Job Description

The Treehouse Club is an award winning, welcoming, child-centred forestry Nursery & Pre-School group committed to providing high-quality Early Years care through a strong connection with nature and the outdoors.

Our goal is for every child to never forget their childhood and how to have an adventure!

We are looking for a passionate, dedicated and experienced Pre-school Manager for our Pre-school in Billericay.

If you are looking for a role that allows you to laugh every day, go out and explore the outdoors, support the development of children and staff this is the role for you.

The Preschool Manager will be overseen by an experienced and dedicated senior management team and you will be integral in the smooth running of the Pre-school.

Working 5 days a week 8.30am to 5.00pm year round. (would consider flexibility on working hours)

Benefits for our Pre-school Manager include:

Free daily lunch

Extra birthday day off on us! - Your birthday is important!

Pension - Save those pennies for the future!

Well being package including access to a mental health first aider and a counselling service.

Staff events including family friendly BBQ's and awards evenings!

Sick Pay and additional holiday scheme

Key Responsibilities - Pre-school Manager

· To manage the Pre-school and staff to provide high quality childcare adhering to all policy and procedures.

. To be responsible for the management of day -to-day financial operations within the Pre-school, by meeting financial targets and managing the Pre-school budget.

· Have a clear understanding of policies and procedures, statutory welfare requirements, and Ofsted expectations and requirements and ensuring these are maintained at all times.

. Being Designated Safeguarding Lead for the Pre-school (training provided)

· Ensure the Pre-school works towards the company ethos, visions and goals.

· Maintaining high standards of cleanliness and hygiene within the Pre-school.

· Ensuring that the Pre-school conforms to and exceeds the requirements of Ofsted.

· Upholding and ensuring a high standard of care and education throughout the Preschool.

· Implementing and maintaining the company's Equality policy ensuring that children, parents, and the staff team are valued and practice is positive and non-discriminatory.

· Monitoring any safeguarding issues following local authority procedures

. To work at our nursery in Billericay during school holidays

Safeguarding statement:

The Treehouse Forestry Nursery and Out of School Club is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and takes its statutory duties and responsibilities in this context very seriously. We expect everyone working in or on behalf of the setting to share our commitment.

We take pride in ensuring that our robust policies and procedures are reviewed regularly and implemented consistently, by everyone, as we strive to maintain a strong safeguarding working practices and culture. Annual safeguarding training is provided to all staff and is an integral part of the setting's Continued Professional Development training. All staff, volunteers and main contractors undergo appropriate DBS checks prior to appointment.

Safer recruitment:

The Treehouse Forestry Nursery and Out of School Club applies safer recruitment policies to ensure that all of our staff are suitable to work with children and young people. We advise you in advance that two people will be involved in your recruitment process. Both people will partake in your interview and each person will individually review all applications and paperwork to ensure that you are suitable for the role.

Part of our safer recruitment procedure includes obtaining references for you. One of these references must be your latest employer. If you are unable to obtain a reference before the interview from your current employer then you must obtain references from the employer before that as well as one other reference.

References from former employers are preferable over any other referee. Please note that we will need to obtain a reference from your latest employer before completing our processes for you to commence working for us.

We are at liberty to advise you that if there are gaps in your employment history or any other information that gives us cause for concern, we will contact your former employers to obtain further information and satisfy any concerns that we have.

Eligibility to work within the UK

We will need to obtain evidence from you to confirm that you are eligible to work within the UK. We confirm that this information, as well as all personal information, will be held in our Staff Central Record.

We do not offer sponsorship to overseas workers.