Room Leader

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

Job summary

A leading childcare provider seeks a Room Leader for their Wokingham Nursery to inspire a team and ensure high standards of care. The role involves mentoring staff, ensuring child safety, health, and development in a nurturing environment. The successful candidate will hold a Level 3 qualification and have experience in Early Years settings.

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 Early Years qualification required.
• Previous experience in an Early Years setting, ideally as a Room Leader or similar.
• Strong understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is essential.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Communication

Child Welfare

Team Leadership

Safeguarding

Early Years Education

Education

Level 3 Early Years qualification

Job description

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Nursery: Bright Horizons Wokingham Day Nursery and Preschool

Salary: £28,392pa - £33,800pa (depending on experience and qualifications)

Location: Wokingham

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 Wokingham Nursery.

Our Wokingham Nursery is a 83 place purpose built nursery located on Millers Lane with the train station 2 minutes away.

• 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!