Nursery ManagerLocation: Wickford, Essex Permanent Full-Time 4 Days Per Week (7:30am -6:30pm) Salary: £44,000 - £47,000 per annumNursery Manager Opportunity Large Outdoor LearningNursery SettingHays Education is proud to be supporting an innovative and highly successful early years provider with the recruitment of a Nursery Manager for one of its flagship nursery settings in Wickford, Essex.This is an exceptional opportunity to join a well-established organisation that has been delivering outstanding childcare and early years education across Essex for more than a decade. The successful candidate will lead a thriving nursery currently catering for approximately 100 children, with exciting expansion plans already in place to increase capacity to 150 children from September, making this one of the largest and most ambitious early years settings in the region.The organisationhas built a strong reputation for combining outstanding childcare with a unique enrichment-led learning experience. Its philosophy centres around creating engaging, child-led environments where children can learn, explore and develop through meaningful experiences both indoors and outdoors.A key part of the provision is its commitment to outdoor education and nature-based learning.Children benefit from a carefully designed curriculum that goes far beyond the Early Years Foundation Stage framework and incorporates:Forest school-inspired learning and outdoor explorationNature-based education and environmental ..... full job details .....