To manage the nursery and associated childcare provision within Once Upon a Time Day Nurseries policies and procedures, Local Authority Policies and procedures and all relevant legislation. To create a safe, warm and stimulating environment for all those who use Once Upon a Time services. To work as part of a team to assist in providing a safe, secure and stimulating environment for children. To work collaboratively with colleagues, parents, carers and other multi professionals. To be committed to ensuring safeguarding and creating an inclusive environment. Main Responsibilities: Children’s care, learning and play Support practitioners in meeting the needs of the individual children and families, ensuring children’s basic needs are always met, including good hygiene routines, nappies, meals encouraging good nutrition, planning and assessment etc To assist the staff team in setting up a safe and stimulating environment for children, ensuring a child centred environment providing a play-based approach to children’s learning Promote positive attitudes and behaviour at all times by providing a non-discriminatory environment which values and respects each child and family, ensuring an inclusive and safe environment having regard for SEN and safeguarding procedures and legislation Encourage parental involvement within the nursery, including parents consultations, events, and using parents as partners in their child’s learning and liaising with parents daily Health and safety: To be responsible for reporting accidents or health and safety issues and be conscientious of risks that may arise which may cause harm to children To implement and ensure health and safety guidelines and checks and adhere Once Upon a Time’s policies and procedures, including but not limited to on-going cleaning and sterilising duties within the setting, to reduce the spread of infection Staff: Effectively leading and supporting all nursery staff, students and voluntary workers. Ensuring a good level of supervision and support with their daily duties, identifying training and development needs, through individual supervisions, appraisals, observations etc. This may also include disciplinary meetings To lead/ organise staff, room and planning meetings (these will be out of nursery hours) To support the settings appointed persons in their role and taking on that role in their absence such as SENCO, Behaviour management coordinator To take part in recruitment and to support a team of staff to meet statutory ratio’s an contingency staffing where appropriate, and support a staff team in the appropriate skills, qualifications, experiences and qualities, ensuring the nursery is staffed to the required levels at all times General: To be responsible for the day to day running of the nursery To implement all of Once Upon a Time’s policies and procedures in all aspects of the nursery and other childcare services, and to review and develop them on an annual basis in line with relevant current legislation To ensure Welfare Requirements of the setting are maintained at all times and ensuring acceptable standards of practice that meets Ofsted criteria including Health and Safety and safeguarding, within the nursery environment General administrative duties associated with the running of the setting such as maintaining records on the children and their families, inventories, personal records, producing reports, writing letters, ordering supplies etc. To work collaboratively with colleagues to help support the development of the children within your care, guiding and sharing good practice, making sure that the nursery has a strong, reliable and consistent team Organising nursery events such as parents’ evenings, fete, annual trips, festivals and special events, that involve parents and carers (these may be out of nursery hours) To ensure the implementation of the EYFS curriculum for all children aged 0-5 years, and monitor how it is delivered To develop the setting by involving yourself and staff team in projects and programmes some of which will be initiated by the Local Authority To work collaboratively with outside agencies, to maintain effective relationships, providing services to the nursery, children and families, liaising with the Local Authority, Ofsted and other multi-agency professionals associated with the nursery and adhering LA policies and procedures and guidance To maintain an effective parent liaison system in order to work in partnership with parents/carers To oversee the efficient upkeep of the nursery, ensuring regular checks and maintenance of equipment, furniture and fittings Assisting in the collection, recording and banking of fees together with managing a budget and petty cash To monitor occupancy, reviewing numbers of children attending and following up enquiries promptly to ensure maximum capacity levels are maintained at all times. Assisting with the marketing, fundraising and advertising of the nursery to ensure the nursery runs to its full capacity and remains profitable You may be required to cover at another Once Upon a Time setting You may be required to work extra hours due to staff shortages, this will be repaid back using time-in-lieu at a time which is suitable to the nursery Qualifications: Proven experience in a nursery or childcare setting is essential. Excellent leadership skills with the ability to motivate and manage a team effectively. Proficient communication skills in English, both verbal and written. Experience working with children in various age groups is highly desirable. A level 3 or above qualification in Ealy Years Ability to drive initiatives that improve nursery operations and foster a positive learning environment. Join our team as a Nursery Manager and contribute to shaping the future of young minds in a supportive and enriching atmosphere.
About the role: As we continue to grow at great speed, we need an energetic Junior Designer to join the team. Bursting with ideas and a hunger to learn on the job. This role sits within a multidisciplinary team, covering a range of work from social content to IRL activations. The perfect candidate will be hardworking and willing to roll their sleeves up and do whatever is needed to deliver for our clients – this can involve long hours when deadlines are due. Reporting to the Senior Designer, you will be responsible for delivering assets to engage and delight our clients’ followers. You’ll need to be motivated & positive; a can-do mentality is a must. We have a flat structure and believe no idea is a bad idea so there is lots of room to make your mark when it comes to design, ideation, process and structure. So if you’re hungry to make a positive mark, come on in. Key Responsibilities: Creative ideation and rollout of brand assets across digital and social platforms. A high attention to detail with an eye for typography and layout. Actioning feedback and amends to a high standard. Positive attitude with a desire to learn new skills, inquisitive mind for new tools. Maintaining client brand assets and filing system. Staying up-to-date with visual trends. Shaping our of brand through a variety of touch points like internal comms and social content. Chip in to all levels of the process, whether it be artworking, making amends, coming up with new concepts for a campaign or art direction ideas. Nothing is too big or small when the job needs to be done! You’ll work within the design team with the opportunity to learn from a diverse, multi-disciplinary team. What do I need to have to deliver this role: 1-2 years design experience Working knowledge of the Adobe suite (bonus if you have motion or video editing experience). A portfolio filled with ideas, experiments and some brand work. We want to see your personality not just a client list! Organisational mind for tackling versioning and owning it. Solid knowledge of social media platforms and what content works and why. Adept at taking briefs and working on your own initiative, having the confidence to ask questions, turning to your peers for support and guidance where needed Ability to work under pressure and deliver on time. A hard worker who’s not afraid to pull your sleeves up and get on with it. We’re a client service business and from time-to-time we have to work late to meet deadlines. Ambitious, growth mindset, hungry to succeed, with a passion for best-in-class creativity and perfection in delivery. An excellent communicator able to work with people at all levels from different functions. Have your own voice, we want to hear it. A superb sense of humour Key attributes and responsibilities: Craft, create and design across social media content plans, social media creative assets, presentation decks and creative campaigns Work with other Mid-Weight Designers and Senior Designers to support on social media design craft and capability, ensuring deliverables are of the highest quality Help to define creative concepts and establish design assets that are feasible and innovative in the social media space Excellent knowledge of social media and digital design as a discipline and a practice - from a standalone asset for social to a multi-social platform campaign, under the guidance of a more senior member of the design team Passion for innovation (particularly in the design for sport) and pushing the boundaries of client design work Excellent attention to detail when creating social media design assets Work with the strategy, digital and social media teams to deliver the requirements of each brief against the deadline A team player, who has a proactive, positive can-do approach with a willingness to work hard and learn new skills Self-sufficient and able to work independently in a fast-paced social media environment when required Great communication skills, from giving/receiving feedback and wider team communications. The role is for you, if: A graduate with a design degree