Nursery: Bright Horizons Twickenham Meadway Day Nursery and Preschool
Salary: Starting from £31,512K (dependant on qualification/s and experience)
Hours: 40, Full time
Location: Twickenham TW2 6PY
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 2-3's room at our Twickenham Meadway Day Nursery and Preschool. Our 83-place nursery is proudly Ofsted rated ‘Good’ and is set in a large open green area with Kneller Gardens and Crane Park on its doorstep, which makes it an ideal location for children to explore the outdoor natural environment! The nursery also features a specially designed adventure garden includes a role play cycle track, sand pit, shade sail, outdoor classroom, nature exploration garden and much more!
Our Benefits
1. Childcare discount of 50% for first child
2. Enhanced parental leave
3. 20 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and paid Christmas closure. Ability to also purchase additional leave*
4. Pension
5. Financial and wellbeing benefits including 24/7 virtual GP appointments, early access to wages, and more
6. 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
7. Full and relevant Level 3 or above Early Years qualification
8. Previous experience working within an Early Years setting – ideally as a Room Leader, Nursery Nurse, Nursery Practitioner, Early Years Educator or similar
9. Passion for creating fun and inclusive learning environments
10. Strong understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
11. Strong knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding, Child Protection, and the wider legislative requirements for working with children
12. Ability to develop trust and strong working partnerships with both colleagues and parents/ carers
13. 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!