Senior Early Years Educator

Stockingford Maintained Nursery School; Coventry; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Stockingford Maintained Nursery School in Coventry seeks a dedicated Early Years practitioner with a Level 3 EY qualification and a sound understanding of the Foundation Stage Curriculum. The role requires commitment to ongoing professional development and the ability to relate well to children and adults.

You will work as part of a supportive team, using ICT as a learning and communication tool, and contribute to activities for young children aged 0–5.

Qualifications

• Relevant Level 3 Early Years or equivalent childcare qualification
• Knowledge/understanding of the Foundation Stage Curriculum
• Understand schools policies and how they relate to local and national framework/policies
• Commitment to further professional development
• Experience of working with children within 0-5 age group
• Able to relate well to children and adults
• ICT as learning/communication tool
• Good communications skills

Skills

Good communication

Good listening

Patient

Relate to children and adults

Teamwork & initiative

Proactive ideas

Organisational skills

Initiative

Humour

Discretion & confidentiality

Education

Level 3 Early Years or equivalent

Tools

ICT as learning tool

Job description

• RelevantLevel 3 Early Years or equivalent childcareQualification
• Knowledge/understandingof the Foundation Stage Curriculum
• Understand schools policies and how they relate to local and national framework/policies
• A commitment to further professional development
• Experience of working with children within 0-5 age group
• Able to relate well to children and adults

• Haveexperience of ICT as a learning/communication tool
• Havegood communications skills
• Havegood listening skills
• Bepatient
• Ableto work effectively in a team and to work on own initiativeas appropriate
• Ableto take responsibility for an area of learning within the nursery
• Ableto supervise and train NVQ or work experience students
• Havegood organisational skills
• Ableto take responsibility for an area of the curriculum
• Ableto organise and lead activities for parents and/or younger children
• Ableto lead staff team INSET
• Besensitive to the needs of children
• Beflexible and adaptable
• Betrustworthy and discreet, maintain confidentiality
• Beable to establish clear boundaries
• Havea good sense of humour
• Havegood interpersonal skills
• Beable to work sensitively with colleagues and a range of professionals andchildren
• Beable to exercise initiative and independent action
• Bepro-active in offering ideas and contribute to whole school review
• Haveconfidence to review own performance and that of others (e.g. students)
• Demonstrate creativity and imagination, showing anability to adapt teaching styles to the needs of groups or individual children