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Horsham
Zero2Five is excited to be recruiting for an ambitious and passionate Nursery Manager to join a fantastic, fairly new early years setting in Horsham.
This isn't just another Nursery Manager role.
With a supportive and approachable Director, you'll have the freedom to bring your own ideas, experience, and leadership style to the setting: helping shape how the nursery develops as it grows.
If you're looking for a role where you can lead, influence, develop, and genuinely make a difference, this could be the opportunity for you.
What You'll Be Doing
You'll take the lead on the day-to-day running of the nursery, ensuring children receive outstanding care, learning, and experiences while supporting your team to thrive.
Your Role Will Include
- Leading, motivating, and developing a fantastic early years team.
- Championing high-quality care, learning, play, and development.
- Ensuring strong EYFS, safeguarding, health and safety, and Ofsted compliance.
- Acting as Designated Safeguarding Lead.
- Building brilliant relationships with children, parents, and the wider team.
- Leading observations, planning, curriculum development, and continuous improvement.
- Supporting recruitment, inductions, supervisions, appraisals, and CPD.
- Ensuring effective staff deployment and smooth day-to-day operations.
- Working closely with the Director and Deputy Manager.
- Helping grow the nursery's reputation, occupancy, and presence within the local community.
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Why This Role?
Because you won't just be stepping into a nursery: you'll be helping shape one.
As a newer setting, there is huge scope to bring your personality, ideas, and experience to the role.
You'll Have
- A supportive Director who genuinely wants you to succeed.
- Freedom to use your own ideas and skills.
- The opportunity to shape and influence the setting.
- A chance to grow your career alongside a growing nursery.
- A leadership role where your contribution will be seen and valued.
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Are You The One?
We're Looking For Someone Who Is
- Passionate.
- Inspirational.
- Organised.
- Ambitious.
You'll have previous leadership or management experience within early years, a strong understanding of the EYFS and safeguarding, and the confidence to lead a team.
Most importantly, you'll want to make a difference, bring fresh ideas, and be part of something that is growing.
Ready for your next adventure?
If you're an experienced early years professional looking for a role where you can put your stamp on a setting, develop your career, and work alongside a supportive Director, we'd love to hear from you.
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