Room Leader

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, LLC.; Tandridge; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading childcare provider is seeking a Room Leader for their Caterham nursery. The role involves mentoring a team, ensuring child welfare, and delivering quality education to help children reach their milestones. Strong qualifications in Early Years and a passion for inclusive learning environments are essential. The position offers a competitive salary along with various benefits including childcare discounts, enhanced leave, and professional development!

Benefits

Childcare discount of 50% for first child

Enhanced parental leave

20 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Pension

Access to professional development programs

Financial and wellbeing benefits

Shift options: 40 hours over 4 or 5 days

Qualifications

• Previous experience in an Early Years setting, ideally as a Room Leader.
• Strong understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
• Knowledge of Safeguarding and Child Protection.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a team to deliver exceptional care and education.
• Ensure child welfare, health, safety, and safeguarding.
• Maintain partnerships with parents and professionals to meet children’s needs.

Skills

Mentoring

Child Welfare

Communication

Education

Level 3 Early Years qualification or above

Job description

Nursery – Bright Horizons Caterham The Laurels Day Nursery and Preschool

Salary – From £31,512 per annum (dependant on qualification/s and experience)

Location – Caterham, Surrey

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 Caterham The Laurels Nursery, situated Caterham, Surrey.

Our Caterham nursery is situated in a leafy residential area, directly opposite Town End Recreation Ground where we take the children in Summer. We have a parent drop-off zone and parking facilities for your convenience, and are a twenty minute walk from Caterham Station.

Our Benefits

• From £31,512 per annum
• 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!

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