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Supports care, play and routines while learning Abacus Ark practice and safeguarding.

Strong practitioner who supports teaching and routines and shows newer assistants what good looks like.

Plans learning, observes and works closely with families for their key group.

Leads the room, models practice and mentors others while still holding key children.

Supports Manager and Deputy, steps up when needed and leads daily health and safety checks and records.

Steps in for the Manager and makes sure pedagogy, observations and environments are consistently high.

Main focuses

• Coach key teachers and room teams.
• Oversee observations and assessments.
• Support parent engagement.

Owns one nursery’s performance: occupancy, staffing, curriculum, parent care and Ofsted.

Main focuses

• Deliver site KPIs and budget.
• Lead and supervise staff and parent partnership.
• Keep the setting Ofsted and safeguarding ready.

Runs end-to-end hiring (including sponsorship) so settings have the right people, on time.

Keeps reporting, month end and cashflow tight and gives sites and operations the numbers to act on.

Runs campaigns and content to drive enquiries, support recruitment and keep messaging on brand.

Owns the admissions and sales funnel so every nursery hits occupancy and conversions improve over time.

Main focuses

• Standardised follow-up and tour experience.
• CRM usage and pipeline reporting.
• Coach managers on confident selling.

Builds the people systems to support growth: recruitment, onboarding, learning, sponsorship and culture.

Main focuses

• Workforce planning for new or acquired sites.
• Recruitment funnel and employer brand.
• Leadership development and retention.

Links COO and nursery teams — coaches managers, checks compliance and makes sure every site hits KPIs.

Main focuses

• Monthly reviews with each nursery.
• Occupancy, staffing and Ofsted readiness across the region.
• Grow and develop future managers.

Leads the finance strategy — budgeting, cash, reporting — and partners CEO and COO so sites can deliver targets.

Main focuses

• Financial planning, dashboards and controls.
• Budgeting with operations and holding sites to P&L.
• Support for acquisitions and investor reporting.

Turns the CEO’s strategy into day-to-day performance across all nurseries — occupancy, compliance, people and profitability.

Main focuses

• Set and monitor KPIs and operating rhythms.
• Lead regional and nursery managers and central ops.
• Support growth (new sites, acquisitions, integration).

Sets vision, growth and culture for the whole group and holds ultimate P&L while reporting to the board and investors.

Main focuses

• Define and deliver long-term strategy and expansion.
• Hold COO, CFO and senior team to KPIs.
• Lead investor and board relations and brand positioning.
• Embed Abacus Ark values across the organisation.