Room Leader

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

Job summary

A leading nursery provider in Warrington is seeking a Room Leader to mentor and support a team, ensuring exceptional care and education for children. The ideal candidate will have a Level 3 qualification in Early Years, experience in an Early Years setting, and a passion for creating inclusive learning environments. This role offers a competitive salary and benefits including childcare discounts and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Childcare discount of 50% for first child

Enhanced parental leave

20 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Pension

Access to financial and wellbeing benefits

Professional development programme access

Qualifications

• Experience working in an Early Years setting, ideally as a Room Leader.
• Ability to develop strong working partnerships with colleagues and parents.
• Passion for creating fun and inclusive learning environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and inspire a team to deliver exceptional care and education.
• Promote child welfare, health, safety, and safeguarding.
• Maintain strong partnerships with colleagues, parents, and other professionals.

Skills

Leadership

Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) knowledge

Communication skills

Safeguarding understanding

Education

Level 3 Early Years qualification or above

Job description

Nursery – Bright Horizons Warrington

Salary – £28,392.00 per annum

Location – Warrington

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 Warrington nursery. This is a "good" OFSTED rating nursery located in the David Lloyds gym and this role comes with a free David Lloyd gym membership.

Our Benefits

• £28,392.00 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 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!

We look forward to receiving your application!

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