Nursery Nurse (Early Years Practitioner)
Department: Westwood Nursery
Salary: Starting from £25,100, rising to £26,093 pro rata
Please note, the annual salary quoted is inclusive of a market supplement to ensure the annual pay rate aligns with our commitment as a voluntary living wage employer.
Grade: Grade 4
Contract Type: Part-Time, Open-Ended
Closing date: Wednesday 29 October 2025
Reference: CC13113
Special Conditions: A DBS check is required for this position
We currently have opportunities for passionate and ambitious Early Years Practitioners to join our team to ensure the successful running of the nursery.
Our campus offers a safe environment to enrich the children's development, from woodland walks and trips to see the ducks at our pond, to experiencing the energy within our sports village. We offer a safe, caring, and stimulating environment where children can learn and develop to their full potential. Every child at the Nursery is seen as an individual, and we support all needs, abilities and interests.
You will
- play a key role in assisting the team in providing high-quality childcare and education appropriate to the age and stage of development of the children
- work to maintain a safe, secure and caring environment
- be required to complete tasks in line with the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage
- maintain childrens records and carry out assessments, ensuring all policies and procedures are adhered to and implemented in the Nursery
A core responsibility is planning and providing safe, appropriate, child-led and adult-initiated experiences, activities, and play opportunities indoor, outdoor and in out-of-setting contexts, which enable children to develop and learn. Importantly, you will support the Room Leader, acting as a role model in supervising and monitoring Nursery Assistants, casual workers, students, and volunteers.
You will:
- be a good team player with sound communication and organisational skills
- have knowledge and understanding of the EYFS curriculum with the ability to support the development of our children
- have relevant qualifications (minimum NVQ Level 3 in Childcare and Education or above)
- be able to work in a team to observe, assess, and plan as a key person
- be able to produce written documentation to support the progress of individual children, being sensitive to their needs.
Further information
We welcome applications from candidates wishing to work full-time or part-time hours.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Cara Ratukalou, Nursery Manager, but please ensure you submit your application through our website.
An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance will be required for this post.
We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected, and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality, receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from underrepresented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.
We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. An accredited Disability Confident Leader and autism-friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.
What we can offer you
We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us, and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:
- Free counselling services through Health Assured
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Staff discount at Team Bath gym
- Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
- Staff discount on language courses
- Generous employer contributory pension schemes
- Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work-life balance
- A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities, including Apprenticeships, Linked In Learning, and more
- Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
- Local discounts and more
- A family-friendly workplace
- An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
- Relocation allowance
Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work, as well as following us on X and Linked In.
Right-to-Work in the UK: We do not assess immigration or right-to-work status until the offer stage. Being invited to interview does not guarantee you are eligible for visa sponsorship, and all offers are conditional on meeting right-to-work requirements. Further information is available on our application support webpage.
Anonymous shortlisting: We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details such as your name may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.
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