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Role Overview: Nursery Manager – Busy Bees Leicester Meridian Park - Up to £45,000 Looking for a Nursery Manager role where you’re supported, valued, and empowered to lead with confidence? Busy Bees — the UK’s No.1 childcare provider — is searching for an inspiring Nursery Manager to join our Leicester Meridian Park nursery. If you’re exploring Nursery Manager jobs in Leicester, Early Years Manager roles, or Childcare Manager opportunities, this is a standout opportunity to grow your career with a trusted, forward‑thinking childcare group. ⭐ Why This Role Stands Out Busy Bees offers one of the strongest benefits packages in the early years sector — designed to support your wellbeing, reward your leadership, and help you thrive. You’ll enjoy: • Competitive salary + up to 25% annual bonus, • Up to 33 days holiday (including bank holidays), • Your birthday off — paid, • Significant childcare discount, • Enhanced family leave & return‑to‑work bonus, • Hive Benefits & huge retail discounts, • Menopause support via Peppy, • Financial wellbeing support via Salary Finance, • Employee Assistance Programme & Mental Health First Aiders, • Cycle to Work scheme & workplace pension, • Discounted private medical insurance, • Funded training, development & clear career progression As Nursery Manager, you’ll lead your team to deliver exceptional early years education in line with EYFS and Ofsted standards. You’ll create a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment where children can explore, learn, and grow with confidence. Key Responsibilities • Lead, inspire, and motivate your team, • Ensure full EYFS, Ofsted, and safeguarding compliance, • Drive quality improvement across the nursery, • Manage budgets, occupancy, and resources, • Build strong relationships with parents, staff, and the community Busy Bees Leicester Meridian Park is an Ofsted‑rated “Good” nursery caring for up to 130 children. It offers: • Spacious, age‑specific outdoor areas, • A strong focus on learning through play, • A rich, stimulating environment indoors and out, • Just minutes from the M1 and M69, • Close to public transport links We’re looking for a confident, ambitious leader who is passionate about delivering the highest standards of childcare. You’ll bring: • Level 3 childcare qualification (NNEB, BTEC, CACHE, NVQ), • Experience as a Nursery Manager or Assistant Nursery Manager, • Strong leadership, communication, and organisational skills, • A commercially minded, proactive approach Lead with purpose. Inspire young minds. Build your future with Busy Bees.

Our public sector client are looking for a Pensions Assistant to join them on a temporary basis. Location – Glenfield Job Purpose * Administer the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). * Maintain accurate pension records and support benefit calculations and payments. * Manage workflows and caseloads to meet deadlines and KPIs. Key Responsibilities * Handle member enquiries (phone, email, in person), including helpdesk and payroll queries. * Maintain and update pension records (e.g. addresses, transfers, life certificates). * Process benefits including preserved benefits, refunds, APCs, and transfers (CETVs). * Carry out record amalgamations (aggregations and concurrents). * Manage workflow systems, scanning, indexing, and document control. * Process monthly data (starters, leavers, pension returns) and year-end work. * Liaise with employers, payroll providers, and pension stakeholders. * Support onboarding of employers and iConnect processes. * Process death notifications and related pension actions. * Undertake general administrative and office duties. Experience * Experience in pensions, finance, or a related administrative role. * Use of Microsoft Office and pension administration systems. Knowledge * Office procedures, customer service, and data confidentiality. Skills & Competencies * High numerical accuracy and attention to detail ...

Quantity Surveyor – Housing - Retrofit Decarbonisation Leicestershire Prosper Recruitment are working in partnership with a leading retrofit decarbonisation provider, who specialises in sustainable building and energy efficiency within the social housing sector and more recently offering solutions for commercial, public, and residential projects who are seeking a Quantity Surveyor due to expansion. Reporting into the Regional Director you will be responsible for managing all aspects of the contractual and financial side of construction projects under their control. You will manage the costs on each project whilst ensuring that the construction project is completed within its projected budget and in line with the contractual works programme. Key responsibilities: * Manage the Procurement of sub-contractors and suppliers on all contracts under the QS’s control. * Placing all sub-contract orders in line with programme requirements, ensuring best price and contract adherence are achieved. * Placing material orders in line with programme requirements, ensuring that all records are saved appropriately & details provided to finance. * Comply with all deadlines listed within the company's Commercial Timetable. * Provide accurate and fully detailed cashflow & revenue forecasts for all schemes under the QS’s control. * Ensure a cost budget for each project is produced prior to works commencing. C...

Procurement Manager Permanent Full Time Leek Wootton Grade I (£58,431.00 - £62,195.00) Alongside a competitive salary we offer a market supplement of £5,000 per annum for a full MCIPS qualification The Contracts & Procurement Team work to a category management structure. This role is expected to focus on contracts in the areas of Facilities Management, Estates Projects, Estates Professional Services, Utilities, Uniform and Fleet purchase and maintenance. We offer a hybrid working, with team members able to work from home for part of the week. Those on the redeployment register will be given prior consideration. The main purpose of the role is to develop procurement strategies for designated business areas and provide business managers with procurement advice, enabling them to derive maximum commercial value from operational spend. Main Responsibilities: • Provide specialist procurement input to business cases, with due regard to full life costing, financial benefit over risk, flexibility, benefit through business re-engineering, enablers/barriers, longer term demand requirement and expected market development etc., • Support business transformation, by considering options and alternatives including innovative solutions to deliver value for money, social value and high quality of goods and services., • Gather market and commercial intelligence in order to understand demand and supply chain capabilities and develop appropriate contract category strategies., • Enforce the Scheme of Governance and Finance and Contract Regulations and provide expert professional advice to stakeholders in all areas of procurement., • Establish/implement appropriate routes to market, ensuring competition, collaboration (wherever possible), , and innovation, compliant to UK procurement legislation., • Use effective procurement practice to deliver value for money and ensure procurement projects are planned effectively, delivering to time, quality and cost. To ensure that procurement related risks are identified and relevant mitigations in place are in place that minimise the Force’s exposure to risk and uncertainty., • Support greater understanding of procurement practice and regulations across the stakeholder base including delivering training and awareness sessions, and development of contract and commercial management skills within customer teams., • To prepare and execute contract documentation, negotiate with suppliers, identify contractual risks and seeking legal advice where required., • To provide strategic support to implementation/contract managers, during the mobilisation of new contract arrangements and ongoing strategic performance reviews, with the emphasis on partnership and added value., • To support contract management activities including attendance at contract meetings, monitoring of key performance indicators and execution of contract variations., • To engage with and contribute to national groups and forums including BlueLight Commercial and Crown Commercial Services as relevant to the category areas., • To raise the profile of Contracts & Procurement, by taking a proactive and supportive role with services focusing on early engagement and contribute to the wider objectives of the Directorate by improving its effectiveness and extending its influence and ability to add value., • To undertake other duties commensurate with the nature, level of responsibility and grading of this post, as required. Person Specification: Knowledge: Qualifications: Candidates must be: • Have a Relevant degree (e.g. Logistics, Procurement, Supply Chain), • Significant public sector procurement experience, • Experience of business transformation principles including a working knowledge of how strategic procurement activity can support change and effectively realise benefits, • Substantial and relevant experience of operating at senior manager level and influencing decision making, • Proven experience of managing procurement projects within a category area, • A track record of providing a high quality, customer focused procurement service, • Proven experience of managing challenging stakeholders and situations and resolving contractual performance issues and disputes, • Experience of driving commerciality within public service delivery models Key Skills: • Proven ability to build effective working relationships at all levels of the organisation, • Ability to interpret and extrapolate procurement data and present in a clear, well-structured way that can be easily understood by non-procurement colleagues, • Ability to look wider than the procurement implications of business decisions and identify and assess the wider strategic impacts, • Strong planning and organisational skills, • Excellent and effective interpersonal skills, • High level of communication, negotiation and influencing skills

Reports to: Fitness Manager Apply (by clicking the relevant button) after checking through all the related job information below. Working hours: 2.25 hours per week Salary: £23.62 per hour Closing date: 16th April 2026 Job Context Uppingham School is a leading co educational independent boarding school with 830 pupils and c.550 staff. It offers strong academic, pastoral and extra curricular provision supported by business units including marketing, estates, finance, HR, IT, and operations. Uppingham School Sports Centre (USSC) is a dual use facility serving pupils and 1,300 public members. It includes a 6 court sports hall, 25m pool, 60 station fitness studio (refurbished 2021), gymnasium, squash courts and dance studios. It houses the Schools PE Department and is operated by Uppingham School Enterprises Ltd, employing c.40 staff. Job Purpose To deliver classes which motivate, educate and encourage adults and children of varying ages and abilities. Your Accountabilities Plan and deliver classes, following class plans and routines. Ensure class needs are met through effective organisation. Motivate attendees and ensure safe and correct exercise technique. Ensure equipment is safely provided, correctly used, compliant with Health & Safety guidelines and supported by risk assessments. Provide instruction, feedback and encouragement throughout classes. Welcome and register all participants in a friendly, professional manner. Prepare effectively and share educational information. Log and report incidents, accidents or concerns to the duty manager. Encourage members to reach fitness and wellness goals. Keep up to date with fitness trends. Outcomes & General Expectations Arrive in good time and ensure facilities are appropriately set up. Ensure class programmes are safe and suitable for all participants, providing supervision and assistance. Recognise your key role in class development. Conduct yourself professionally with courtesy and regard for others. Provide at least 4 weeks notice for absences or holidays. Wear suitable teaching clothing. Attend progress and award meetings. Maintain up to date qualifications. Attend team meetings, training sessions, reviews and CPD. Qualifications, Skills & Personal Qualities Qualifications Level 2 Gym Instructor or Level 2 Exercise to Music (or ability to achieve within 1 month). Desirable: First Aid, Indoor Cycling, Suspension Training, GP referral or specialist group qualifications. Skills & Experience Comfortable instructing groups of varying ages and abilities. Excellent communication. Experience in a customer facing environment. Personal Qualities Excellent customer service skills. Approachable and professional appearance. Flexible availability. Ability to work as part of a team. Key Relationships Sports Centre Manager Operations Team: Duty Managers, Leisure Assistants, Course Instructors, Swimming Co ordinator, Swimming Teachers Fitness Manager: Fitness Instructors, Personal Trainers, Studio Co ordinator, Class Instructors Front of House: Receptionists Terms & Conditions Working hours (3.75 hrs/week, 52 weeks): Tuesday: 09:3510:20 Wednesday: 18:0018:45, 19:0019:45 Thursday: 09:0009:45 Friday: 10:1511:00 Probation: 6 months Holidays: 28 days (Bank Holidays are normal working days) Pension: Defined contribution scheme; employee contributions matched by USE Ltd by factor of two, up to 10%. Benefits 50% contribution to private health scheme Free Westfield Healthcare Free Sports Centre membership (£25 joining fee) Free staff lunches in term time School fee discount (pro rated for part time staff) Retail, gym, cinema, supermarket and restaurant discounts Cycle to Work scheme Employee Assistance Programme Occupational Health Free annual flu jabs Disability Confident and Mindful Employer status Favourable nursery rates Complimentary staff tickets to selected School performances Discount at local coffee shop Safeguarding All applicants must be willing to undergo full screening in line with KCSiE, including an Enhanced DBS check. Safeguarding and pupil welfare will be explored at interview. Note: This Role Definition is not exhaustive and may be amended by the School from time to time. Additional Information We reserve the right to close this vacancy early once sufficient applications have been received. xrnqpay You may have experience in the following: Class Instructor, Group Exercise Instructor, Fitness Instructor, Exercise to Music Instructor, Group Fitness Coach, Studio Instructor, Gym Instructor, Indoor Cycling Instructor, HIIT Instructor, Aerobics Instructor, Group Training Coach, Wellness Instructor, Functional Fitness Instructor, Circuit Training Instructor, Exercise Class Leader, Fitness Coach. REF-227 135

Role Overview: Nursery Manager Busy Bees Leicester Meridian Park - Up to £45,000 Looking for a Nursery Manager role where youre supported, valued, and empowered to lead with confidence? Busy Bees the UKs No.1 childcare provider is searching for an inspiring Nursery Manager to join our Leicester Meridian Park nursery. If youre exploring Nursery Manager jobs in Leicester , Early Years Manager roles , or Childcare Manager opportunities , this is a standout opportunity to grow your career with a trusted, forward-thinking childcare group. ? Why This Role Stands Out Busy Bees offers one of the strongest benefits packages in the early years sector designed to support your wellbeing, reward your leadership, and help you thrive. Youll enjoy: Competitive salary + up to 25% annual bonus Up to 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) Your birthday off paid Significant childcare discount Enhanced family leave & return-to-work bonus Hive Benefits & huge retail discounts Menopause support via Peppy Financial wellbeing support via Salary Finance Employee Assistance Programme & Mental Health First Aiders Cycle to Work scheme & workplace pension Discounted private medical insurance Funded training, development & clear career progression Opportunities to travel internationally and learn from Busy Bees nurseries around the world ?? What Youll Do As Nursery Manager, youll lead your team to deliver exceptional early years education in line with EYFS and Ofsted standards. Youll create a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment where children can explore, learn, and grow with confidence. Key Responsibilities Lead, inspire, and motivate your team Ensure full EYFS, Ofsted, and safeguarding compliance Drive quality improvement across the nursery Manage budgets, occupancy, and resources Build strong relationships with parents, staff, and the community Support staff development and professional growth Perfect for an experienced Nursery Manager , Assistant Nursery Manager , Early Years Manager , or Childcare Manager ready to step up. Role Responsibilities: ?? About Busy Bees Leicester Meridian Park Busy Bees Leicester Meridian Park is an Ofsted-rated Good nursery caring for up to 130 children . It offers: Spacious, age-specific outdoor areas A strong focus on learning through play A rich, stimulating environment indoors and out Calming, well-designed rooms tailored to each age group Conveniently located in Meridian Leisure and Business Park , the nursery is: Just minutes from the M1 and M69 Close to public transport links Equipped with free staff parking Its a modern, well-resourced setting where your leadership will make a meaningful impact. Required Qualifications: ?? About You Were looking for a confident, ambitious leader who is passionate about delivering the highest standards of childcare. Youll bring: Level 3 childcare qualification (NNEB, BTEC, CACHE, NVQ) Experience as a Nursery Manager or Assistant Nursery Manager Strong leadership, communication, and organisational skills A commercially minded, proactive approach A genuine passion for early years education ?? Apply Today If youre searching for Nursery Manager jobs in Leicester and want to join a supportive, ambitious, and forward-thinking childcare provider, apply today and become part of the Busy Bees family. Lead with purpose. Inspire young minds. Build your future with Busy Bees. TPBN1_UKTJ

Solid understanding of finance processes and SAP Public Cloud best practices. Experience leading SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud finance implementations. Beyond system configuration, you’ll help organisations make better decisions, embed best-practice finance processes, and realise tangible value from SA

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