Address: Unity Stars, Haverhill, Suffolk CB9 8QP Salary: £26,409 - £28,624 pro rata (£22,483 - £24,369 per annum) Hours: 31.5 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, 3 days a week Contract: Permanent. Required from September 2025 or as soon as possible Reference: 7672 Due to expansion and the opening of a new nursery setting we are advertising for room leaders to join our team across both nursery sites located in Haverhill, Suffolk. Are you looking to elevate your career as the heartbeat of our nursery where passion meets purpose in shaping tomorrow’s brightest minds? Our vision is to provide inspirational early years provision from birth to three years, where best practice and excellent continued professional development, high achievement, inclusion and wellbeing are at the heart of everything we do for our children, our families and our staff. We are seeking an experienced Nursery Room Leader to join our team to establish and develop our new nursery. The initial responsibilities for the role will be to provide support to the startup and development of this new setting. Support will be provided by the nursery manager and wider team. The room leader will be a qualified childcare professional with responsibility for the day to-day running of your room. You will perform an important role caring for children, maintaining a high-quality, stimulating learning environment, supervising staff and imparting your knowledge and skills to others. You will be creative and a reflective leader able to implement new ideas and use a range of strategies to continually improve practice and support the management team. The initial responsibilities for the role will be to provide support to the start-up and development of this new setting. Support will be provided by the nursery manager and wider team. How to apply Please read the Job Description (pdf) Please feel free to contact Karen Davies, Nursery Manager (Unity Stars Chalkstone Way) by emailing: kdavies@unitystars.org.uk or Laurel Parry Nursery Manager (Norton Road) by emailing: lparry@unitystars.org.uk To find out more, please visit our website (Unity Education) Closing date: 9 am, 31 July 2025. Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate prior to the closing date. We only accept applications submitted online via our careers website and which are completed before the closing deadline. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible and advise you check the job information as per the listing on our careers site. In line with safer recruitment, we are unable to accept CVs. Failure to complete an application form satisfactorily may result in not being shortlisted for the post. Unity Schools Partnership is committed to safeguarding, safer recruitment and promoting the welfare of pupils. Our comprehensive recruitment and selection processes aim to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants. Successful candidates are subject to rigorous pre-employment checks. We are equally committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity. We aim for our workforce to be representative of society and that each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We are committed to providing equality and fairness in our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds. We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination.