Nursery Room Leader

Busy Bees Nurseries; Northampton; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Busy Bees as a Nursery Room Leader in Northampton, where you'll support a team, ensuring the best care for children. This full-time role offers a competitive salary of up to £26,000 with benefits like discounts, health support, and a workplace culture that values inclusivity and development opportunities.

Benefits

28 days holiday per year

Birthday off

Childcare Discounts

Health & Wellbeing Apps

NEST Pension with 3% employer contribution

Enhanced family leave

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Nursery Room Leader, Manager, or Practitioner required.
• Leadership skills and ability to support team dynamics essential.
• Must demonstrate knowledge of EYFS.

Responsibilities

• Ensure individual child's needs are met and support parents with SEND/ASL needs.
• Manage observations, assessments, and planning for key children.
• Encourage and praise children’s development and achievements.

Skills

Child Development

Leadership

Communication

Education

Level 3 Childcare qualification

Job description

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Are you a Qualified Nursery Room Leader? Great! We are looking to bring on board a childcare professional on a Full-time permanent basis at our Busy Bees Northampton Riverside Nursery.

As a Room Leader with us, you will guide and support the team by role modelling your knowledge and best practice. In this role, you may wish to enroll on a Management Qualification with our very own in-house training academy to develop your leadership skills and gain a promotion!

About our Benefits

As a Nursery Room Leader, we offer a salary of up to £26,000 per annum, plus you will also be entitled to:

• 28 days holiday per year (including bank holidays) - because we all need time to relax and revitalize!
• Your Birthday off ... on us!
• Childcare Discounts - generous discount of up to 50%.
• Health & Wellbeing Apps - Confidential Employee Assistance Programme as well as Peppy and Mental Health support.
• NEST Pension with a 3% employer contribution.
• Enhanced family leave.

And so much more, such as well-being benefits, Cycle to Work – get to work, get fit, go green, and save money! Compassionate leave and support, Smart Hive – our amazing benefits platform where you can explore and find discounts for some of your favorite places!

Some of the responsibilities of a Nursery Room Leader at Busy Bees include:

• As a keyworker, ensure every individual child's needs are met, including supporting parents with SEND/ASL needs.
• Take ownership of observations, assessments, and planning for your key children in line with EYFS, providing developmentally challenging next steps, and supporting the staff team.
• Encourage and praise children’s development and achievements while guiding and managing the team in your room.
• And most of all… have FUN!

To qualify for this role, you must hold a Level 3 Childcare qualification and have previous experience as a Nursery Room Leader, Nursery Room Manager, or Nursery Practitioner.

Why choose Busy Bees?

A career at Busy Bees is exciting, dynamic, and always evolving. We offer a fantastic opportunity to work and learn on the job with industry-leading Practitioners and Educators, along with top-sector training and support in child development. Here are just a few reasons why a career at Busy Bees is extraordinary, reflected in our 40 years of success.

About our Culture

At Busy Bees, our purpose and values are at the heart of what we do. They reflect how our colleagues work, treat each other, and interact with the communities around us. As part of our inclusive culture, we encourage applications from all cultural backgrounds, genders, and abilities.