Our client is seeking an enthusiastic, friendly and passionate Room Leader to work with their rising 2-year-old class, working alongside our existing highly experienced, passionate and friendly Room Leader.
Role Type: Full-time (Monday to Friday, 8:45am - 6:00pm)
Set Holidays: 9 workdays at Christmas, 4 work days at Easter, 10 work days at the end of August and all bank holidays
Start Date: ASAP
Salary: up to £40,000.00 (dependent on qualification and previous experience)
Location:, Golders Green
About the Role
Are you passionate about providing engaging, creative, and ambitious learning opportunities for children in a warm and nurturing environment? Would you like to pursue your career in a dynamic, inspiring, and inclusive setting that truly values both staff and child wellbeing, and continuous professional development?
If so, this might be the role for you.
They are offering qualified applicants an exciting opportunity to join their long-standing, dynamic and experienced team as a Room Leader.
Responsibilities, alongside the existing Room Leader, include:
- Day-to-day responsibility of the class
- To plan rich, creative, engaging and stimulating activities that meet the age and stage of development of the children, and encourage them to reach their full potential.
- To plan and prepare activities and evaluate their planning and practice through use of the EYFS curriculum.
- To supervise and lead activities, planning for key children from observations, next steps, magic moments and parental input.
- To complete observations and online learning journals to a high standard, ensuring that they are up to date
- To complete Two Year Progress Checks to a high standard, including meeting with parents, as requested, to discuss the checks.
- To be able to identify children who may need extra support or an extension of their learning.
- Be familiar with the Code of Practice on the identification and assessment of special educational needs.
- Listen to children carefully in order to respond constructively and be able to accurately plan for their next steps.
- Select and make good use of ICT and other learning resources which enable learning objectives to be met. • Provide opportunities to develop children's wider understanding by relating their learning to real life (experiences they may have had both at home and at school).
- Ability to lead a team of staff in a professional and supportive manner.
- Be articulate and confident in working with parents and professionals.
- Attend workshops for professional development. Attend monthly staff meetings, parents evening and Nursery events.
- To be involved in any other duties, which may from time to time be required within the general level of responsibility of the post.
- To care for all the required pastoral needs of the children.
- To follow strict guidance on children's dietary needs. • Provide a safe, caring and nurturing environment for all children
- Always complying with company policies and procedures
About You
Our client is looking for someone who:
- Can lead a team and has good room and time management skills.
- Enjoys working in a fast-paced nursery environment
- Has a flexible, collaborative, and reflective working style
- Is a team-player with a positive, "can-do" attitude
- Is reliable and flexible
- Takes initiative
- Is articulate with a good command of English Essential Requirements for the Role Candidates must:
- Have Right to Work status in the UK.
- Have a registered DBS certificate on the update service or have adequate documents to make an application.
- Have proof of an accredited qualification (at least NVQ3)
- Have experience of working within Early Years • Have a good understanding of, and be able to comply with the Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework (EYFS)
- Have observation, planning and assessment skills that ensure the quality of learning is sustained
- Have an awareness and growing understanding of Ofsted requirements - particularly Safeguarding and Health and Safety
- Be enthusiastic and confident in their ability to engage children and extend their learning through play, enabling their emotional, social and educational development
- Be committed to the safeguarding of children
- Be committed to equality, diversity and inclusivity.
About the client:
This setting is an exceptional, independent childcare provider located in a beautiful setting near to Golders Hill Park and Hampstead Heath. Their vision and ethos is to develop the right mindset in children.
They believe in fostering a growth mindset to enable the children to develop the skills they need to become confident, life-long learners who go on to lead successful, happy lives.
What this setting can offer:
- A friendly and highly supportive manager and staff team
- A well-resourced nursery environment, with high staff:child ratios
- Extensive training opportunities
- Staff Wellbeing Workshops with our qualified Cognitive Development and Wellbeing Lead
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