Children Services Manager (Early Years)– £41,981-London, W10
The Role
Do you hold a Level 4 childcare qualification and want to take the next step in your leadership journey? Could your skills in monitoring, reporting and team development help a vital service grow? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!
Westway Trust is looking for a skilled and enthusiastic Children Services Manager to lead and develop our early years provision in North Kensington.
You will be responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations, managing a team, and ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality and culturally appropriate childcare. Working closely with colleagues, external partners and regulators, you will play a key role in expanding our offer to better support local families.
If you’re ready to help shape the future of early years services in North Kensington, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and be part of something meaningful.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the staff team to deliver the Nursery and Crèche services.
- Liaison with all relevant members of staff to ensure maximising the team’s opportunities for employment, personal and professional development and organisational engagement.
- Develop, monitor and review activities to ensure high standards of childcare and learning.
- Quality assure and develop and improve services to maintain and improve our Ofsted position.
- To apply all Trust policies to the service and identify and develop any bespoke policies that may be required.
- Attend budget planning with the finance team to ensure a full understanding of the budget; good budget management and a strong out-turn in line with the growth strategy.
- Keep appropriate records of all children and account for their social and individual developmental needs.
- Monitor and report against the delivery objectives of the service providing observation and feedback to Nursery and Crèche workers so that they can improve their own direct planning and delivery and qualifications.
- Work with the Marketing and Communications team to ensure good collateral for media, marketing, recruitment, communications, branding and engagement.
- Provide data as required for reporting internally to your line manager and through the Trusts Governance, and externally.
- Represent Westway Trust at events and activities in your field.
- Contribute to the wider Trust activities encouraging the engagement of your team/s.
The Company
Westway Trust is a dynamic and forward-thinking charity located in the heart of Portobello, West London. Established as a beacon of community-driven change, the Westway Trust is rooted in the heart of North Kensington. As a Westway Trust employee, you will have the opportunity to work in a dynamic and fulfilling environment while making a meaningful difference.
The Person
- Relevant qualification in childcare at a minimum Level 4.
- Minimum 2 years’ experience of managing a Nursery with experience of all the relevant duties, monitoring, reporting and quality improvement.
- Experience of being the main contact for Ofsted.
- A track record of working collaboratively with colleagues, partners and stakeholders to develop successful partnerships, growth, and achieve joint success.
- Strong experience of planning ahead, scheduling, attention to detail and problem solving.
- Experience of working with a team, sometimes dealing with moments of high pressure.
- Experience of managing staff and supporting their development.
- Experience of managing resources and budgets.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and experience of writing reports.
- Knowledge of Safeguarding.
- A good level of IT proficiency.
- The ability to plan and prioritise workloads and work accurately to deadlines.
- The ability to be flexible and adaptable in response to developing priorities and seize new opportunities.
- Experience of delivering a service that demonstrates an understanding of different cultures.
- Demonstrable understanding of, commitment to, and promotion of equality of opportunities, diversity and inclusion.
