Room Manager / Third in Charge | Roath, Cardiff | £14.55ph

Family Adventures Group; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days' holiday

Birthday day off

Excellent childcare support

Training and career development

Career progression

Wellbeing support

Cycle to Work scheme

Recognition and rewards

Team events and celebrations

Job summary

Green Giraffe Nursery Roath is seeking a confident Room Manager / Third in Charge to lead a busy nursery room and work closely with the Nursery Manager and Deputy Manager. This permanent, full-time role offers a clear path to Deputy Nursery Manager and Nursery Manager opportunities.

You will drive high-quality Early Years practice, mentor staff, and build strong relationships with children and families while adhering to safeguarding and welfare standards.

Qualifications

• Full and relevant Level 3 Early Years / Childcare qualification or equivalent.
• Knowledge of Early Years practice and child development.
• Experience in a nursery or Early Years setting.
• Experience leading, supervising or supporting other colleagues.
• Strong safeguarding and child protection knowledge.
• Confidence taking additional responsibility within the nursery.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• Caring, positive and professional leadership style.
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting children's wellbeing.
• Enhanced DBS or willingness to undertake the required checks.
• Experience as Room Manager, Room Leader, Third in Charge, Senior Nursery Practitioner or Early Years Team Leader would be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day running of your nursery room.
• Support the Nursery Manager and Deputy Manager with the wider operation of the nursery.
• Step into additional leadership responsibilities when required.
• Lead, motivate and support colleagues to deliver high-quality Early Years practice.
• Create engaging learning and play experiences that support children's development.
• Support children's individual learning, development and next steps.
• Help ensure staffing and deployment support children's needs and required ratios.
• Build strong relationships with children, parents and carers.
• Coach, mentor and support colleagues within your team.
• Contribute to colleague supervision, development and performance.
• Help maintain a safe, stimulating and inclusive nursery environment.
• Support nursery standards, policies, procedures and compliance.
• Promote excellent safeguarding, child protection, health, safety and welfare practice.
• Lead by example and bring our values to life every day.

Skills

Strong communication

Organisational skills

Caring leadership style

Commitment to safeguarding

Willingness to undertake DBS checks

Education

Level 3 Early Years / Childcare qualification

Job description

Room Manager / Third in Charge | Roath, Cardiff | £14.55ph

Green Giraffe Nursery Roath
Location:Roath, Cardiff
Salary:£14.55 per hour
Hours:Full-time
Contract:Permanent, Full-time
Schedule:Monday to Friday
Closing date:Sunday 29 November 2026

Ready for your next step in Early Years leadership?

Are you an experiencedRoom Manager, Room Leader, Senior Early Years Practitioner or Early Years Team Leaderready to develop your leadership career?

We're looking for a confident and caringRoom Manager / Third in Chargeto joinGreen Giraffe Nursery Roath.

You’ll lead high-quality practice within your room while working closely with the Nursery Manager and Deputy Manager to support the wider nursery. It's a great opportunity to build your management experience and take your next step towards senior Early Years leadership.

Why join Green Giraffe?

We want you to have more than a job. We want you to build a career you enjoy.

You’ll benefit from:

• £14.55 per hour

• Monday-to-Friday working

• 33 days' holidayfor full-time colleagues, including bank holidays

• An additional paid day off for your birthday

• Excellent staff childcare support from day one, subject to availability and scheme conditions

• Training and career development, including apprenticeships, mentoring and learning resources

• Clear career progressiontowards Deputy Nursery Manager and Nursery Manager opportunities

• Wellbeing support, with services that may include 24/7 emotional support, virtual GP/nurse access, online physiotherapy and medical, financial and legal helplines

• Stream financial wellbeing tools

• Gym and lifestyle discounts

• Cycle to Work schemefor eligible colleagues

• Recognition and rewards, including Adventurous Applause, colleague awards, referral rewards and long-service recognition

• Team events and celebrations

We're proud to be aGreat Place to Work® certified organisationand recognised byThe Sunday Times Best Places to Work, reflecting the supportive, inclusive culture we're building for our people.

What you'll be doing

As Room Manager / Third in Charge, you'll:

• Lead the day-to-day running of your nursery room

• Support the Nursery Manager and Deputy Manager with the wider operation of the nursery

• Step into additional leadership responsibilities when required

• Lead, motivate and support colleagues to deliver high-quality Early Years practice

• Create engaging learning and play experiences that support children's development

• Support children's individual learning, development and next steps

• Help ensure staffing and deployment support children's needs and required ratios

• Build strong relationships with children, parents and carers

• Coach, mentor and support colleagues within your team

• Contribute to colleague supervision, development and performance

• Help maintain a safe, stimulating and inclusive nursery environment

• Support nursery standards, policies, procedures and compliance

• Promote excellent safeguarding, child protection, health, safety and welfare practice

• Lead by example and bring our values to life every day

What we're looking for

You'll need:

• Afull and relevant Level 3 Early Years / Childcare qualification or equivalent

• Strong knowledge of Early Years practice and child development

• Experience working within a nursery or Early Years setting

• Experience leading, supervising or supporting other colleagues

• A strong understanding of safeguarding and child protection

• Confidence taking additional responsibility within the nursery

• Strong communication and organisational skills

• A caring, positive and professional leadership style

• A commitment to safeguarding and promoting children's wellbeing

• An Enhanced DBS or willingness to undertake the required checks

Previous experience as aRoom Manager, Room Leader, Third in Charge, Senior Nursery Practitioner or Early Years Team Leaderwould be an advantage.

Grow your Early Years leadership career

Already working as aRoom Manager, Room Leader or Senior Early Years Practitionerand wondering what your next step looks like?

This is an opportunity to develop beyond leading your own room and gain wider nursery management experience asThird in Charge.

You'll work alongside the nursery leadership team, developing the experience and confidence that could help you progress towards futureDeputy Nursery Manager and Nursery Manageropportunities.

Our culture is built around ourARCH values: Accountability, Reliability, Caring and Honesty, with learning, recognition and career development forming part of our colleague promise.

Safeguarding children

Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility.

Our safer recruitment process includes appropriate identity and Right to Work checks, references, DBS and barred-list checks where required, qualification verification and employment history checks.

Join us in Roath

Our Roath nursery is well placed for candidates looking for Early Years opportunities across:

Roath | Penylan | Cathays | Heath | Cyncoed | Splott | Adamsdown | Cardiff City Centre | Llanishen | Cardiff

Ready for your next adventure?

Applications close Sunday 29 November 2026.