Nursery Room Leader

Job summary

Nursery Room Leader 

RAFAKidz Nursery, RAF Kinloss IV36 3SX 

 £14.42 per hour 37 hours per week 

• Enhanced childcare discount of 40% for permanent employees 

• Healthcare cash back for you and your children to cover prescription, dental and optician costs 

• Free access to virtual GP 

• Health and Stress Support plus gym discount 

• Unlimited Refer a Friend bonus payments 

• Generous leave with time off to relax and recharge over the Christmas period 

• Group Associate Membership – savings and discounts on household bills and more! 

• Guaranteed transfer to another nursery (for spouses and families being reassigned) 

• Preparing for promotion? We pay travel and overnight expenses to allow you to experience another  of our fabulous settings 

• First Stage Informal Telephone Interviews – let’s get to know each other before arranging a visit 

• Opportunities to attend gala evenings to celebrate our big nominations and wins together! 

About us 

2025 was a phenomenal year for RAFAKidz! Our special awards include 

Nursery Group of the Year Nursery World 

Medium Sized Nursery Group of the Year National NMT Nursery Awards 

Outdoor Learning Environment National NMT Nursery Awards 

RAFAKidz Kinloss is our newest setting in our RAFAKidz family and opened in April 2026. Currently undergoing a complete refurbishment, circa 30 colleagues look after up to 100 children  who are very excited about  exploring our new extensive outdoors play areas! In addition, we also run a holiday club during summer and half term breaks. We have a range of full time and part time qualified practitioner roles available. 

About you 

You can expect to be fully ‘hands on’ to create a stimulating and exciting nursery setting. Ideally you will be either an experienced Room Leader or a Qualified Practitioner ready for your next challenge. As well as the usual responsibilities that you would expect of this role, our Room Leaders are part of our management team and role models to other members of staff. You will encourage and motivate your colleagues to continually demonstrate best practices and support them in their learning journey towards their qualifications. You will need to have a minimum of one year’s experience working at either a SCQF Level 7 or SVQ3 Children and Young People level, and be registered with SSSC and PVG Enhanced Disclosure Programme. We need you to have a minimum 2 years nursery experience and  a Paediatric First Aid certificate. We pride ourselves on being an organisation that nurtures our nurseries and teams. With a brilliant range of nursery resources, you can be assured we will always provide you with the tools that you need to provide exceptional childcare for the local community. 

As part of our inclusive culture, we encourage applications across all cultural backgrounds, genders and abilities