Nursery Manager - Just Imagine Day Nursery - Maldon

Salary – Competitive plus a £1,000 welcome bonus!

40 hours per week

Just Imagine Maldon Day Nursery is a warm, welcoming setting with a truly homely feel, proudly rated Good by Ofsted (September 2025). We’re on the lookout for an enthusiastic and passionate Nursery Manager to help shape our nursery’s next chapter.

Caring for children aged 18 months to 5 years, our children learn and play in age-based rooms with plenty of age-appropriate equipment and activities. Our dedicated team brings the EYFS curriculum to life through exciting, stimulating experiences, supporting every child to grow in confidence, curiosity, and independence.

If you’re ready to inspire a team, nurture young minds, and make a real difference every day — this could be the role for you

Why Join Us?

At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

Quarterly bonus * earn an extra £3000 per annum!

£1,000 welcome bonus! ​

Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days, plus a paid day off for your birthday and bank holidays

Referral Programme:  Refer a friend and earn up to £750

Employee Childcare Discounts:  75% off nursery fees for our team member’s as well as access to wider discount.

Health & wellbeing programme:  Confidential employee assistance helpline available

Personal & Professional Development:  Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your career growth

*Terms and conditions apply. Some benefits are discretionary and may be subject to change.

Key Responsibilities:

Understand and ensure that the requirements of the statutory framework for the EYFS are met throughout the nursery.

Ensure that company policies and procedures are embedded, applied, and adhered to by all.

Facilitate inspections by regulatory bodies and implement any recommendations.

Embed effective key person approach to enable children to form secure attachments and identify training or development needs for staff.

Ensure that all children receive stimulating and purposeful experiences, environments and resources which are appropriate to their age and stage of development.

Promote a culture of self-evaluation and reflective practice throughout the nursery.

Manage any complaints or concerns raised in a thorough and timely manner and inform senior management.

Maintain accurate records and accounts relating to children and staff on EyMan system and on file.

Participate in all activities related to nursery publications, advertising, public relations, the web site, and other marketing activities designed to promote the nursery.

Promote positive relations with an approachable manner and time to listen to your team.

*Duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive or restrictive, changes and other duties relevant to this post may be added.

Requirements:

Essential: Full and relevant Level 3 Childcare qualification

Essential: Over 1 year experience in Early Years

Essential: Strong knowledge of the statutory framework for the EYFS and regulatory requirements

Essential: Over 1 year of management experience

Desirable: Level 5 qualification in Childcare and/or Management and Leadership

Desirable: Experience of successfully passing an Ofsted inspection at a Good or Outstanding level

Take the next step and explore a role that makes a positive impact on children’s lives. Apply today and let our friendly recruitment team support you every step of the way. We can’t wait to welcome you to the Family First community!

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.

Just Imagine Day Nursery – Maldon is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group.