Early Years Room Leader

Flow Recruitment Ltd; Tunbridge Wells; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading childcare recruitment agency is looking for a qualified Nursery Room Leader to manage an allocated area within the nursery. The successful candidate must be NVQ level 3 qualified or equivalent and will be responsible for training staff while ensuring a safe, happy, and stimulating environment for children. Benefits include a performance-related bonus, flexible working patterns, extensive holiday, complimentary daily meals, childcare discounts, and professional development opportunities. A DBS check is required.

Benefits

Performance-related bonus up to £1,200 per year

Flexible working patterns (4-day or 5-day weeks)

Up to 32 days of holiday

Complimentary daily lunch and drinks

£100 personal development fund

Funding for training and professional development

£100 clothing allowance

Childcare discount of 40%

Emergency childcare support

Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 qualified or equivalent.
• Sound understanding of a child’s developmental requirements.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the day-to-day running of an allocated area in the nursery.
• Train and develop staff by imparting knowledge and skills.
• Ensure children are cared for in a happy, safe, and stimulating environment.

Job description

Our client believes nurseries are more important than ever before. As well as being crucial years for a child’s development and preparation for life in the modern world, they also create a place for families to come together.

Our client has gone to great lengths to create an inspiring environment that ensures the best possible start for children and feels like a home‑from‑home for families and their team members.

Our client is looking to recruit a Nursery Room Leader.

Nursery Room Leader

A qualified nursery room leader responsible for the day to day running of an allocated area or room within the nursery. You must be NVQ level 3 qualified or equivalent. An important role in training and developing staff by imparting knowledge and skills. You will be required to ensure the children are cared for in a happy, safe and stimulating environment. You will also need to have a sound understanding of a child’s developmental requirements and to provide a range of stimulating learning experiences designed to meet children’s all round development. Successful Nursery Room Leader will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

Benefits include:

• Enjoy a performance related bonus of up to £1,200 per year
• Your choice of a 4‑day 36 hour week or the classic 5 day 40 hour week (we are certain we have a working pattern that works around you)
• Revel in up to 32 days of holiday a year (including 3 days between Christmas/New Year and a “Me” day off of your choice!)
• Indulge in complimentary daily lunch and drinks
• Access a personal development fund of £100 per year
• Funding and paid time off for Level 3/EYTT/EY Degrees/Forest School/Leadership and other training and professional development through our N Academy
• Enjoy our £100 clothing allowance – we don’t wear uniforms!
• Enjoy our family‑friendly benefits including fostering/neonatal leave, enhanced Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, and Shared Parental leave pay after 2 years of continuous service and more
• Childcare discount of 40%
• Emergency childcare: 6 back‑up childcare days in any of our nurseries.

There’s more…

• Round the world trip and 2 weeks additional holiday for 5 years service
• OUT OF THIS WORLD trip and 2 weeks additional holiday for 10 years of service
• Refer a friend bonus of £1,000 (plus other incentives) for existing and ex employees
• Enjoy team discounts for groceries, retailers, days out, and more with the Each Person’s app
• Season pass loan and cycle to work scheme
• Join in the festivities with our Winter party & Summer BBQ and in our regular socials
• Gym membership and digital classes discounts with My Gym Discounts