Deputy Nursery Manager

INSERT NURSERY LOGO Nursery: Ickle Pickles Nursery School, 1 School Mews, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8UW Hours: Full Time, 40 hours a week, Monday - Friday, MAT Cover Salary: Up to £15 per hour dependent on qualifications and experience. Welcome Bonus: £500 Benefits: Performance related bonus, 50% childcare discount, wellness day and much much more. Remarkable Futures Start Here Can you inspire the next generation? You’ll have a supportive Nursery Manager, Office Manager and Early Years colleagues to help with the delivery of the Storal curriculum. Our nurseries are warm and nurturing environments that not only support children to be ready for school but also equip them with all the life skills they need to flourish and succeed. At Ickle Pickles, we pride ourselves on providing a nurturing and inclusive environment where everyone of our children is supported to learn and grow at their own pace. Our experienced team brings a wealth of early years knowledge and insight, and we know that each child has their own unique journey. How you’ll spend your time here Day to day as a Deputy Manager you will be an intrinsic part of the Nurseries success ensuring the setting has the right team, culture, policies and resources to deliver the highest possible standards of childcare and early years education. You’ll offer solutions where you identify areas for improvements whether that relates to learning and teaching techniques or, creating more stimulating experiences and environments for the children and their educators. You will embrace inclusivity to ensure the individual needs of all those within your care are achieved. We’d love to talk to you if you have the following • A full and relevant Early Years Education qualification Level 3 or above or equivalent • Experience in a managerial role including nursery administration or similar • A strong knowledge and understanding EYFS framework • Reflecting the Storal values around responsibility, openness and working together and experienced in providing staff training and support • Demonstrable leadership qualities (ideally within Early Years) • Excellent communication skills with both children and adults Benefits for You For you - We get the basics right enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, extra wellness day off (yearly) and you can access your pay before payday with Pay Captain Family matters - Balance starts at home Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity leave Health & wellness - Nourishing body & mind Partnerships with Vitality & Peppy; fertility & menopause support, gym discount, free movie tickets Development - Investing in your future with micro-learning, financial stability tools & the Storal Support Fund Our community -Growing together Termly inset days, team member app and Storal Awards Not everything fits in a job advert Click apply today, don’t worry if your CV isn’t perfect just send us what you have and we’ll work out the rest later. Storal sets the highest of standards when it coming to safeguarding, the welfare of children and creating a work environment that encourages feedback-discussion-resilience. We take our role in the safety of children, our families and our team extremely seriously. As governed by the EYFS, we have a designated safeguarding lead in each setting and all staff (and volunteers) complete a through compliance checks prior to employment including employment references & DBS.  INDDEP