Kiddiwinkles Ltd
Daycare Group Operations Manager
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Group Operations Manager — Kiddiwinkles, Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland
Relocation package available
Kiddiwinkles is a multi-site early years group in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland — 22 years operating, Reggio Emilia and Forest School pedagogy, and home to Heartstrong, our own published emotional resilience programme. We’ve just completed a major renovation at our flagship Dungannon site and we’re growing occupancy across all four settings.
We’re looking for someone to own that growth.
The role:
- Drive occupancy strategy and execution across all sites
- Build consistent systems and standards group-wide
- Lead and hold accountable a team of site managers
- Report directly to the founder — this is a real seat at the table, not a layer of admin between you and decisions
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What you’ll need:
- Proven experience at group or multi-site operations level, ideally in childcare or a comparable regulated sector
- A track record of actually growing occupancy or revenue across locations, not just maintaining it
- Confident people leadership — comfortable holding managers to standard without losing culture
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The package:
- Competitive base salary + performance bonus tied to occupancy growth
- Relocation package available — and worth knowing: Northern Ireland’s cost of living means a package here goes considerably further than the same number in a major GB city
- A genuine opportunity to shape operations in a group with real pedagogical distinctiveness and a growth story already in motion
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