KidsCare Bern - Nursery Director

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Are you looking for a position that allows you to stay active with children while taking on administrative responsibilities? In addition to your pedagogical skills, do you have good managerial qualities? Does your charisma allow you to unite and motivate your team? Join us!

KidsCare is the leading network of eco-responsible nurseries in Switzerland. Our nurseries and teams are driven by strong human values. We provide quality care every day to the children entrusted to us. Our mission is to support them in becoming enlightened, fulfilled, and open-minded citizens of the world.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential values that are close to our hearts.
Our corporate culture ensures a work environment designed to value,
inspire, and provide development opportunities that allow everyone to realize
their full potential.

For our EFIB nursery in Bern, we are looking for a:

100% Nursery Director

Your mission:

• Ensure the optimal functioning of the nursery in compliance with the Babilou Group standards and legal requirements by providing quality services to the children and parents.

• Ensure the safety and psychological, emotional, and physical well-being of the child.

• Have a duty to alert on any breaches of safety and well-being rules and a duty to prevent and protect the child.

• Set the pedagogical line and ensure its application.

• Take all necessary measures to ensure the best occupancy rate of the nursery and monitor the daily optimization of the child-to-staff ratio.

• Motivate team members to give their best and cultivate a strong team spirit.

• Collaborate closely with the group's headquarters and ensure the financial and HR management of your nursery. You will be responsible for independently monitoring and managing your budget.

Your profile:

• Holder of a diploma in early childhood education or social education; you can justify several years of professional experience.

• Institutional management diploma considered an asset, at a minimum be willing to undertake short-term training.

• Bilingual French/Swiss German German.

• Administrative management skills.

• Very good command of common IT tools.

• Experience in team management.

We offer:

• A workspace close to parks, playgrounds, and public transport.

• Expertise and institutional projects from a rapidly growing international group.

• Numerous educational projects and conferences based on various approaches.

• A multilingual and multicultural environment allowing for your personal development.

• The possibility to benefit from synergies within the group for your mobility and development projects.

• 6 weeks of paid vacation.

• Participation in training and encouragement for professional development.

• Annual educational day offered.

• Ascension Bridge offered.

• Seniority bonuses.

• Organic meals provided.

• Referral program (bonuses).

• Company or establishment evenings or events.

Do you have a taste for challenge and are you ready to take on this responsibility in a
young and dynamic environment? We will be happy to review your application!

Information and application at www.kidscare.ch

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