Room Leader

Bright Horizons; Haywards Heath; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading nursery seeks a Room Leader for Bright Horizons Rose Cottage Day Nursery and Preschool in Haywards Heath. Your role will include mentoring a team, ensuring child welfare, and creating an inclusive learning environment. Competitive salary on offer, along with excellent benefits including significant childcare discounts and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Childcare discount of 50% for first child

Enhanced parental leave

20 days annual leave plus bank holidays and paid Christmas closure

Pension

24/7 virtual GP appointments

Professional development programme access

Qualifications

• Experience in an Early Years setting; ideally in a leadership role.
• Understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
• Knowledge of Safeguarding and Child Protection relevant to children.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a team to deliver exceptional care and education.
• Promote child welfare and safety; ensure legislative compliance.
• Maintain strong partnerships with parents and professionals.

Skills

Communication

Team Leadership

Child Safety

Inclusive Learning

Problem Solving

Education

Full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification

Job description

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Nursery: Bright Horizons Rose Cottage Day Nursery and Preschool

Salary: £28,392 - £33,800 p/a (dependant on qualification/s and experience)

Location: Haywards Heath, West Sussex

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 Rose Cottage Day Nursery and Preschool, located on the outskirts of Haywards Heath making it a slightly more rural setting.

This nursery offers a large outside area, including a woodland area with animals – goats, chickens, ducks and guinea pigs. There’s also onsite parking and it’s conveniently close to the M23.

• 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,

*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!