Job Title: Nursery Assistant Manager
Job Phase: EYFS
Actual Salary: 1.0 FTE
Contract Type: permanent
Location: Burscough
Start Date: January 2024
Benefits:
Competitive rates of pay paid weekly, which are fully compliant under the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR, 2011)
Caring & dedicated co-workers
The opportunity to work within a mainstream school and continue your development
Access to a free CPD course and Safeguarding Training from Randstad
A relatively central location
An opportunity to work with children in a private nursery setting
A dedicated, professional and friendly consultant and a branch with 24-hour on-call facilities
A competitive 'Recommend a friend' bonus worth up to £300
Responsibilities
We are looking for an experienced Nursery Assistant Manager.
This is a full-time role offering a competitive salary with additional benefits.
The ideal candidate will have 12 months of senior practitioner/ deputy nursery manager experience, demonstrating a sound working knowledge of both the early years foundation framework and Ofsted standards. This position would suit either practitioners who have senior room experience looking to step up into management or a manager looking to join a growing management team as part of a company with high standards.
For this role, you will need a minimum level 3 childcare qualification, 12 months experience and any relevant qualifications with working with under twos.
We are looking for committed, reliable and caring Level 3 Practitioners with sound knowledge of EYFS standards. Candidates must have a good knowledge of the Early Years policies and procedures. You must be able to plan activities for different age ranges and provide children with suitable next steps to aid their development. We are looking for someone who can work on their own sometimes and can bring new ideas to the nursery. We are looking for someone who can arrange the environment to provide exciting opportunities for children by creating an enabling environment for children to explore. It is also important that we maintain and strive for high standards on cleanliness in the nursery.
Requirements:
Leadership experience
Level 3 NCFE CACHE
Knowledge of the Development Matters Framework (2021)
Have a flexible, can-do approach
Ensure your CV covers the last 10 years of employment history where possible (all employment breaks must be explained)
Be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and full referencing process
Provide professional references to cover you for at least 12 months within the last 2 years
Have legal right to work in the UK
About Us:
Randstad Education is the UK market leader for recruitment within education. We have been helping teachers and support staff to find temporary and permanent roles in schools, colleges and nurseries for nearly twenty years. Working with over 2500 schools each week, our staff support over 135,000 children every day across the country, so we can find the right match for your skills. The Liverpool branch is one of the most well established and busiest in the country and has a dedicated team of consultants working across primary, secondary and SEN. We now also have a dedicated section looking after school support roles such as catering, technicians, administration and finance.
What Next?
If you think you would be right for this role, please apply now with an up to date, child-based CV to Andrew Hare on the Primary Education team, please submit your details to and I will be in touch shortly.
All candidates will be subject to Randstad Education's child protection and UK eligibility checks, including enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and full referencing process, and the cost of any new police check (DBS) required will be met by the candidate.
To discuss this role in more detail, please contact Andrew Hare in the Liverpool branch, via email at or telephone .
Alternatively, if you would like to be considered for a role with Randstad, but this one is not quite right for you, please submit your details to to be considered for other placements.