Room Leader (Ftc - Mat Cover)

Bright Horizons; Worthing; In loco; GBP 30.000 - 36.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

50% childcare discount for first child

Enhanced parental leave

20 days annual leave + holidays + buy/

Pension

Financial & wellbeing benefits

Career development access

Descrizione del lavoro

Bright Horizons Worthing Day Nursery and Preschool is seeking a Room Leader to lead, mentor and inspire a dedicated team to deliver exceptional early years care and education for every child.

You will safeguard children, promote health and safety, and build strong partnerships with parents and professionals to support each child’s development and milestones. A Level 3+ Early Years qualification and solid EYFS knowledge are essential.

Competenze

• Must hold Level 3+ Early Years qualification.
• Experience in Early Years settings; room leader preferred.
• Strong EYFS knowledge and safeguarding aligned with policy.

Mansioni

• Lead, mentor and inspire a team to deliver high-quality care and education.
• Promote child welfare, health and safety, and safeguarding.
• Develop strong partnerships with parents and professionals to meet each child’s needs.

Conoscenze

Passion for engaging learning

EYFS knowledge

Safeguarding knowledge

Team mentoring

Partnerships with parents

Communication with children & adults

Formazione

Level 3 Early Years qualification

Strumenti

DBS checks

EYFS documentation

Descrizione del lavoro

Nursery – Bright Horizons Worthing Day Nursery and Preschool

Salary – Starting from £32,864 per annum (dependent on qualification/s and experience)

Location – Worthing

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 Worthing Day Nursery and Preschool. This role is a fixed term contract, covering maternity from Feb 2027.

Our Benefits

• 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

*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.

Proud to be a Great Place to Work for 20 years.

INDSH

Bright Horizons is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This post is subject to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, which will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all ages and backgrounds to apply. We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants.

Proud to be a Great Place to Work for 20 years.