Room leader

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, LLC.; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to nurturing the next generation! As a Room Leader in a vibrant nursery, you will inspire and support a team, ensuring children meet their individual milestones in a fun and inclusive environment. With a focus on child welfare and strong partnerships with parents and colleagues, this role offers the chance to make a real difference. Enjoy a supportive culture driven by core values and numerous benefits, including generous leave and professional development opportunities. If you're passionate about early childhood education, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Benefits

50% childcare discount

Enhanced parental leave

20 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Pension

24/7 virtual GP appointments

Access to a careers coach

Qualifications

• Full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification.
• Experience as a Room Leader or similar role in Early Years.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team to deliver exceptional care and education.
• Promote child welfare, health, safety, and safeguarding.

Skills

Early Years qualification

Experience in Early Years setting

Understanding of EYFS

Knowledge of Safeguarding

Communication techniques

Education

Level 3 Early Years qualification

Job description

Nursery – Bright Horizons Farnborough Day Nursery

Salary – £28,392 - £33,000 per annum (dependant on qualification/s and experience)

Location – Farnborough

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 Room Leader to join our Bright Horizons Farnborough Nursery working in our Preschool Room.

Our 104 place nursery is proudly rated 'Good' by Ofsted and the nursery has plenty of space for children to learn and explore, with bright and airy age specific rooms and the large garden is equipped with a mud kitchen, wildlife area, gardening patch.

Our 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
• Shift options: 40 hours over 4 or 5 days, 24 hours over 3 days, or 16 hours over 2 days

*Subject to T&Cs

The 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

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.

If you want to make a difference, with a company who has been voted Great Place to Work every year since 2006, apply today!

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We look forward to receiving your application!

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