Nursery Room Leader

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, LLC.; Ely; Sur place; GBP 27 000 - 33 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

50% childcare discount

Enhanced parental leave

Extra leave options

Pension

Wellbeing benefits

Career development

Résumé du poste

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, LLC. is seeking a Room Leader for Ely Day Nursery in Cambridgeshire. The role focuses on leading a team to deliver exceptional care and education, while ensuring child welfare, health, and safeguarding principles are upheld.

The position involves building strong partnerships with parents and professionals. The successful candidate will hold a full Early Years qualification (Level 3+) and have experience in an Early Years setting, preferably as a Room Leader.

Qualifications

• Full and relevant Level 3+ Early Years qualification.
• Experience in Early Years setting, ideally as Room Leader or similar.
• Knowledge of EYFS and safeguarding requirements.

Responsabilités

• Lead, mentor and support a team to deliver high-quality care and education for all children in the room.
• Promote child welfare, health and safety and safeguarding across the setting.
• Build strong partnerships with parents and colleagues to meet each child’s needs.

Connaissances

EYFS knowledge

Room leadership

Safeguarding

Communication skills

Formation

Early Years Level 3+

Description du poste

Nursery – Ely Day Nursery and Preschool Salary – From £29,613 per annum (dependant on qualification/s and experience) Location – Cambridgeshire, CB7 4EX

Are you looking to work for an organisation whose culture is driven by our HEART principles – Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork? Where you can be yourself, feel supported, and help to make a difference to the next generation? Somewhere you can say: “I did that.” We’re looking for a Pre‑school and 2‑3s Room Leader to join our Ely Day Nursery which is conveniently located in the Cambridgeshire Business Park, just five minutes from Ely train station. We offer on‑site parking for staff. Our modern, purpose‑built nursery features a large outdoor area and well‑equipped, spacious rooms that encourage children to learn through exploration and investigation.

Benefits

• Childcare discount of 50% for first child
• Enhanced parental leave 20 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and paid Christmas closure.
• Ability to also purchase additional leave*
• Pension
• Financial and wellbeing benefits including 24/7 virtual GP appointments, early access to wages, and more
• Professional development programme access for every stage of your career, including access to a careers coach *Subject to T&Cs

Role

As a Room Leader, you will lead, mentor, support, and inspire a team to deliver exception care and education, to help all children within the room to develop and meet their individual milestones. You will promote and ensure child welfare, health and safety, and safeguarding, and maintain strong partnerships with colleagues, parents, and other professionals to meet each child’s needs.

What we’re looking for

• Full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification
• Previous experience working within an Early Years setting – ideally as a Room Leader, Nursery Nurse, Nursery Practitioner, Early Years Educator or similar
• Passion for creating fun and inclusive learning environments
• Strong understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
• Strong knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding, Child Protection, and the wider legislative requirements for working with children
• Ability to develop trust and strong working partnerships with both colleagues and parents/ carers
• Ability to use a variety of communication techniques with both children and adults

Safeguarding & Inclusion

Bright Horizons is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This post is subject to safer recruitment practice and pre‑employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, which will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all ages and backgrounds to apply. We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants.

Please note, due to our sector all roles are subject to an Enhanced DBS.

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Company culture

At Bright Horizons, our culture is built on our commitment to Keeping Everyone Safe and providing world‑class care and education, delivered by a world‑class workforce. We believe our people’s potential is endless and with this in mind, we aspire to create an environment where our colleagues can thrive and accomplish the things they thought impossible.

We are passionate about our people’s ongoing learning and development. Our learning and leading with HEART framework supports each Bright Horizons colleague on the first steps of their leadership journey, whether that includes our ‘World‑Class Welcome’ induction or our extensive ongoing training programme. Either way we want you to feel valued and invested in!

Celebrating in the accomplishments of our people is an essential part of our culture. We believe in the power of “thank you” and throughout the year, in ways big and small, formal and informal, we show our appreciation for employees at all levels. We have many ways to acknowledge and celebrate our people, including our very popular “employee appreciation month”. This is a chance for everyone to share their gratitude to one another, across the whole company. Whether it is a “thank you” placed on our website, a chocolate pizza, team lunch or an ice cream van visit, it is our way of showing each other we care and appreciate everything we do.

Each year, we have our annual ‘Awards of Excellence’ events; whether you are an award winner or cheering on a fellow team member, these formal award occasions are opportunities to come together and celebrate one another.

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