Nursery Room Leader - Babies Room

Job summary

Join our Money Puzzle family!

We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate Babies Room Leader to join our amazing nursery team. As a Room Leader, you will be key to the development and growth of the children at the setting, the smooth running of the Babies room and a role model for your team.

Hours & salary:

• This role is full time: 7:30am – 6:30pm (40 hours with paid lunch breaks) condensed hours over 4 days with a day off during the week.
• From £30,000 to £31,500 (dependent on experience & qualifications) 

Benefits:

• Highly competitive salary
• Continued opportunities for professional growth
• Wellbeing-focused leadership team
• Bonus day of holiday on your birthday
• Loyalty & performance rewards
• Two annual inset training days
• Recently refurbished staff facilities
• Paid lunch break
• Childcare discount
• Pension scheme
• Refer a friend scheme benefit of up to £250
• Free on-site parking

Your Key Responsibilities:

• To provide the highest levels of care and education for all children attending the setting.
• Supervise, engage with, support, and meet the needs of the children
• Support, supervise and mentor playroom-based staff and students.
• Bring a positive attitude and creative ideas that inspire children to learn and staff to perform.
• Lead, prepare and join the children in engaging (and sometimes messy) activities aligned with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)

The duties and responsibilities included in this job specification are not exhaustive or restrictive and can be reviewed at any time in the future, changes and other duties deemed relevant to this post may be added.

Essential skills & qualifications expected as a Room Leader:

• Minimum full and relevant Level 3 Early Years qualification.
• Confidently lead a busy Babies room and a passionate team.
• Implement and support others in delivering the EYFS in line with current practice and guidelines.
• Proven experience of working in Early Years
• Excellent organisational and communication skills
• Ability to communicate confidently with adults and children.

Any necessary training will be provided through our engaging training platform.

About us:

As part of Monkey Puzzle Hartley Wintney, you will be joining our caring, welcoming and supportive team. We have been open since 2016 and are situated in a beautiful setting just outside Hartley Wintney. We are coming to the end of an exciting redevelopment project which includes refurbished staff facilities, the creation of a new room for our youngest babies, and an extension of our two gardens to include new natural learning environments for the children.