Nursery Manager – Lead Ops, Curriculum & Growth

Company: Staff Match
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Location: Colchester
Job Description:

Job Overview

Based in Lightwater, Surrey, Staff Match is recruiting on behalf of a well-established nursery group for the role of Nursery Manager.

Person Specification

  • Experience of leading and motivating teams
  • Basic Food Hygiene Certificate (Desirable)
  • Paediatric First Aid (Desirable)
  • Minimum 2 years experience in a similar role
  • Minimum 2 years management experience and a real passion for early years

Responsibilities

  • Lead responsibility for day to day nursery operations
  • Ensuring staff comply with policy and procedures
  • Partnership working with parents, building positive relationships, arranging events, drop-in sessions
  • Marketing and managing occupancy
  • Invoicing, fee calculation, back office, material ordering, HR, Finance
  • Ensuring EYFS curriculum is effectively embedded in practice
  • Preparing for Ofsted inspections
  • Managing recruitment, supervisions and appraisals

Benefits

  • Training, genuine career oppertunities and bonus.
  • Due to the nature of this job, candidates will be subject to UK eligibility checks together with Enhance Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks.

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Posted: May 27th, 2026