Early Years Advisor (South London) - Kids Planet Central Support

Kids Planet Day Nurseries provide the highest standard of nursery care and education across our settings within a unique environment in which children are actively encouraged to explore, learn and interact with others. 

With the ongoing growth of Kids Planet, we are delighted to announce we are looking to grow our Early Years Advisory Team. 

We are looking for a highly dedicated Early Years Advisor based in and around South London, with experience of managing and co-ordinating early years settings, with a proven record of enhancing quality. Our Early Years Advisors, lead and support continuous quality improvement across the Kids Planet group through monitoring and training and are an integral part of our Senior Leadership team. 

Early Years and Quality are broad terms and so this role is varied, fast paced and covers a wide variety of aspects. 

Responsibilities will include but not be limited to the following: 

• Assessment of quality across all settings within the group 
• Creating and monitoring action plans that will promote continuous improvement, offering creative suggestions and solutions where required to support settings to achieve their full potential offering outstanding childcare 
• Identifying and promoting good practice models 
• Identifying training needs of the teams and supporting our internal training team to deliver in-house training 
• To work collaboratively with the senior management team to enhance the overall curriculum of settings and to be actively involved in supporting new initiatives, as and when necessary 
• To support and lead change within acquisition settings, following the Kids Planet Processes 

Experience and knowledge required includes: 

• Proven practical experience as a Nursery Manager 
• Proven experience of co-ordinating and managing an early year setting 
• Proven experience of driving and supporting a setting to achieve outstanding outcomes 
• Extensive knowledge of legislation relating to Early Years 
• ·Knowledge of legislation relating to children with Additional Learning Needs. 
• Understanding of partnership working at operational and strategic levels 

The ideal applicant will: 

• Hold at least a Level 3 qualification in Early Years Education that is recognised in the UK. 
• Have a minimum of 3 years’ experience working at a senior level. 
• Have experience of producing accurate and appropriately evidenced reporting against the EYFS and Ofsted Early Years Inspection Framework. 
• Possess extensive knowledge of Safeguarding. 
• Be able to demonstrate experience of multi-agency working and leading training. 
• Full, clean driving licence and use of a vehicle. 
• Multi-site management is desirable. 

Why Kids Planet?    

• Great Place to Work Certified 2025/26    
• Ranked #1 UK Best Workplaces for Women 2025     
• Crowned NMT’s Large Nursery Group of the Year, for the second year running     
• 80% Childcare Discount – T&Cs apply    

What we’ll offer our Early Years Advisors:     

• Life Insurance cover and access to a health plan.    
• Free breakfast, lunch, and healthy snacks to fuel your day!      
• Accredited training through our awesome KP Academy and bespoke training platform.      
• Enhanced leave for maternity, paternity, fertility, and adoption because family matters.      
• Wellbeing goodies, staff rewards, and fun events all year round.      
• Long service awards to celebrate your commitment.      
• Take the day off on your birthday, it’s all about you!      
• Competitive salary, pension plan and enhanced holiday allowance.      
• Friendly central support team always on hand to help.     

The role is field based but will require significant amounts of travel and occasional overnight stays away from home. The role holder is required to work flexibly to meet the needs of the business; this will include some evening or weekend work to support improvement, for example, to deliver evening training sessions.