Qualified Early Years Practitioner, Maternity Cover

Job summary

Qualified Early Years Practitioner – Maternity Cover
£23,725 per annum pro-rata
18 Hours per week – Wednesday and Friday
34 days’ annual leave including 6 days over Christmas and New Year

Are you passionate about working with children from babies to pre-schoolers?
Do you want to be part of a great team of like-minded people?
Do you have previous experience of working in a busy nursery?
If the answer is yes, then this role is for you.

Thank you for your interest in the position of Qualified Early Years Practitioner, Maternity Cover at Oaks Nursery, part of Kent Union Trading Ltd (KUTL); KUTL is the commercial arm of Kent Union. We are a vibrant, student-led organisation with a bright future ahead of us.

Our driving force is our new strategy, which sets out our priorities over the next two years. Students are the reason Kent Union exists. We are there through their university journey. Our amazing staff and volunteers work towards improving their experience, whether it’s helping them with their studies, practicalities of life or to have fun.

The role of the Early Years Practitioner at Oaks Nursery is to provide a high standard of childcare and stimulating learning opportunities for children aged birth to five years.

You will hold a recognised and relevant Early Years qualification and have sound knowledge of Development Matters (2023). As an experienced practitioner you competently observe and plan children’s learning and use this knowledge to complete regular summative assessments.

Oaks Nursery is situated in Parkwood Road on the University of Kent campus, with close links to public transport. We are an established nursery, registered to care for up to 90 children a day with an excellent reputation in childcare. We accommodate children of University and Kent Union staff, and students. At our last inspection in October 2022, the nursery received a ‘Good’ rating from Ofsted. You will be joining a team of 30 staff comprising of nursery practitioners, kitchen staff and support workers led by a manager, assistant manager, and room supervisors.

Website
The Nursery website contains further background information about Oaks Nursery to help potential applicants.

Applications:
To apply please submit your application on our recruitment portal on our careers page on our website. Please ensure that you pay particular attention in your application to detailing how you meet the requirements of the person specification and note the criteria that is tested at application and at interview.

Further information and Questions:
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