and review conferences
• Ensure that all records and paperwork are complete, with the appropriate people and in line with GDPR
Managing Change and Information
• Maintain appropriate Administration, including nursery availability, policies and procedure reporting, communication and liaison.
• Monitor, measure and report on appropriate systems for maintaining necessary aspects of organisational performance within agreed aims and timescales.
• Comply with organisational requirements for quality management, health and safety, legal stipulation, environmental policies and general duty of care.
• Follow GDPR guidelines
Team Management
• Developing and managing a team of staff effectively using a range of HR skills and techniques. Where possible using the coaching approach to facilitate good decision making.
• Involvement in recruitment and selection
• Development of staff including induction, training and supervisions. Assessing training needs and sourcing appropriate development
• Leading the team and boosting morale and team spirit. Recognising individual contributions and ensuring staff wellbeing. Working with Brookbabes ethos.
• Create an environment that attracts and retains the best talent which aligns with our ethos and values.
• Dealing with any performance issues with support from HR
Health & Safety
• Uphold the highest standards for child welfare, safety and growth
• Provide a safe working environment.
• Follow the Occupational Health and Safety plan to ensure proper and timely assessment of risks to health and safety, and implementation of measures and arrangements identified as necessary from the assessments.
• Complying with advice and actions from Health and Safety Advisors.
This job description should be read in conjunction with the Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework and any other relevant regulatory documents.

Benefits Working with the Brook Babes team

• Enjoy Christmas shut down between Xmas and New Year to be with your family.
• Receive generous childcare discount.
• Whole personal approach to resilience and wellbeing to promote good mental health, putting people first.
• Health Care
• Receive increased holidays with length of service.
• Enjoy a Christmas Party and gift as a thank you for your hard work.
• Valued for your individual contribution to our ethos ‘Everybody counts’.
• Bank holidays off.
• Professional development that values, nurtures and develops people of all levels to influence change.