Job Description

Senior Wraparound Childcare Manager

Surrey / Hampshire Region (covering Farnham, Guildford, Haslemere, Fleet and surrounding areas)

£32-£36k salary PLUS bonuses (dependent on experience and qualifications)

Full-Time

Please note: To be considered for this role you must have a UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle

We’re recruiting for an experienced and, ideally, qualified Senior Childcare Manager to join a leading children’s play, sport and childcare provider in the Hampshire/Surrey border area. This is a fantastic full-time opportunity for an experienced childcare or operations manager to oversee multiple sites and lead high-quality wraparound club provision.

They're looking for exceptional people with experience in operations management, who hold high standards, have a passion for working with children, a fun-natured personality, and have an autonomous approach to their work - the company does not operate out of a head office so being able to manage your own time and schedule is incredibly important.

As the Wraparound Manager, you will oversee provisions at a cluster of schools, managing all day-to-day operations of breakfast clubs and after-school clubs with your teams and running holiday camps during school holidays. Your main responsibilities will include leadership and growth of your clubs, training and onboarding, recruitment, scheduling and rotas, team management, cost control, customer service, and developing strong school partnerships (amongst others).

As a Senior Childcare Manager, you will ideally have:

• Management experience within a childcare environment that caters for 4-12-year-old children

• A Level 3 childcare or play work qualification or a teaching related degree

• Experience of managing Ofsted registrations and setting up brand new Wraparound Care provision

• Excellent organisation, management, training and communication skills

• A valid paediatric first aid and level 2 safeguarding qualification

• Strong internal and external stakeholder management

• You have a can-do, solutions- orientated approach and can think on your feet

• Ability to manage multiple tasks and able to prioritise effectively

• Hold a full driving license and have access to own transport (essential)

The organisation offer:

• Competitive basic salary with a comprehensive bonus package

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and 3-days holiday over the Christmas period

• £100 winter clothes allowance

• £100 car valeting

• Travel Expenses

• 50% of birthday party income (if you deliver the event)

• Company phone and laptop

• Christmas and Summer Social Events

This role requires compliance with the Keeping Children Safe in Education policy and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974

Your recruiter for this role is Steve Brennan, Recruitment Director at Love Childcare Recruitment and can be contacted simply by applying for this role below.