Nursery Team Leader

Childbase Partnership; Leighton Buzzard; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Childbase Partnership as a Team Leader in Leighton Buzzard, supporting 3-4-year-olds in a nurturing environment. You will lead a dedicated team, fostering children's development and providing engaging learning experiences. Enjoy benefits such as an annual salary of up to £31,449.60, 50 paid days off, and career growth opportunities in a supportive workplace.

Benefits

Childcare discount for children and grandchildren

Perkbox access for discounts

Complimentary meals at work

Mental health support and private medical care

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in an early years setting.
• Passionate about enabling children to become confident learners.
• Ability to inspire and support a team through best-practice role modeling.

Responsibilities

• Support children aged 3-4 years while leading a team.
• Ensure the delivery of outstanding educational outcomes.
• Work in a variety of shifts to accommodate nursery hours.

Skills

Teamwork

Knowledge of EYFS

Leadership

Education

Early years qualification at level three or above

Job description

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Would you like to have up to 50 paid days off work a year , to further improve your ‘work-life’ balance?

Have you ever dreamed of becoming an architect? Join us and put your design skills to the test as you help the children to plan and build the grandest of sandcastles with a drawbridge, a moat, and flags flying high on the turrets.

Have you ever dreamed of becoming a mathematician? Join us and encourage the children to count as together you stack blocks one on top of the other, higher and higher, one, two, three… they all fall down.

Have you ever dreamed of becoming a chef-extraordinaire? Join us by helping the children to sow seeds in the garden, nurturing and harvesting your vegetable crops and then cooking them to perfection in a hot and creamy soup for everyone to enjoy. Oh, how yummy.

Have you ever dreamed of becoming an artist? Join us and encourage the children to explore colour and texture as you dig deep in the craft cupboard for glitter and sequins, sculpt models from dough and mix paints to make rainbows.

You can be anything you want to be we truly believe that, and there really is no end to what you will achieve at Childbase Partnership, as an Early Year’s Educator. Can you think of a more rewarding role or a better career choice? No? Then consider joining us because our nurseries would love to welcome creative, thoughtful, and caring people like you. Work as part of our team providing outstanding care and education for our children. Whilst you’re inspiring the children in your care to dream big and achieve incredible things, we’ll support you to fulfil your full potential.

If your answer is YES to any of the above, then we have an opportunity for you to join one of our 44-day nurseries, where we are going above and beyond by giving our colleagues the opportunity to have up to 50 paid days off work a year , to further improve ‘work-life’ balance and promote better workplace happiness. This is a first for the Early Years Sector.

You will join us as a Team Leader (supporting our children aged 3-4years old) at our Cedars Day Nursery in Leighton Buzzard on a full-time basis (40 hours a week) and will work a variety of shifts between the hours of 07:30-18:30, Monday-Friday, all-year-round.

We are seeking a very special person to join us in this room-based, leadership role. Someone who:

• Holds an early years qualification at level three or above and has demonstrable experience of working as part of a team in an early years setting.
• Has excellent EYFS knowledge and is passionate about enabling children to become happy and confident learners.
• Through hands-on leadership and role modelling of best-practice, can inspire colleagues to deliver outstanding outcomes and will ensure their team feel nurtured, supported and motivated.
• Thrives in a busy, team-orientated environment, champions partnership working and is supportive and sensitive to the needs of others.

Just some of the benefits we have to offer you include:

• An annual salary of £29,203.20-£31,449.60 (when working 40 hours).
• Up to 50 paid days off work.
• Childcare discount from day one; 50% for your children and/or 20% for your grandchildren.
• Perkbox access offering various retail discounts and reduced ticket prices on days out.
• ‘Recommend a friend’ bonuses of £1,000 every time you successfully refer someone to join our partnership.
• Complimentary breakfast, lunch and refreshments when you are at work.
• Thrive Mental Health App, Employee Assistance Scheme, Occupational Health Service and private medical care.
• Career progression and opportunities for future promotion, across our partnership.

Successful applicants will need to provide ‘right to work in the UK’ documentation and evidence of any qualifications essential to the role, undertake a DBS check and provide satisfactory references, prior to commencing employment with us. If your application is successful, our recruitment and compliance team will be there to support you through our onboarding process, every step of the way.

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