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Nursery Manager

Job in Southampton, Hampshire County, SO15, England, UK
Listing for: MP Training and Recruitment
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-06-07
Job specializations:
  • Education / Teaching
    Child Development/Support, Preschool / Daycare
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 40993 - 53634 GBP Yearly GBP 40993.00 53634.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Nursery – Bright Horizons Southampton Nursling Day nursery and Pre School Salary – £40,993 - £53,634 , per annum (dependent on qualification/s and experience)
Location – Southampton Are you looking to work for an organisation whose culture is driven by our HEART principles – Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork? Where you can be yourself, feel supported, and help to make a difference to the next generation? Somewhere you can say: “I did that.”We’re looking for a Nursery Manager to join our Southampton Nursling nursery.

This role will be initially at Southampton Nursling covering a maternity leave and then supporting the region.

Our Benefits Childcare discount of 100% for first child

Enhanced parental leave
25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and paid Christmas closure. Ability to also purchase additional leave
* Pension Financial and wellbeing benefits including 24/7 virtual GP appointments, early access to wages, and more Professional development programme access for every stage of your career, including access to a careers coach

Shift options: 40 hours over 4 or 5 days, 24 hours over 3 days, or 16 hours over 2 days Subject to T&CsThe Role As a Nursery Manager, you will lead a team to deliver outstanding care and education to all the children in your setting, and through inspirational leadership drive employee engagement, retention and performance. You will act as Designated Safeguarding Lead, holding overall responsibility for the day to day running of the nursery, and management of safeguarding policies.

You will work in partnership with support office teams to recruit, nurture, and continuously develop high performing colleagues, as well as identify and implement commercial plans and strategies to deliver FTE growth. You will optimise nursery performance, revenue generation, and cost efficiency in line with staff ratio requirements.

What we’re looking forFull and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification

Experience with in an Early Years leadership role (ideally as a Nursery Manager, Deputy Manager, Assistant Manager or similar)

Experience of participating with a regulatory inspection, leading to a ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ outcome

Experience of developing high performance teams, with effective regulatory compliance, quality improvement, delivery of high-quality pedagogy, innovation and service excellence

Confident decision maker, with ability to support change and understanding of complex relationship between commercial and service excellence within a regulated setting

Strong knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding, Child Protection, and the wider legislative requirements for working with children

Ability to develop trust and strong working partnerships with both colleagues and parents/ carers

Bright Horizons is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This post is subject to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, which will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all ages and backgrounds to apply. We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants.

If you want to make a difference, with a company who has been voted Great Place to Work every year since 2006, apply today!

INDSHWe look forward to receiving your application!

If you experience any problems, please email europe.r and we will be happy to help.
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