Room Leader

Bright Horizons UK; Tonbridge; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to nurturing the next generation. As a Room Leader, you will mentor a team to provide exceptional care and education, ensuring each child meets their individual milestones. With a strong focus on creating fun and inclusive learning environments, this role offers the chance to make a real difference in children's lives. Enjoy a supportive culture driven by values of honesty, excellence, accountability, respect, and teamwork. This is an exciting opportunity to grow your career in a company recognized as a Great Place to Work since 2006.

Benefits

Childcare discount of 50% for first child

Enhanced parental leave

20 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Pension

Financial and wellbeing benefits

Professional development programme access

Qualifications

• Full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification required.
• Experience in an Early Years setting, ideally as a Room Leader.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Early Years qualification (Level 3 or above)

Experience as Room Leader

Knowledge of EYFS

Safeguarding and Child Protection

Communication techniques

Education

Level 3 Early Years qualification

Job description

Nursery: Bright Horizons Tonbridge Day Nursery and Preschool

Salary: £29,536 - £35,152 per annum depending on experience and qualification

Location: Tonbridge, Kent

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 are looking for a full time, Level 3 qualified Room Leader to join our Bright Horizons Tonbridge Day Nursery and Preschool, working in their baby room.

Our Benefits

• £29,536 - £35,152 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, 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!

We look forward to receiving your application!

If you experience any problems, please [e-mail] we will be happy to help.