Regional Manager
Location: Field Based | South West London
Salary: Up to £60,000 per annum
Car Allowance: £4,000 per annum
Bonus: Performance based bonus – 10% of annual salary
Electric vehicle hire Scheme
Private healthcare
Life Assurance
Full autonomy as to how you choose to lead – Your diary is your gift
We are seeking a Regional Manager who would like the opportunity to lead a portfolio of our beautiful Dicky Birds nurseries across South West London with the trust, freedom and autonomy to make decisions that will have the greatest impact.
About the Role
Reporting to the Regional Operations Director, you will lead a portfolio of 8 nurseries and one after school club providing inspirational leadership and support to Nursery Managers while driving outstanding quality, occupancy, commercial performance and colleague engagement across your region.
You will be accountable for ensuring every nursery delivers an exceptional experience for children and families, achieves strong commercial results and maintains the highest standards of safeguarding, compliance and Early Years education.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Lead, coach and develop a team of Nursery Managers.
- Drive occupancy, revenue growth and commercial performance.
- Take ownership of regional budgets and profit and loss performance.
- Champion outstanding Early Years education ensuring every nursery meets or exceeds EYFS and Ofsted standards.
- Lead health, safety and safeguarding across your region.
- Recruit, develop and retain exceptional leaders.
- Support succession planning and talent development.
- Ensure compliance with safer recruitment and all people processes.
- Create and deliver improvement plans that drive sustainable quality and business growth.
- Work collaboratively with Recruitment, HR, Finance, Customer Services and the Early Years team.
- Support company projects, acquisitions and new nursery openings.
- Act as the nominated Ofsted representative for your region.
About You
You are an experienced operational leader who is passionate about developing people and creating exceptional experiences for children and families.
You will have:
- Multi site management experience.
- At least five years’ experience within the Early Years sector.
- Strong commercial awareness with experience managing budgets and performance.
- A proven ability to coach and inspire high performing teams.
- Excellent communication and relationship building skills.
- A calm, resilient and adaptable leadership style.
- Confidence to make decisions and lead with autonomy.
- A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across South West London.
Why You’ll Love Working With Us
Our Dicky Birds nurseries have been supporting children and families across South West London for many years and are renowned for their warm, welcoming environments, exceptional care and high quality Early Years education. Our teams create inspiring spaces where children develop confidence, curiosity and a lifelong love of learning.
Why Join Grandir UK?
Your diary is yours to manage. We trust you to spend your time where it adds the most value because you are the expert. You know your nurseries, your teams and your communities better than anyone, and we empower you to lead in the way you believe is right to help them thrive.
You will have the support of an experienced Regional Operations Director together with specialist teams across Recruitment, HR, Early Years, Finance and Customer Services, while having the confidence to make decisions, solve problems and continuously improve your region.
At Grandir UK, children and families are at the heart of everything we do, but we know that starts with our people. We invest in our leaders, encourage new ideas and create an environment where everyone has a voice and is empowered to make a difference.
We are proud to be a Certified Great Place to Work, recognised for creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel welcomed, supported and able to thrive.
Core Benefits
- Salary up to £60,000
- £4,000 annual car allowance
- Up to 10% annual performance bonus
- 36 days annual leave including bank holidays, with 3 days allocated during our Christmas shutdown
- Christmas and New Year shutdown
- Flexible working options where the role allows
- Generous childcare discount
- £500 Refer a Friend bonus
- Company pension scheme with employer contributions
- Statutory Sick Pay from day one
- Life assurance for employees aged 18 to 65
- Certified Great Place to Work
Enhanced Family and Wellbeing Benefits
- 100% pay for the first 12 weeks of maternity and adoption leave
- 100% pay for 4 weeks of paternity leave
- Up to 4 weeks paid parental bereavement leave
- Up to 2 weeks paid compassionate leave
- Up to 2 weeks paid miscarriage leave
- Wellbeing Day, an extra day off just for you
- The Grand Event, up to an additional week’s annual leave after two years’ service to celebrate a significant life event
Even More Benefits
- Electric Car Scheme
- Employee benefits portal with hundreds of discounts including ASOS, M&S, major supermarkets, cinemas and gym memberships
- 24 hour remote GP appointments
- Medical cashback for dental treatment, physiotherapy and alternative therapies
- Recognition, rewards and team celebrations throughout the year, with May dedicated to celebrating our teams
- Tailored in house learning and development with genuine career progression opportunities
- Sustainability focused business with Carbon Literacy trained teams and Eco Schools accreditation
Safeguarding and Diversity
Grandir UK is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This role is subject to an enhanced DBS check, which will be completed through our approved third party provider.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and recruit based on merit. To support our recruitment process, we may use AI assisted tools for tasks such as application screening and reference checks. These tools help us manage applications efficiently while all hiring decisions are made by our recruitment team.
We review applications as they are received and may close this vacancy early, so we encourage you to apply today.
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