Room Leader

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, LLC.; Titusville (NJ); On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Room Leader to inspire and lead a team in delivering exceptional care and education. This role involves creating inclusive learning environments and ensuring child welfare while fostering strong partnerships with parents and colleagues. With a commitment to professional development and a supportive culture, this is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact in children's lives. Join a company recognized as a Great Place to Work and help shape the future of the next generation.

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

Shift options available

Qualifications

• Full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification required.
• Experience as Room Leader or similar role preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team to deliver exceptional care and education.
• Promote child welfare, health, safety, and safeguarding.

Skills

Early Years qualification

Experience in Early Years setting

Passion for inclusive learning

Understanding of EYFS

Knowledge of Safeguarding

Education

Level 3 Early Years qualification

Job description

Nursery: Bright Horizons Crofton Day Nursery and Preschool

Salary: £31,512 - £37,523 per annum (dependant on qualification/s and experience)

Location: Orpington, Kent

We are offering a £1,000 welcome bonus for this position! *T&Cs apply*

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 are currently recruiting for a passionate Room Leader to join our wonderful Bright Horizons Crofton Day Nursery. Our nursery is situated in Orpington, South-East London. Our 68-place nursery consists of four age-specific rooms, features a stunning roof garden, available for children to access throughout the day, and includes an exciting climbing frame, mud kitchen, racetrack surface and built-in number squares. The nursery is ideally situated between Orpington and Petts Wood train stations, providing regular services to London and Sevenoaks, and on the 208-bus route providing a regular service into Bromley and Petts Wood.

Our Benefits

• £31,512 - £37,523 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 4 or 5 days, 24 hours over 3 days, or 16 hours over 2 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!

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